Taiwan’s foreign ministry said yesterday that Taipei rejects the “one country, two systems” model proposed by China in a white paper released this week.
Ministry spokeswoman Joan Oh told a news conference that only the people of Taiwan have the right to self-determination, adding that China is using US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan “as an excuse to create a new normal to intimidate the Taiwanese people.” ‘, according to Reuters.
The Taiwanese army held new live-fire exercises yesterday after Beijing completed its largest-ever military maneuver around the island, which it considers an integral part of its territory.
Eighth Corps spokesman Lu Wei Jie said that Taiwanese forces fired artillery and flares as part of a defensive exercise. Taipei has accused China of using Pelosi’s visit as a pretext to rehearse its invasion, and the Chinese military said it has “successfully completed” various missions around Taiwan after about a week of military exercises, closely monitoring changes in the situation in the Taiwan Strait, will patrol regularly and will continue to conduct military exercises until it is ready for battle. An interview with NBC’s Today program said, “We can’t let the Chinese government isolate Taiwan, they won’t determine who can go to Taiwan.” It’s self-governing and China says it’s part of its territory and Taiwan rejects China’s claim to sovereignty over it and says the islanders have the right to decide their future and are committed to defending their democracy as he describes it and China was previously said in my report Two previous articles on Taiwan published in 1993 and 2000: After unification, Taiwan will not send troops or administrative personnel to Taiwan.
One country, two systems
The ruling Communist Party of China says that Taiwan can return to the rule of the country in accordance with the principle of “one country, two systems”, similar to the formula in which the former British colony of Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule in 1997, and in 2000 it was reported that that it “can be discussed on any occasion” as long as Taiwan accepts that there is only one China and does not seek independence, which was not mentioned in the latest report.
As for the Chinese government’s latest report on Beijing’s position on Taiwan, titled “The Taiwan Question and China’s Reunification in a New Era,” it showed that China had renounced its promise not to send troops or administrators to Taiwan after it was restored.
China threatens independence supporters
China vowed not to leave “room for manoeuvre” for Taiwanese independence advocates, stressing that the “use of force” to retake the island is still seen as a “last resort.”
The Taiwan Affairs Administration, a Chinese government body, released a white paper on Wednesday detailing how Beijing plans to regain control of the island, largely through economic stimulus.
“We are ready to create a wide space (for cooperation) to achieve peaceful reunification,” the document reads, which is more like a hand extended to the Taiwanese authorities.
China considers Taiwan, with a population of about 23 million, an integral part of its territory that has yet to be reunited with the rest of the country since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949, and the White Paper promises economic prosperity after “reunification” as China proposes to strengthen cultural relations, social welfare and health care, and even promote better economic “integration”, especially through “preferential policies”.
The text states that “with a strong and secure homeland, the citizens of Taiwan will be stronger, more confident, more secure, and more respected in the international arena.”