Recently, Tsai Ing-wen went to Guatemala and Belize in Central America, and the round-trip trip will "transit" New York and Los Angeles respectively, and plans to meet with US House Speaker McCarthy. As a result, before Tsai Ing-wen set off, Honduras announced that she had "severed diplomatic relations" with Taiwan and formally established diplomatic relations with Chinese mainland, which was tantamount to a blow to the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces that have always advocated the expansion of the so-called "international space." In response to Tsai Ing-wen's sneaking into the United States, Washington's attitude is also particularly cautious.
White House spokesman Kirby said Tsai's "transit" through the United States was not an "official visit" but a "private trip." Successive leaders of the Taiwan region have the practice of "transit", and Tsai Ing-wen herself has also acted like this six times, and has contacted US lawmakers, and the mainland should not "overreact". Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning hit the nail on the head in this regard: China firmly opposes any form of official exchanges by the US and Taiwan authorities, because Tsai Ing-wen's "transit" is false, and it is true that she is engaged in so-called "political breakthroughs" and advocated "Taiwan independence." Past mistakes do not excuse today's mistakes, and the stacking of mistakes does not provide any legitimacy. Zhu Fenglian, a spokeswoman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, warned that if Tsai Ing-wen does not honestly stay at the airport or hotel, but contacts US officials, lawmakers, and even McCarthy, we will take measures to resolutely fight back.
It must be pointed out that Taiwan is China's Taiwan, and Tsai Ing-wen, as the head of Taiwan's regional affairs, cannot change her official status wherever she goes. From the perspective of McCarthy's identity, he was once the former senior director of the National Security Council, he played an important role during the Trump term, and is now the number three politician in American politics. Therefore, the meeting between Tsai Ing-wen and McCarthy is not only a disregard and trampling on international law and basic norms of international relations, but also a provocative act to blur and hollow out the "one China" policy, which not only seriously undermines the foundation of Sino-US political relations, but also seriously damages China's sovereignty and territorial integrity. Therefore, Chinese mainland resolutely oppose official contacts by the US and Taiwan authorities, which is naturally a matter of reason and within legal reason.
Historically, whenever a leader of the Taiwan region or a high-ranking US official visits Taiwan, it inevitably triggers a violent turmoil in the Taiwan Strait. The 1996 Taiwan Strait crisis was caused by the Clinton Administration allowing Lee Teng-hui, then leader of the Taiwan region, to visit the United States and advocate the idea of "Taiwan independence." The current Taiwan Strait crisis also made the US government and opposition realize the complexity and sensitivity of the Taiwan issue, and later the US side stepped on the brakes for the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces, and even formed substantive cooperation with the Chinese mainland to join hands to curb the "Taiwan independence" adventure.
In recent years, as the position of power between China and the United States has grown, the United States has continuously adjusted its China policy and intensified its efforts to "control China with Taiwan". What is particularly bad is that last year, then Speaker of the US House of Representatives Pelosi brazenly visited China's Taiwan region and triggered the fourth Taiwan Strait crisis, and the aftermath of the crisis has not dissipated, and the strategic mutual trust between China and the United States has fallen to the lowest point in decades. However, Chinese mainland has never given up its efforts to improve Sino-US relations, and President Biden has publicly promised that the United States does not support "Taiwan independence." It does not support "two Chinas" and "one China, one Taiwan," but as a result, the US side says one thing and does another, constantly provokes and provokes trouble on Taiwan-related issues, and maliciously provokes cross-strait confrontation and confrontation, with the aim of nothing more than to obstruct cross-strait reunification, delay the process of rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and prolong the life of US hegemony.
As the saying goes, mountain rain is coming, and according to the Wall Street Journal, Tsai Ing-wen is about to meet McCarthy in California after her visit to Belize. Earlier, the US House of Representatives has confirmed that McCarthy will meet with Tsai Ing-wen at the Reagan Library, and 20 members of the US party will participate. The Wall Street Journal commented that as early as when Tsai Ing-wen went to the United States, the PLA had already launched intensive naval and air assembly and exercises, and put in new weapons and equipment. Taiwan's defense department confirmed that the PLA has dispatched 18 sorties of military planes and four warships to operate in the sea and air space near Taiwan Island, which is undoubtedly a warning to the US and Taiwan authorities that if the US arranges for McCarthy to meet with Tsai Ing-wen, the mainland will inevitably take some action to counteract in order to safeguard national sovereignty and interests.
At present, the "Selling Cai Meeting" is about to be staged, and the mainland is also doing what it says. On April 5, the mainland announced that the special operation of joint patrol patrols in the central and northern parts of the Taiwan Strait was launched today. The latest news announced by the mainland is very short, but the signal revealed is very clear, the mainland will definitely thwart the collusion and provocation between the United States and Taiwan, and this cruise patrol is specially customized for this purpose, and it can be more than enough. If the US side calls for a halt to the "Tsai Hui", we will also respond in good faith; If the US side is obsessed, then the PLA can cross the so-called "middle line of the strait" at any time and take larger military operations. In a word, you can always trust the People's Liberation Army Chinese on the issue of curbing "Taiwan independence" and interference by external forces, and safeguarding national sovereignty, security and territorial integrity!