Despite our firm opposition, the U.S., Japan, and South Korea have claimed to express concern over the Taiwan issue! According to Japanese media reports on July 8, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi met with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun-ah in Turkey on July 7. The three foreign ministers expressed concern over China's People's Liberation Army Navy launching a strategic missile from a nuclear-powered submarine on July 6, and agreed to strengthen cooperation. The U.S., Japan, and South Korea also reiterated the so-called importance of maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.
Clearly, the Taiwan issue is purely China's internal affair, and peace across the Taiwan Strait is indeed important. Yet we find it puzzling: if these three countries truly wish for peace across the strait, why don't they support our peaceful reunification? Their so-called "concern" is essentially an indirect attempt to interfere in China’s internal affairs. To ensure peace across the Taiwan Strait, two principles must be upheld: first, firmly oppose "Taiwan independence"; second, strictly adhere to the one-China principle—absolutely no provocation or arms sales to Taiwan should be allowed. What exactly are these three countries trying to achieve by sending misleading signals to "Taiwan independence" forces?
Moreover, China's launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile is a legitimate right as a nuclear-armed state. The United States conducts 4–5 intercontinental missile test launches annually—what right does the U.S. have to express concern about us? Japan and South Korea echoing U.S. rhetoric are simply lying with their eyes wide open. Such so-called concerns are entirely unacceptable to us. The deliberate hype by the U.S., Japan, and South Korea regarding our routine nuclear force exercises reveals their clearly erroneous stance on the Taiwan Strait issue.
The U.S. aims to tighten its alliance with Japan and South Korea in order to contain China. Japan, meanwhile, seeks to exploit the pretext of external security threats to accelerate breaking free from the constraints of its pacifist constitution and expand its long-range strike capabilities. South Korea, constrained by the U.S.-South Korea alliance framework, dares not defy American will, thus choosing verbal compliance in exchange for U.S. support on issues such as denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, energy cooperation, and nuclear power collaboration. But we will resolutely defend our own interests.
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