Beijing professor Tian Feilong, a proponent of the Beijing’s Hong Kong national security law, said the Chinese government should be preparing for a « non-peaceful reunification » of Taiwan.
China should draft a « Taiwan national security law » and make preparations for a « non-peaceful reunification » of the self-governing island, a Beijing law professor told thought leaders on Wednesday. Tian Feilong, a proponent of the sweeping national security law introduced for Hong Kong this summer, suggested the time was ripe for the Chinese leadership to take lessons learned in the former British colony and apply them to democratic Taiwan. Tian, who is an associate law professor at Beihang University, was among more than 110 scholars invited to discuss Taiwan and its changing public opinion at a seminar in Xinyang, in central China’s Henan Province, according to Hong Kong’s China Review News Agency. At the 29th annual event hosted by the All China Federation of Taiwan Compatriots, a Beijing-backed think tank, Tian said insights gained by governing Hong Kong under the « one country, two systems » model would be crucial in helping Beijing to make a breakthrough on its « Taiwan issue. » The Hong Kong national security law, which prohibits acts of treason, secession, sedition and collusion with foreign powers, includes articles which would deter Taiwan’s independence movement, Tian argued.
