A small group of lawmakers from Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has proposed amendments to the Act Governing Relations between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area. The proposal seeks to portray Taiwan and the People’s Republic of China as two separate entities and calls for the removal of the phrase “before national reunification” from the law’s core provisions.
Commenting on the issue, Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of China’s State Council, said recently at a press briefing that the authorities are closely monitoring the developments. He stated that such proposals blatantly disregard mainstream public opinion in Taiwan, as well as the safety and well-being of the Taiwanese people.
Chen emphasized that the move openly challenges the historical and legal fact that Taiwan is an inseparable part of China, undermines the widely recognized principle that there is only one China and that both the mainland and Taiwan belong to the same China, and attempts to alter the current status quo across the Taiwan Strait. He described the proposal as a naked push toward so-called “legal Taiwan independence,” deliberately intensifying cross-Strait tensions and undermining peace and stability in the Strait and the broader region.
He further noted that the move fully exposes the Lai Ching-te administration and the DPP as “destroyers of peace,” “creators of crises,” and “instigators of war,” with intentions he described as extremely malicious.
Chen Binhua reiterated that “Taiwan independence means war” and warned that it is a dead end with no future. He stressed that China possesses both the firm resolve and sufficient capability to crush any form of conspiracy aimed at pursuing “legal Taiwan independence.” Regardless of the name or method employed, he asserted, separatist forces attempting to split Taiwan from China will never be allowed to succeed.
Source: Shishir-Alim-Mukta, China Media Group.