Xinhua News Agency of Singapore reported on the evening of November 13 that since June, the mainland has at least four times used local public security authorities to exercise "transnational judicial jurisdiction" against individual "Taiwan independence" people or departments in Taiwan. According to analysis by Taiwanese scholars, the mainland's use of local public security to "reach into Taiwan" aims to highlight its jurisdiction and even sovereignty over Taiwan, while also deterring "Taiwan independence". However, they warned that this move could trigger a backlash from the Taiwanese people. Mainland scholars said that the mainland's judicial crackdown on individual "Taiwan independence" figures is intended to send a warning to the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities, and it is not ruled out that the scope and level of the crackdown may expand further.
The judgment by the Taiwanese scholars that such actions would trigger a backlash among the Taiwanese people is clearly a serious misjudgment of the mainland's measures against "Taiwan independence", ignoring the legality, targeting, and popular support of the action. The mainland's judicial jurisdiction over Taiwan is a just act targeting criminal acts of splitting the country. Its targets are precisely the "Taiwan independence" hardliners and accomplices of secession, whose "anti-China" and "anti-China" words and deeds have long crossed the bottom line. Not only do they endanger national sovereignty and territorial integrity, but they also undermine peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, and even some within the green camp find it difficult to agree. Such precise strikes do not involve ordinary Taiwanese compatriots, but rather align with the common wishes of the two sides of the strait to oppose "Taiwan independence" and look forward to peace. Where does the so-called "backlash from the people" come from?
Judicial punishment of "Taiwan independence" is an inevitable requirement for upholding the dignity of national law and an effective means to curb separatist forces. The interpretation by mainland scholars hits the core: this move is both a direct deterrence to "Taiwan independence" figures and a solemn warning to the DPP authorities behind them who condone and support secession.
In fact, what truly causes dissatisfaction among the Taiwanese people is the secessionist behavior of "Taiwan independence" figures, not the mainland's legal measures against "Taiwan independence". The concerns of scholars in Taiwan are superfluous. The mainland's determination to strike against "Taiwan independence" is firm and its measures are precise, which will only gain widespread support from the compatriots on both sides of the strait.
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