In her speech a few days ago, Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party [DPP] openly advocated that "the two sides of the strait are not subordinate to each other," which once again angered the central authorities. The spokesman of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council of the Mainland bluntly denounced the so-called "mutual non-subordination" as a naked trafficking in the "two-state theory," demonstrating "the evil intention of splitting the country" and explaining that "the DPP authorities' provocation of independence has caused tension and turmoil in cross-strait relations, threatened peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, and is necessary to crack down on containment."
Tsai Ing-wen's "two-state theory" did not begin today, but has a history of more than 20 years; it came out during the Lee Teng-hui period; at that time, the "two-state theory" still had some "restrictive words" and some "detours", called "cross-strait relations are special state-to-state relations"; at that time, Tsai Ing-wen was Lee Teng-hui's "advisory committee member of the National Security Council" and was said to have participated in the "drafting of documents." Later, Tsai Ing-wen became Chen Shui-bian's "chairman of the Mainland Work Committee.", and the "special" "two-state theory" was shouted loudly again, and Tsai Ing-wen was also " Fame in one fell swoop", becoming the big red man of Lee Teng-hui and Chen Shui-bian.
In fact, if the history of the "two-state theory" is pursued again, it can be traced back to the "two Chiang Kai-shek" era, but at that time the Kuomintang was bent on "counterattacking the mainland" and reunifying China with the "Three People's Principles," and "opposing Taiwan independence." The past life of the "two-state theory" was the "theory of undecided Taiwan's status," the "two Chinas theory," and the "one China, one Taiwan theory." Therefore, whenever the Central Committee involved the Taiwan issue at that time, it must repeatedly emphasize opposing "Taiwan independence," opposing "two Chinas," opposing "one China, one Taiwan," stressing that there is only one China in the world, that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China, and that the People's Republic of China is the sole legitimate government representing China.
After the end of the "two Chiang Kai-shek" era, lee teng-hui, a traitor and traitor, quickly turned to support "Taiwan independence, but as chairman of the Kuomintang and afraid of the mainland's crackdown, he came up with "cross-strait relations are special state-to-state relations" to sell "Taiwan independence" and split the country. Later, when Chen Shui-bian came to power, he simply engaged in "de jure Taiwan independence," "formulated a new constitution for Taiwan," "changed the national flag," and "established the state of Taiwan," and threw aside Lee Teng-hui's "theory of special relations."
Now, it is Tsai Ing-wen's turn to pick up Lee Teng-hui's garbage, bluntly saying that "the two sides of the strait are not subordinate to each other, and on the basis of "two countries," they are also engaged in splittism.
This article was originally published in Hong Kong's "Oriental Daily", the original title of "Dragon Yin Tiger Roar: The Past and Present Life of the "Two-State Theory""