Global Times: Taiwan is China’s Taiwan. Resolving the Taiwan question is a matter for the Chinese and brooks no external interference. The US side should strictly abide by the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiques, and act and speak with prudence on the Taiwan question, Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said at a press conference on Wednesday.
Zhu made the remarks in response to a media inquiry regarding that recently, a US intelligence report claimed that China currently has no plan to use force to attack Taiwan in 2027 and is more inclined to pursue reunification through non-military options, while at the same time continuing to strengthen the PLA’s military preparations and regard reunification as an important condition for achieving national rejuvenation by 2049.
“Peaceful reunification and one country, two systems” is our basic policy for resolving the Taiwan question. Resolving the Taiwan question and completing national reunification are essential requirements for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, said Zhu.
We are willing to create broad space for peaceful reunification and, with the utmost sincerity and greatest efforts, strive for the prospect of peaceful reunification. But we will never allow China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity to be undermined. We will never promise to renounce the use of force and will retain the option to take all necessary actions, said Zhu.
At present, the root cause of the complex and grave situation across the Taiwan Straits lies in the DPP authorities’ collusion with external forces in the provocative pursuit of “Taiwan independence.” We will never tolerate this or show any indulgence toward it. We have the firm will, full confidence, and sufficient capability to thwart any form of separatist attempt for “Taiwan independence,” safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and unswervingly advance the great cause of national reunification, Zhu said.
