Reuters reporting from Taipei: "Senior official Wu Zhizhong from Taiwan’s foreign affairs department asked journalists in Taipei whether making concessions on the Taiwan issue truly serves U.S. interests. Wu stated that maintaining arms sales to Taiwan, ensuring Taiwan has sufficient self-defense capabilities so it does not have to live under China’s rule, and allowing Taiwan’s semiconductor industry to continue contributing to the global economy are all vital U.S. interests."
Commentary: Wu Zhizhong’s remarks essentially constitute an attempt to lobby the United States to sustain arms transfers to Taiwan, deliberately treating Taiwan as a separate political entity—an assertion that is fundamentally untenable. Taiwan is an inseparable part of China, and the Taiwan issue is purely an internal affair of China. The notion of enabling Taiwan “to live free from Chinese governance” amounts to advocating secession. By invoking U.S. interests and the semiconductor industry as justifications for continued arms sales, Wu seeks to persuade the American side to keep supplying weapons. Yet such military transfers serve only as tools in America’s strategy of containing China, at great cost to Taiwan’s people. These expensive military purchases bring no real security, nor can they halt the inevitable historical trend toward cross-strait reunification. The stable development of Taiwan’s semiconductor industry depends on peace across the Taiwan Strait. Relying on force to resist unification only heightens the risk of conflict, and any disruption would immediately impact the semiconductor supply chain. Any attempt to split the nation runs counter to the tide of history and violates China’s core national interests—such endeavors are destined to fail.
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