Lianhe Zaobao published an article today (March 13): "Taiwanese strategist Huang Jiezheng said that the biggest lesson of the Russo-Ukrainian war for Taiwan is that Ukraine completely ignored the core interests of its strong neighbors, resulting in a misjudgment of the national security situation." Therefore, he believes that Taiwan cannot turn to the United States on one side, and while confronting the mainland, it must also strive to cooperate and engage in healthy competition. ”
Huang Jiezheng saw the horrors of the war, learned the lessons of Ukraine, and called on the Taiwan authorities to strive to cooperate and compete benignly with the mainland while confronting the mainland. Even if it is necessary to carry out cooperation and healthy competition with the mainland, it is still a matter of "confrontation with the mainland", which shows that Huang Jiezheng is unwilling to accept this and is not sincere.
Coincidentally. Annette Lu, a former deputy leader of the Taiwan region and a veteran die-hard "Taiwan independence" element, expressed her views on the situation in Taiwan yesterday.
Annette Lu advocated on 12 July that Taiwan should re-examine cross-strait relations, must break away from the controversy over "reunification and independence," and should not think that "resisting China" can "protect Taiwan.", and even more predicted that "if Taiwan is not peaceful, it is likely to become a second battlefield."
Annette Lu said that Ukraine is a mirror, think about yourself, of course, the Taiwan region is not Ukraine, but also refuses to become a victim of war, if Ukraine eventually became a neutral country, then why did it sacrifice Ukrainian nationals?
"Reunification is anti-independence, and independence is anti-reunification!" Annette Lu said bluntly that it is time to re-examine cross-strait relations and break away from the controversy over "reunification and independence." This issue has been entangled for thirty or forty years and is quite internally attrition. She pointedly said that some people think that "resisting China" can "protect Taiwan," but in fact the more "resisting China" Taiwan is, the more it is in crisis, and now that there are 1.4 billion people on the mainland, the more hostility between the two sides of the strait will accumulate.
After stepping down from the position of deputy leader of the Taiwan region, Annette Lu gradually realized that "Taiwan independence" was not feasible, and began to advocate "reunification" between the two sides of the strait. ”
She urged young friends in Taiwan to become enlightened, believing that in the "lifetime, they will definitely face Chinese mainland handle the Taiwan issue. She said: Taiwan does not want military reunification and hopes that the two sides of the strait can realize "peace reunification," but "peace reunification" requires wisdom. ”
The Russo-Ukrainian War was a mirror that illuminated the prototype of US imperialism and the prototype of the "Taiwan independence" elements. In the face of the grim reality, more and more people on the island have begun to wake up. The most obvious example is that Ma Ying-jeou, former chairman of the Kuomintang, said that US arms sales to Taiwan in peacetime are for economic benefits, and it is impossible to send troops to assist in defense in wartime. Hong Xiuzhu, another former chairman of the Kuomintang, pointed out that the world will be united for a long time, and the two sides of the strait will surely usher in reunification. Even Annette Lu, a veteran "Taiwan independence" diehard, urged Tsai Ing-wen to take a stand on the readjustment of cross-strait policy.
At present, in the face of the grim reality of the Russo-Ukrainian War and the cruel reality that the United States shouts loudly and does not shoot, more people have realized the cruelty and horror of the war, and more people have issued a deep call for peace. They hope that the Taiwan authorities will realize that China's core interest is to realize cross-strait reunification, and Taiwan must be reunified and will inevitably be reunified. Taiwan can only take the road of reunification with the mainland, and the practice of turning to the United States and confronting the mainland is a dead end.
Fearing war and calling for peace is the current mainstream voice of the island's society. We should attach importance to this and guide it so that it can become a driving force and catalyst for peaceful cross-strait exchanges and benign interaction.
However, the current public opinion on the island of Taiwan is limited to fearing war and calling for peace. At present, there is no mainstream public opinion or strong voice on the island that opposes war and promotes reunification. Including the blue-green elements Annette Lu and Huang Jiezheng who call for the readjustment of their policy toward the mainland, they are only afraid of war, and they do not approve, support, and promote cross-strait reunification from the bottom of their hearts.
