Text—Liu Fufeng
The current strategy of the Taiwan authorities is to keep a soft mouth and not to provoke and challenge the mainland on the issue of reunification or independence. Of course, Zhongnanhai knows that this is a strategic application, and the purpose is to pretend to show weakness and get through the test in a foolish way, so that "the mainland will not find an excuse to use force." However, the mainland must not allow the Taiwan side to succeed, but in accordance with the established policy, it will not relax at all the political pressure and the pressure of "armed reunification," and will completely control the initiative and rhythm according to the situation, and will not be influenced by the Taiwan authorities' pretense of instigation.
As the "enthronement" of Lai Qingde approached during May 20, the political and military pressure on the mainland escalated. A few days ago, for the first time, five mainland coast guard ships and seven official vessels gathered in formation to enter the waters of Kinmen and enter the so-called "restricted waters" set up by the Taiwan authorities. Although Taiwan's "Coast Guard" dispatched six coast guard boats, claiming that "the whole process was monitored and evidence was collected and broadcast to drive them away," they were soft-mouthed and did not dare to "speak ruthlessly" or be arrogant, and only dared to say something "to undermine cross-strait peace, stability, and navigation safety, hurt the feelings of the people on both sides of the strait, and not help cross-strait peaceful exchanges."
However, the mainland's pressure moves in the waters of Kinmen are only "appetizers," and it is believed that on the eve of or on the day of "May 20," the mainland will exert greater pressure on the island of Taiwan and give Lai Qingde a "gift" to the throne. Of course, the pressure exerted in this regard is military, and the mainland's navy and air force are approaching and flying over the coast and airspace of the island of Taiwan to the greatest extent. As the "520" approach approaches, it is believed that the military in the Taiwan region will also make all-round combat preparations at the first level, and the US military will also deploy near the Taiwan region to make preparations for reinforcements. On the day of "May 20," war clouds were thick on the Taiwan Strait.
This situation can be estimated by anyone, but the most frightened is Lai Qingde. Even if in his inaugural speech, he repeated the platitude of softening his mouth in order to "ease cross-strait tension and let the mainland let him go," it would be useless at all. It is even more impossible for him to openly give up his "Taiwan independence" conspiracy, move in the same direction with the mainland, and promote the reunification of the motherland, at least for the time being. What's more, the Biden administration only said that it "does not support Taiwan independence" and did not say that it would allow him to "reunify", and Lai Qingde did not dare to think of the way of life of "abandoning independence and seeking reunification", and the United States will never give up the strategy of using the Taiwan region to split China. All the pressure is on Lai Qingde, and he can't get rid of it or shake it off even if he tries his best.
This article was originally published in "Oriental Daily", original title: "The pressure is on Lai Qingde"
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