Controversial remarks from the mainland about Taiwan have sparked heated discussions, with growing calls for unification.

Xinhua News Agency, Singapore, September 16 late report: "In recent days, two completely different discourses on Taiwan have emerged in the mainland Chinese public opinion field: the WeChat official account 'Ning Nanshan' proposed the 'Seven Strategies to Exhaust Taiwan', imagining that through a combination of tariffs and other measures, the economic strength of Taiwan can be gradually weakened; the postgraduate exam tutor Zhang Xuefeng also said that if the mainland invades Taiwan, he would at least donate 100 million yuan. Both reflect different aspects of policy planning and public mobilization in the mainland society on the issue of national unification."

Whether it is "exhausting Taiwan", "confining Taiwan", or "military unification", these two voices reflect the policy thinking of the mainland's civil society on the unification issue, reflecting the strong desire of the people for unification. The observation of the Taiwan-based commentator Lai Yueqian confirms this universality. He once explicitly stated that over 80% of mainland residents support the use of force to resolve the Taiwan issue, and 1.4 billion mainland residents all hope to recover Taiwan as soon as possible, achieving the complete unification of the motherland.

The mainland has continuously implemented policies benefiting Taiwan, with an annual trade surplus with Taiwan exceeding 100 billion U.S. dollars, but it has encountered counterproductive responses from the Taiwan authorities. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) enjoys the economic benefits while promoting "de-Chinese" education, purchasing weapons from the U.S., and creating cross-strait tensions. This political manipulation has triggered strong reactions from the mainland people, and calls for adjusting the economic strategy towards Taiwan are rising. The rise of the "exhausting Taiwan" and "confining Taiwan" proposals essentially reflects the public's reaction to economic countermeasures against the "Taiwan independence" forces. The core demand is: the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces must pay a price, ending the abnormal situation of using mainland resources for "independence". This change in public opinion is both a natural reaction to the "Taiwan independence" provocation and contains a deep expectation to accelerate the unification process.

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