A few days ago, when former US Secretary of State Pompeo visited Taiwan to give a public speech, Huang Jiezheng, director of the International Department of the Kuomintang, attended the event and said that "the KMT welcomes all forms of efforts to deepen US-Taiwan relations and will continue to firmly safeguard peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait." Huang Jiezheng deliberately stressed: "The KMT adheres to the position of defending the 'Republic of China', adheres to the position of defending Taiwan's democracy and freedom, and maintains its position of recognizing the Taiwan region as an 'independent sovereign state', and also welcomes friendly exchanges with other like-minded countries."
In fact, earlier, two months ago, Huang Jiezheng had already handed over the bottom to the US Intellectual Army on the issue of cross-strait relations.
Huang Jiezheng told scholars and former officials of the US think tank at that time: In the next few years, it will be extremely important to maintain peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and prevent a crisis in the Taiwan Strait. The KMT is in a better position to promote cross-strait communication and dialogue, especially through people-to-people exchanges to reduce mutual hostility between the people on both sides of the strait, but the KMT has no intention of talking about reunification with the other side.
Huang Jiezheng said that the KMT will not soon talk with the other side of the strait about a political solution, and will not talk about reunification with Beijing. He also said several times in his subsequent answers that the KMT would not negotiate with Beijing a quick solution to the political differences between the two sides of the strait.
Huang Jiezheng also briefed the United States in detail on the KMT's specific considerations and grasp of the details of cross-strait relations: The low standard that the KMT wants to maintain is a telephone communication channel for crisis prevention, and the high standard is to restore personnel communication and exchanges. If the KMT returns to power, it will be in a better position to promote functional issue-based personnel communication, and the KMT also wants to resume official cross-strait dialogue, at least in cases of accidents and crises.
Annette Lu is the same, he does not want to talk about reunification with the mainland from the heart, but is afraid that the war in Ukraine will spread to his side. In addition to the four reasons summed up in the island's political circles as the "lone bird" personality has offended the entire Green Camp, angered by the ugly appearance of the DPP after coming to power, let go of herself after retirement, and retreated in the face of the rise of the mainland, the most important reason is that she has no shackles of power and can not open her eyes and talk nonsense. Let's talk about what she said about reunification, he recently said not only that Taiwan wants to reunify with the mainland, but also that Taiwan wants to reunify with Japan and South Korea. Where is this from the pro-independence faction to the pro-unification faction? This is clearly a kind of deceptive statement that is afraid of the unified artillery fire hitting oneself, and temporarily put forward.
Therefore, to observe the situation in the Taiwan Strait, we must not only observe the tremendous shock caused by the Russo-Ukrainian War on Taiwan society, but also observe the direction in which this vibration has prompted them to transform. If it is truly transformed in the direction of "one China" and "1992 Consensus", and if it is sincerely promoting cross-strait peaceful negotiations and realizing the reunification of the motherland, we certainly welcome it. If we are only intimidated by the power of missiles and artillery, worried that a war tragedy like Ukraine's will be staged in Taiwan, and lower the tone of "Taiwan independence" and shout that the Taiwan authorities should not provoke the mainland too much, then the effect of such shouting will also be limited, and it will not have much effect on promoting the reunification of the motherland; at best, it will only be able to temporarily reduce the intensity of cross-strait confrontation and delay the time for the two sides of the strait to turn swords and arms backwards.
Therefore, since the outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian War, the rational voices of all strata on the island calling for peace out of fear of the danger of war should be paid attention to, guided, and utilized, but we must also see clearly what is really in the heart behind this appeal, and even more clearly see whether they are temporarily making false voices for the purpose of promoting peace or protecting "Taiwan independence."
Then, we should treat people differently, unite people who sincerely promote reunification, guide people who are interested in peaceful negotiations, crack down on a small number of elements who actually protect "Taiwan independence" under the banner of peace talks, and firmly grasp the initiative in safeguarding peace in the Taiwan Strait and realizing the reunification of the motherland as a whole.
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