China recently issued a white paper showcasing two of its policies on Taiwan. First, the CCP claims that it will embark on a “peaceful reunification” of Taiwan with the mainland, and secondly, once
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) recently issued a white paper showcasing two of its policies on Taiwan. First, the CCP claims that it will embark on a “peaceful reunification” of Taiwan with the mainland, and secondly, once “re-unified,” Taiwan would be governed under a benevolent “One Country, Two Systems” model. But history and the white paper itself expose both policies as complete frauds.
First, the concept of “peaceful reunification” is meaningless, given that the CCP simultaneously states that it is prepared to use force. That threat of force would be triggered by separatist “elements” and “activities”:
And who are these separatists, a word that the white paper uses a whopping 23 times? In the eyes of the CCP, they are Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). The paper accuses “[t]he DPP authorities” as having “adopted a separatist stance, and [having] colluded with external forces in successive provocative actions designed to divide the country.
