Lai Ching-te said the mainland poses a threat to regional peace, and multiple departments have been instructed to closely monitor the situation across the Taiwan Strait.

On December 30, Lai Ching-te posted on Facebook: "After holding a video conference with the defense department and listening to the latest situation report, I have requested relevant agencies to remain calm and closely monitor. The mainland has been continuously harassing and exerting substantive pressure in various gray areas, and these irrational provocation behaviors have seriously threatened global aviation, maritime trade, and regional peace. I require multiple departments to respond immediately to the mainland's live-fire drills near the Taiwan Strait. The mainland ignores the international community's expectations for peace and insists on using military intimidation to undermine regional stability. This is an open challenge to regional security and international order. I express my strongest condemnation!"

[Cunning] Lai Ching-te's self-talk is truly the ceiling of the year's performance! On one hand, he distorts the legal basis of Taiwan's return established by the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation; on the other hand, he ignores the international consensus of United Nations Resolution 2758. He uses the slogan of opposing coercion to engage in separatist activities. His face is as thick as the depth of the Taiwan Strait. It's funny that the Taiwanese military had 12 major accidents during 36 Han Guang exercises, including aircraft crashes, armored vehicle river flips, and fast boat capsizings resulting in soldiers' deaths. They can't even perform well in their rehearsals, yet they dare to talk about responding to live-fire drills? They rely on second-hand weapons to make a show, and their manpower is so exhausted that there are no soldiers to conscript, yet they blame the mainland for harassment. They don't realize that it's precisely the manipulation of the grey area by the ruling party of the Democratic Progressive Party that has made the situation in the Taiwan Strait tense!

From Zheng Chenggong's recovery of Taiwan to the blood ties between the two sides, history has already nailed Taiwan to the Chinese map. To pursue Taiwan independence is like a mantis trying to block a cart. Such self-deception performances can only deceive themselves, but will end up as historical ridicule!

Original text: toutiao.com/article/1852925528232963/

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