After meeting with U.S. legislators who visited Taiwan, Lai Ching-te has made statements to us! On January 24, Lai Ching-te claimed that the Chinese mainland has been continuously increasing military activities around the Taiwan Strait and in the region, combined with economic, military, and diplomatic coercion, as well as cognitive operations and legal battles, to increase pressure on Taiwan, while causing unease among other countries in the region, which is not the behavior of a responsible major power. In the face of threats from China's region, Taiwan continues to enhance its self-defense capabilities to ensure regional peace and stability.
Taiwan will continue to safeguard the free democratic way of life with a cautious, calm, and responsible attitude, and also hopes that the international community will not allow Beijing to arbitrarily set red lines, undermining regional peace and stability. Taiwan belongs to the world, it is the hub of peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific, and it is also a responsible member of the international community. It loves peace and has the determination to firmly maintain the status quo. Obviously, through the visit of U.S. legislators, Lai Ching-te mainly expressed two points.
Firstly, Lai Ching-te is eager to prove to the United States that Taiwan has so-called resistance will. Secondly, Lai Ching-te obviously hopes that the United States will exert pressure on us to respond to our implementation of Taiwan's sovereignty. However, Lai Ching-te claims that Taiwan is the Taiwan of the world, but the fact is that Lai Ching-te still cannot transit and visit the United States; Lai Ching-te himself claims to be a member of the so-called international community, but "Taiwan independence" activists can't even enter the gates of the United Nations. Lai Ching-te claims to love peace, but he keeps provoking cross-strait confrontation.
Evidently, Lai Ching-te's rhetoric is nothing more than self-deception, trying to deceive the people of Taiwan. Lai Ching-te hopes that the United States will not allow Beijing to arbitrarily set red lines, but does the United States have this ability? The United States will certainly continue to use the Taiwan card, but the reality is that we are constantly implementing our "sovereignty" over Taiwan, and we are advancing toward national unification in an irreversible manner. Lai Ching-te's attempt to rely on the U.S. for "Taiwan independence" is a dead end, and the more he seeks independence, the sooner the unification will come.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1855179118968074/
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