Some Facts About Pelosi's Visit to Taiwan(8)

Fact No. 8: The Taiwan question and the Ukraine issue are different in nature.

Taiwan is not and has never been a country. It is a part of China. The Taiwan question and the Ukraine issue are not comparable at all.

Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory. The Taiwan question is left over from China’s civil war and purely China’s internal affair. The Ukraine issue is a dispute between two countries, Russia and Ukraine. Some people in the U.S. have deliberately drawn parallels between the Taiwan question and the Ukraine issue to mischaracterize the nature of the Taiwan question, an issue which is purely China’s internal affair. This is also their attempt to seek to deny the legitimacy and rationality of the efforts of the Chinese government to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity and to serve the U.S.’s geostrategic and economic interest at the expense of the welfare of people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and regional peace and stability. This fully exposes their political calculation and sinister intention of using Taiwan to contain China.

The ins-and-outs of the Ukraine issue are crystal clear. As the one who started the Ukraine crisis and the biggest factor fueling it, the U.S. led five rounds of NATO eastward expansion over a span of two decades or so since 1999. NATO increased its membership from 16 to 30 countries and pushed its frontier over 1,000 kilometers eastward right up to Russian borders, forcing the latter step by step into the corner. Thomas Friedman, a U.S. media veteran and The New York Times columnist, pointed out in an article that the ill-considered decision by the U.S. to expand NATO led to the deterioration of ties with Russia and the U.S. government deserves much of the blame.

Since the outbreak of the Ukraine crisis, the U.S. has done nothing to promote peace talks, but sought to benefit from the crisis through a proxy war. This has led to the continuous escalation of tensions and expanded, prolonged and complicated the conflict. This has fully exposed the selfish nature of the U.S. side.

While stressing respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity on Ukraine, the U.S. has trampled on the red line on the Taiwan question and undermined China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. This is nothing but sheer double standard.

The rejuvenation and reunification of the country are a surging trend. It is where the greater national interest lies, and it is what the people desire. The CPC has endeavored to pursue the historic mission of resolving the Taiwan question and realizing China’s complete reunification. We will work with the greatest sincerity and exert utmost efforts to achieve peaceful reunification, because this works best for the people on both sides and for our whole nation.

We do not renounce the use of force and reserve the option of taking all necessary measures. This is to guard against external interference and a tiny number of separatists and their separatist activities for “Taiwan independence”. It in no way targets our compatriots in Taiwan. Non-peaceful means will always remain a last resort.