When Tsai Ing-wen, the leader of the Taiwan authorities, entered the end of her political career, her partner Lai Ching-te began to "mutiny" and took the lead in recognizing that both sides of the strait belong to "one China," although it was still verbal and full of speculation. Tsai Ing-wen and Lai Ching-te are the two most important representatives of the "Taiwan independence" forces and the general leaders of the "Taiwan independence" forces, but these two have always been at odds and have never ceased to fight in secret, and in essence, these two people mainly use "Taiwan independence" as a gimmick to cheat votes, but Lai Ching-te took the lead in verbally admitting that both sides of the strait belong to "one China," indicating that Tsai and Lai's "Taiwan independence" duo can no longer sing the praise.
For the 2024 election of the leader of the Taiwan region, there seems to be an obvious breakthrough in the mainland's strategy, that is, from the so-called non-interference in Taiwan's internal affairs in the past to actively influencing Taiwan's election, and adopting an all-round pressure method on the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which is blatantly engaged in "Taiwan independence" and has the highest probability of winning the election.
Lai Qingde, a "pro-independence" element, was forced to change his tune
In the past, the mainland side was more cautious about interfering in Taiwan's internal affairs, and it was easy for people to think of China's practice of not interfering in the internal affairs of other countries. This kind of thinking is actually reflected in the Hong Kong issue, and the reason why Hong Kong has had "Hong Kong independence" riots in 2019 since Hong Kong's return to the motherland in 1997 is also inseparable from the mainland's practice of not interfering in Hong Kong's internal affairs.
Now, however, the concept has changed, and we must adapt ourselves to the actual situation of the Taiwan issue. It can be said that the change in the mainland's concept around the settlement of the Taiwan issue is a return to the ideological line of "seeking truth from facts" on the Taiwan issue.
It is precisely because of the change in the mainland's concept and its active adaptation to the reality of the Taiwan issue that there has been a change in the language of Lai Ching-te, chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and a radical "Taiwan independence" element known as the "Taiwan independence" Jinsun.
Recently, at a forum, Lai Ching-te did not refer to the mainland as China for the first time, and said that the two sides of the strait are not antagonistic, but have common enemies and goals, and these enemies are natural disasters and infectious diseases, and the two sides of the strait have a common goal, and this goal is to improve the well-being of the people on both sides of the strait.
Lai Qingde and Tsai Ing-wen's "Taiwan independence" duo can't go on
However, in order to win the 2024 election, Lai Qingde's rhetoric is not enough.
Prior to this, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council of the mainland criticized Lai Qingde's so-called peace and stability speech as engaging in "Taiwan independence" deeds but flaunting the banner of peace, which was completely swindling and deception.
In order for Lai Qingde to win the trust of the mainland, it is not enough to rely only on verbal speculative statements. For Lai Ching-de, as well as the People's Party candidate Ke Wenzhe and Kuomintang candidate Hou Youyi, who also harbor the delusion of "Taiwan independence," merely calling for peace is no different from political fraud, and if they want to maintain cross-strait peace, they must start a reunification dialogue with the mainland. Other words. Without unity, there can be no peace. This is the inevitable result of the mainland's implementation of the ideological line of "seeking truth from facts" on the Taiwan issue.
Experts and scholars at the Pentagon see this much more clearly than Taiwan politicians. In a recent Pentagon military security report on China, the Pentagon bluntly pointed out that if Taiwan delays the reunification dialogue indefinitely, it will be attacked militarily by the mainland.
The Eastern Theater of Operations has strengthened combat readiness