Lai's speech reveals a true troublemaker

Taiwan question totally China's domestic issue

The "Taiwan independence" mindset is blatantly obvious in Lai Ching-te's speech. Preventing national division is the responsibility of any sovereign state. International organizations including the United Nations recognize the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate government of China. Therefore, how the Chinese mainland deals with the Taiwan question is a domestic issue that other countries and organizations have no right to interfere with.

By telling the mainland not to conduct military exercises in response to Lai Ching-te's speech, some foreign politicians are actually interfering in China's internal affairs, with the intention of internationalizing the Taiwan question, obstructing China's reunification, and benefiting from the meddling.

From any perspective, "Taiwan independence" leads to a dead end. The mindset, glossed over eloquent words, cannot impede the inevitable reunification of China. The Chinese mainland consistently advocates peaceful reunification, but Lai's repeated comments and agitation from the West, especially the US, has deepened tensions across the Taiwan Strait.

Regardless of how Lai Ching-te sugarcoats "Taiwan independence" or how some foreign politicians try to abuse the "Taiwan card", the Chinese mainland has its own strategy for handling the Taiwan question and there is no need for foreign interference.

Liu Qiang is the director of the Academic Council and a senior research fellow at the Shanghai Center for RimPac Strategic and International Studies

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