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\nOn May 12, Donald Trump held a news conference at the White House.<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump said at a White House press conference on Monday that the outcome of trade talks between the US and China would be in the interest of\u201cUnity and peace\u201d, after China and the US announced deep cuts in the tariffs they impose on each other, outside speculation may involve the Taiwan issue, causing a high degree of concern in the island. In this regard, Chen Binhua, spokesman of the Taiwan Affairs Office, said on the 14th that we have taken note of relevant reports, we hope that the international community will more widely understand and support the Chinese people’s just cause of opposing separatist activities for”Taiwan independence” and striving for national reunification. The word\u201cUnification\u201d touched a nerve with William Lai’s administration, which immediately denied it. There is public opinion on the island that this instead highlights the anxiety of the DPP authorities.<\/p>\n
William Lai’s office was quick to deny<\/p>\n
After talks in Geneva, China and the US announced Thursday that tariffs imposed on each other will be cut by 115 percentage points and trade talks will continue, Taiwan’s United Daily News reported Monday. \u201cI think it will be very good for China, it will be very good for us, and I think it will be very good for reunification and peace,\u201d Donald Trump told a news conference at the White House, according to Taiwan’s central news agency, donald Trump’s comments prompted both the State Department and the American Institute in Taiwan to say that\u201cUS policy towards Taiwan has remained consistent for decades\u201d. \u201cThe United States has a lasting interest in peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait,\u201d the AIT said. \u201cThe United States opposes unilateral changes to the status quo by either side and expects cross-strait differences to be resolved in a way that is free of coercion and acceptable to people on both sides of the strait.\u201d.<\/p>\n
\nOn May 12, Donald Trump held a news conference at the White House.<\/p>\n
The China Times said yesterday that Donald Trump’s remarks had sparked discussion in the capital, especially since the word\u201cUnification\u201d had struck a nerve with the DPP authorities. A spokesman for William Lai’s office was quick to respond, saying\u201cAs far as we understand, taiwan-related issues were not raised during the us-china trade talks\u201d. KMT\u201cLegislator\u201d Lin Pei-hsiang believes that Donald Trump’s statement shows that there is a big gap between Lai’s authorities and the US side, and that it is far less harmonious than Lai’s authorities have been preaching internally. He said that if William Lai’s office quickly denied it, it would be more proof of whether future actions by the government would substantially harm Taiwan’s interests. Lai could not fully grasp it, so he could only deny it at the first time, \u201cTo say that the ‘reunification and peace’ in Donald Trump’s remarks has nothing to do with Taiwan is an act of deception.\u201d.<\/p>\n
Huang Yangming, a senior media official, said Lai authorities had overreacted. Donald Trump did not make it clear that Lai’s move was\u201cA sign of high-level anxiety\u201d.<\/p>\n
According to an article written on the 14th by Huang Kuibo, a professor in the Department of Foreign Affairs at Chengchi University in Taiwan, according to the official US response, \u201cThe sino-us trade talks have not touched on taiwan-related issues.\u201d As he also said that\u201cTaiwan’s recent economic and trade talks with the United States did not touch on the issue of the Taiwan dollar exchange rate,\u201d but saw the Taiwan dollar’s soaring exchange rate a few days ago, how many people will believe that statement?<\/p>\n
\u201cBreak away from China and enter the north\u201d has hit the reef<\/p>\n
Donald Trump’s comments were greeted with concern in some political and foreign affairs circles in Taipei that US policy towards Taiwan had changed, Reuters quoted sources as saying. \u201cJapan’s business daily\u201d 13, said that Taiwan, the United States is not only an important economic partner, but also rely on the security of the object. Once the cross-strait tensions, the United States will really step in, Taiwan’s internal from time to time, \u201cSuspicious of the United States,\u201d the discussion. Now that relations between the US and China have thawed in the tariff talks, \u201cThere is a risk that this climate of unease will be exacerbated again\u201d.<\/p>\n
According to the United News Network, William Lai had just defined the mainland as a\u201cHostile foreign force\u201d and carried out so-called\u201cDefection from China into the north.\u201d cross-strait relations were very tense. As a result, Donald Trump reversed his attitude, william Lai was embarrassed when he threw a change of tack that was\u201cVery good for reunification and peace\u201d.<\/p>\n
