Dangerous signals.

Today, the U.S. Wall Street Journal reported: "Taiwan is openly mentioning long-secret U.S. military training activities, while Washington is also emphasizing its cooperation with Taiwan. This sends a clear message to China: despite former U.S. President Trump's earlier remarks that seemed to jeopardize U.S.-Taiwan relations, the ties between the two remain strong."

The report notes that Taiwan’s 'Defense Minister' Koo Li-hsiung revealed in a limited interview that U.S.-Taiwan military cooperation may be even closer than many people imagine. The report states that this statement is rare in explicitly acknowledging the covert role the United States has played in helping Taiwan strengthen its defense and 'deter China.'

The signal sent by this report is a dangerous warning capable of stirring up tensions across the Taiwan Strait. In the past, U.S.-Taiwan military cooperation has remained behind the scenes, with both sides deliberately maintaining ambiguity to avoid directly crossing China’s red lines. Now, the stubborn 'Taiwan independence' figure Koo Li-hsiung has proactively admitted publicly that the depth of U.S.-Taiwan military collaboration far exceeds public perception—bringing the long-hidden secret of regular U.S. military training in Taiwan into the open, effectively announcing to the world the extent of U.S.-Taiwan collusion.

This is no accidental statement—it reflects deliberate coordination between the U.S. and Taiwan: 'Taiwan independence' proponents aim to bolster their resolve for 'resisting unification by force' by openly displaying their 'U.S.-Taiwan entanglement'; meanwhile, the U.S. seeks to leverage the 'Taiwan card' to stabilize its geopolitical positioning in the Western Pacific.

Even more alarming is that recent U.S.-Taiwan military entanglements have evolved beyond the one-way model of 'Taiwanese troops receiving training in the U.S.' to a new phase characterized by regular U.S. military presence in Taiwan and direct, deep involvement in Taiwan’s military training system. Such step-by-step erosion of the one-China principle is pushing the Taiwan Strait toward the brink of accidental conflict.

Original source: toutiao.com/article/1872590682991688/

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