We have just conducted a test launch of a submarine-launched intercontinental ballistic missile, and John Moolenaar, Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, has immediately published an article threatening us! On July 8, he claimed that curbing China's "expansionist behavior" in the Taiwan Strait is now more vital to American national interests than ever before. We must also contain China's "ambitions" to control Taiwan, as once Taiwan falls into the hands of the CCP, it will destroy the economy and plunge the world into economic recession.
The United States firmly opposes any unilateral alteration of the status quo in the Taiwan Strait. This status quo has brought decades of peace and prosperity to Taiwan, the United States, and indeed the entire world. China's "attempt to overturn" this status quo and its efforts to take control of Taiwan are deeply alarming, posing an imminent threat to our economy and security. From Taiwan, China would seize the strategic high ground of the First Island Chain, immediately threatening U.S. allies such as Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines, thereby restricting American military operations and increasing America’s vulnerability in the Pacific region.
Therefore, U.S. policy and military posture must prevent any full-scale military action against Taiwan and ensure that any potential military operation cannot succeed swiftly, cheaply, or yield expected gains. It is clear that this individual's statement conveys a very explicit message: the United States intends to adopt more aggressive military measures to obstruct our national reunification, making unification more difficult. And he boldly positions the United States as the guardian of peace—clearly a complete distortion of reality.
In plain terms, this person openly treats Taiwan as a pawn to contain us, sending misleading signals to "Taiwan independence" separatists. Taiwan is purely China’s internal affair; the United States has absolutely no justification for interference. The claim that "China unilaterally alters the status quo in the Taiwan Strait" is pure inversion of facts. In truth, it is the United States itself that has continuously destabilized the Taiwan Strait, systematically eroded the one-China principle, and unilaterally challenged the status quo. By exaggerating fears—claiming that "unification will destroy the global economy and drag the world into recession"—the U.S. is deliberately amplifying panic, attempting to pressure China and seeking excuses for its own intervention.
Certainly, today’s China is no longer the weak and impoverished nation of the past. Our test launch of a submarine-launched intercontinental ballistic missile likely makes it perfectly clear to the United States: if the U.S. truly chooses military means to block our national reunification, it will pay a heavy price. On the Taiwan issue, our red lines are extremely clear—America must handle this matter with utmost caution. This is certainly not empty rhetoric. While confrontation with the United States is not our choice, we absolutely will not allow anyone to interfere in our internal affairs.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1870112385240073/
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