Donald Trump’s frequent use of the phrase\u201cUnification\u201d, whatever its meaning, is influential and shows that\u201cDonald Trump has already made moves and is creating an atmosphere\u201d, according to a commentary published on the 14th. If the DPP authorities believe us claims that Donald Trump’s reference to unification is aimed solely at sino-us trade relations, they are\u201cPretending to be asleep\u201d and living in a dream.<\/p>\n
Taiwan media noticed that in February this year, the U.S. state department updated the\u201cStatus of u.s.-taiwan relations\u201d web page, deleting the phrase\u201cDoes not support Taiwan independence.\u201d They expect cross-strait differences to be resolved\u201cIn a way that is free of coercion and acceptable to the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait\u201d. There was speculation at the time, but the site was taken down earlier this month.<\/p>\n
‘Taiwan Crisis Maker’<\/p>\n
Some analysts say that Donald Trump’s\u201cReunification\u201d has also attracted high attention on the island because William Lai has been in power for nearly a year. At the regular press conference of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council on the 14th, a reporter asked a question. According to an opinion poll on the island, 79.5% of the people are dissatisfied with its governance, including 40.5% dissatisfied with its handling of cross-strait relations, what do you think of William Lai’s handling of cross-strait relations since he took office a year ago? Chen Binhua, a spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said that since taking office, the William Lai Administration has violated the island’s mainstream public opinion, refused to recognize the 1992 consensus, stubbornly adhered to the\u201cTaiwan independence\u201d position, and vigorously propagated the fallacy of separatism, it constantly manipulates\u201cAnti-china resistance\u201d to create\u201cGreen Terror\u201d and obstruct cross-strait exchanges and exchanges. He also concocted false narratives in an attempt to mislead the Taiwan people and mislead international public opinion; he ignored economic laws and attempted to\u201cDecouple\u201d the cross-strait economy and trade and\u201cCut the chain\u201d of industry; he fawned on and lost faith with external forces and sold Taiwan to harm Taiwan, vainly trying to\u201cSeek independence by relying on foreigners\u201d and\u201cSeek independence by force\u201d. Chen Binhua said that Lai’s actions have escalated cross-strait confrontation and undermined peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. In fact, lai is actually a\u201cPeace breaker across the strait\u201d and a\u201cCrisis maker across the Taiwan Strait.\u201d.<\/p>\n
A reporter asked that the DPP authorities have stepped up the purchase of\u201cPatriot\u201d missiles, and deployed marines to form combat teams to protect the\u201cGreater Taipei area,\u201d and have repeatedly carried out so-called\u201cPeople’s Liberation Army attack on Taiwan\u201d exercises, according to the island’s public opinion, these moves are preparation for William Lai’s\u201cFlight from battle.\u201d. Chen Binhua responded that no matter how many weapons the DPP authorities buy or how many exercises they conduct, they can not change the fate of\u201cTaiwan independence\u201d, let alone stop the historical trend of inevitable reunification of the motherland. The DPP authorities and politicians are well aware of this, but in order to seek political self-interest, on the one hand, they make noise about\u201cFighting against China and protecting Taiwan\u201d, repeatedly\u201cProvoking and provoking\u201d, and dragging Taiwan compatriots to bear the burden of\u201cTaiwan independence\u201d; On the other hand, but for their own plan to escape, paranoid escape. This kind of behavior is despicable and despicable.<\/p>\n
Chinese news network reported on the 14th that the Taiwanese army for 2 days to carry out\u201cPrecision missile firing exercises,\u201d the People’s Liberation Army aircraft, the number of ships also suddenly increased. Taiwan’s\u201cMinistry of National Defense\u201d announced on the morning of the 14th that from 6:00 am on the 13th to 6:00 am on the 14th, 35 PLA military aircraft were found, among them, 25 sorties crossed the so-called\u201cMiddle line of the strait\u201d into the northern and southwestern airspace, and 8 PLA warships and 2 government vessels circled Taiwan.<\/p>\n
Regarding the PLA exercises near the Taiwan Island, Chen Binhua, spokesman of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said earlier at a regular press briefing that the DPP authorities and\u201cTaiwan independence\u201d forces colluded with external forces to seek\u201cIndependence\u201d and provocation, it is a source of trouble and disorder that causes tension in the Taiwan Strait. We have the resolve, the confidence and the ability to thwart separatist attempts for\u201cTaiwan independence\u201d in any form, safeguard China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and firmly advance the great cause of national reunification. The People’s Liberation Army military exercises around the island are a deterrent and punishment against separatist attempts for\u201cTaiwan independence\u201d and interference by outside forces, and a necessary and just act to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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