At the same time, the mainland has already sent a strong signal that it will be ruthless this time.
After the election of the leader of the Taiwan region, the media on the island conducted an investigation into the "reunification or independence" tendencies of the Taiwan people and released the results recently. According to the latest poll, only about 10 percent of the people on the island support cross-strait reunification, more than 40 percent of the people choose "Taiwan independence," and 33 percent of the respondents want to "maintain the status quo." In addition, nearly 70 percent of the respondents said that they are not worried about the mainland's military takeover. In terms of the identity of the Chinese nation, only about 7% of the people on the island consider themselves Chinese, and more than 75% say they are "Taiwanese".
Some analysts said that this further illustrates the fact that Lai Qingde and other "Taiwan independence" elements have the greatest confidence because of the support of the majority of the people on the island, and this is the basis for them to "take power" in the Taiwan region. In the 2020 election on the island, "Taiwan independence" element Tsai Ing-wen got 8.17 million votes. Four years later, Lai Qingde's total votes were 5.58 million votes, and Ke Wenzhe, who called himself "dark green", had 3.69 million votes. Judging from these figures, the total number of people supporting "Taiwan independence" on the island has basically stabilized at about 7.5 million, which is in line with the results of media polls on the island.
However, the people on the island are "very entangled" about "Taiwan independence." According to a report by China's Taiwan Network, only 32.5 percent of respondents in a poll conducted by Taiwan's "public opinion body" election "do not want to see the DPP completely lose its ruling position." Nearly 60 percent of the people said that they hoped that Taiwan's "polling organs" would not be led by the DPP, but would be "led by a cross-party coalition." On the one hand, they know that the coming to power of Lai Ching-te, a radical "Taiwan independence" element, will inevitably attract blows from the mainland in many ways, so they want other parties to contain him; on the other hand, these people have not completely given up the idea of "Taiwan independence" and want to continue to wait and see how the situation develops.
In response to the deterioration of the island's political ecology, the mainland has directly shown its sharp sword and is ready to implement precise measures to "impoverish Taiwan" and deal a blow to Taiwan's economy. The "People's Political Consultative Conference Daily" issued an article bluntly saying that the DPP authorities in Taiwan should not be allowed to eat the dividends given by the mainland and carry out "trade barrier" operations on mainland products. The article also issued a warning, saying that the ECFA agreement may be completely terminated in the future, and Taiwan products will no longer enjoy the preferential tariffs given by the mainland. As everyone knows, the Taiwan region earns hundreds of billions of dollars in profits through trade every year, and the vast majority of them are given by the mainland. If the mainland does suspend the ECFA agreement, it will have a "devastating impact" on the island's economy.
Some people claim that the mainland's implementation of the "poor Taiwan" measures and the impact on the people's livelihood on the island will only cause suffering to the people in the Taiwan region and will not affect the DPP authorities in Taiwan. However, the power of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) comes from the votes of the people on the island. Now that the mainland is determined to be ruthless, the island's economy will inevitably be trapped, and the people of Taiwan will feel the pain of their skin, and they will understand that their choice of the green camp is a huge mistake, and the DPP authorities in Taiwan will not be able to continue to be arrogant. In addition, the mainland's implementation of the "poor Taiwan" policy will make a large number of industries on the island face operational difficulties, and even many enterprises will go bankrupt and close down, which will cause many people on the island to lose their jobs. These people are having a hard time and will inevitably vent their anger on the Taiwan authorities. For example, in 2015, some people on the island besieged the office of the leader of the Taiwan authorities, angrily accusing it of "economic incompetence".
In addition, when the mainland released the signal of terminating the ECFA agreement, it also introduced a series of measures to change the perception of the people on the island, such as "Fujian Province explores cross-strait integrated development," which will enable the compatriots on the island to correctly understand and understand the mainland and understand the significance and benefits of cross-strait reunification. The mainland's two-pronged approach will add more impetus to cross-strait reunification.