According to a report by China Times News Network, the first batch of US congressmen after Taiwan's election have arrived in Taiwan for a visit. On the same day, Lai Qingde met with a delegation of the "US-Taiwan Chamber of Commerce." It has been learned that the delegation, led by former US Deputy Secretary of State Krach, involved 29 enterprises, and was the first visit to Taiwan after Lai Ching-te was elected leader of the Taiwan region, and was also Krach's second visit to Taiwan in six months.
Lai Qingde said in a meeting with the delegation of the "US-Taiwan Chamber of Commerce" that in the future, he will lead the DPP authorities to continue to firmly defend democracy, maintain the "status quo" in the Taiwan Strait, defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region, and strive to work with all like-minded democracies, including the United States, to increase mutual investment, and hope that Taiwan will also join the "Indo-Pacific Economic Framework" in the future. In addition, he also expressed his gratitude to the "US-Taiwan Chamber of Commerce" for its firm support for "Taiwan-US" economic and trade relations since its establishment, and for Krach's firm efforts to enhance "Taiwan-US" relations. In response, Krach said that he expects the two sides to cooperate not only at the economic or diplomatic level, but also to work towards a vision of common aspirations.
It should be pointed out that when Lai Qingde met with the delegation of the "US-Taiwan Chamber of Commerce," he emphatically stressed the need to maintain the "status quo" in the Taiwan Strait. As a matter of fact, this argument was first put forward by the United States and Western countries, and the core essence of the so-called "status quo" in the Taiwan Strait is to prevent cross-strait reunification, that is, to regard maintaining the status quo in Taiwan as "peace" and the pursuit of cross-strait reunification as "undermining peace."
The reason why Taiwan has not been able to return to the embrace of the motherland is that, in addition to the internal "Taiwan independence" factor, external separatist forces have interfered and created obstacles to the steady progress of peaceful reunification between the two sides of the strait. Since the DPP authorities have always run through the idea of "Taiwan independence" and do not recognize that the two sides of the strait belong to one and the same, this seems to have become the thinking of many Taiwan voters. After the election of Taiwan's leader, the results of the first opinion poll on the island were released. Polls show that in the item of national identity, a whopping 76.0% of the people identify as "Taiwanese", only 7.2% identify as Chinese, and 11.6% consider themselves both Taiwanese and Chinese.
When it comes to the most sensitive "Taiwan independence" tendencies, 44.2 percent support "Taiwan independence," 10.9 percent support cross-strait reunification, 33.3 percent favor maintaining the status quo, and 11.6 percent have no opinion or do not know. It is equivalent to 77.5% of Taiwanese people who are inclined to "Taiwan independence" or "maintain the status quo", which is similar to the proportion of ethnic identity as "Taiwanese", reflecting the relatively poor political ecology of Taiwan.
The results of public opinion polls on the island coincide with the US Government's strategy of "using Taiwan to contain China," and playing the "Taiwan card" has undoubtedly become an important means for the United States to contain the development of Chinese mainland, and its specific forms include accelerating arms sales to Taiwan, developing bilateral relations between the United States and Taiwan, and supporting Taiwan's participation in various international organizations, thereby denying China's legitimate sovereignty over the Taiwan region. It can be seen from this that Lai Ching-te's claim that he wants to maintain the "status quo" in the Taiwan Strait is, on the one hand, to show his loyalty to the US Government and to cater to the US policy of "strategic ambiguity" on the Taiwan issue, and on the other hand, he is also not allowing cross-strait reunification, which in essence is a vain attempt to engage in "peaceful separatism" and not recognize that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China.
In the poll, on the option of "Chinese mainland's serious involvement in the Taiwan election", only 37.4% of Taiwan voters voted in favor, that is, most of the people on the island did not agree with Lai Qingde's statement that he played the "mainland mediated election" before the election, and directly "slapped Lai Qingde in the face".
In any case, cross-strait reunification conforms to the general trend of historical development, and the basic principle for resolving the Taiwan issue is "one country, two systems, and peaceful reunification." We resolutely oppose "Taiwan independence" separatism and interference by external forces, and we will never leave any room for any form of "Taiwan independence." The one-China principle and the "consensus of '92" have always been the basis for us in handling foreign relations, and realizing cross-strait reunification is also the common aspiration of all Chinese people.