China reunification of Taiwan

Keqiang Li

Inserted 3 years ago

“China remains committed to promoting the peaceful growth of relations across the Taiwan Strait and China's reunification. We will remain highly vigilant against and resolutely deter any separatist activity seeking Taiwan independence. We will promote exchanges, cooperation and integrated development across the Taiwan Strait. Together we can shape a bright future of rejuvenation for our great nation.”

Taipeitimes

Premier of the People's Republic of China

04 Mar 2021 3 5

Lijian Zhao

Inserted 3 years ago

“The Chinese people’s resolve to defend our sovereignty and territorial integrity is unshakable and we will not permit any person or force to stop the process of China’s re-unification. Any actions which harm China’s core interests will be met with a firm counterattack and will not succeed.”

Reuters

Spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry

11 Jan 2021 3 7

Liu Jieyi

Inserted 3 years ago

“We hope our compatriots in Taiwan can see the historical direction and the general trend of the times, stand up against separatist 'Taiwan independence' and not be 'pawns' manipulated by external forces, work with us to maintain the stability of the Taiwan Strait, and seek, protect, and enjoy peace together… promote the peaceful and integrated development of cross-strait relations, and push for reunification of the motherland. We firmly believe that as long as compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are of one mind and act as one, there will be greater room for peaceful development of cross-Strait relations.”

Thinkchina

Head of the Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) of the State Council

01 Jan 2021 2 3

Bonnie Glaser

Inserted 3 years ago

“If China loses confidence that it can work with the KMT [Kuomintang - China-friendly Taiwanese political party] to promote reunification, pressure may build on the mainland to invade or to compel Taiwan to enter into political talks”

Aljazeera

Director of the China Power Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies

31 Dec 2020 3 3

Wang Yifu

Inserted 3 years ago

“No matter how the political situation changes, we [the mainland] still hold the initiative in cross-Strait relations. Mainland China’s general policy towards Taiwan is clear and consistent. We hold firmly to the one-China principle and the 1992 Consensus, to peaceful reunification and One Country, Two Systems, to opposing and containing separatist schemes and actions towards Taiwan independence, and to safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity. We will not tolerate comments that disparage the central government’s policy towards Taiwan and which deny the results of our efforts in Taiwan.”

Thinkchina

President of the National Society of Taiwan Studies (China’s official think tank on Taiwan issues)

29 Dec 2020 2 7

Zhu Feng

Inserted 3 years ago

“We have seen enough political farce within the island [of Taiwan] and we attach no hope to the political forces within the island to change the status quo and make joint efforts with the mainland to realize the reunification. The key is that to what extent China can dominate the situation in the West Pacific. As long as China has enough strength and influence, reunification will only be a matter of time.”

Globaltimes

Director of a South China Sea studies center at Nanjing University

05 Dec 2020 2 3

Zhu Fenglian

Inserted 3 years ago

“Moves made by secessionists to provoke China's sovereignty and territorial integrity can never be tolerated… The aim of cracking down on secessionists and their supporters and paymasters is to safeguard peace and stability and the interests of Chinese people on both sides of the Taiwan Straits. 'Taiwan independence' is a dead-end road that will only bring disaster to Taiwan people. Reunification is an irresistible trend, and secessionists will be condemned by the people and punished by history”

Globaltimes

Spokesperson for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office

18 Nov 2020 2 6

Chang Ya-chung

Inserted 3 years ago

“Although US politicians always said the arms sales can reinforce the stability of the region, the fact is that more US arms sales will bring less mutual trust between Taiwan and the mainland, and incur more military drills by the PLA, and the mainland will increase its inputs to further enlarge its military advantage over the island. If the Chinese mainland determines that the US arms sales can make Taiwan a 'porcupine' that could effectively increase the difficulties for the reunification, the mainland might decide to solve the problem before Taiwan get fully armed to become a real 'porcupine'. Those arms sales serve the US interest instead of Taiwan's safety, and the increasing arms sales will make the island get closer to the brink of war.”

Globaltimes

Professor at the Taipei-based "National Taiwan University" and a member of Taiwan's opposition party KMT

26 Oct 2020 4 6

Tsai Ing-wen

Inserted 3 years ago

“Faced with Chinese communists’ saber-rattling and intimidations ... we should demonstrate our belief not to yield an inch of our territory and sovereignty.”

Taipeitimes

President of Taiwan

06 Oct 2020 2 3

Lexiong Ni

Inserted 3 years ago

“If the United States was out of the way, Taiwan would have long returned to China’s fold and there would be no question about it. If we fight a war with the US, we will make sure that we have absolute superiority and up to now we have not done so. So isn’t it obvious? Even when China-US relations are good, it is a bipartisan consensus from the US that they will never agree to a military move [by Beijing] on Taiwan no matter who becomes the US president, so [the presidency] is not a determining factor at all. Both China and the US don’t want to fight a war – if a nuclear war is triggered, no one can guarantee a win.”

Scmp

Military expert at Shanghai University of Political Science and Law

13 Sep 2020 5 6

Andrei Chang

Inserted 3 years ago

“The PLA ground forces want to play an active role in the Taiwan issue because so far their weapon systems are powerful enough to attack Taiwan without the help of missile force. Further evidence is that the PLA are also deploying the powerful Type PCL191 multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) to the ground forces of the Eastern Theatre Command. The Taiwan Strait is just 180km across. The PCL191 rocket launchers are able to destroy all military bases and government buildings on the island accurately because the weapons were equipped with the BeiDou navigation satellite system.”

Scmp

Chief editor of the military magazine Kanwa Asian Defence

05 Aug 2020 6 5

Liang Qiao

Inserted 3 years ago

“China’s ultimate goal is not the reunification of Taiwan, but to achieve the dream of national rejuvenation – so that all 1.4 billion Chinese can have a good life. Could it be achieved by taking Taiwan back? Of course not. So we shouldn’t make this the top priority. If Beijing wants to take Taiwan back by force, it will need to mobilise all its resources and power to do this. You shouldn’t put all your eggs in one basket, it’s too costly.”

Scmp

Professor at the PLA (People's Liberation Army) National Defence University in Beijing

04 May 2020 4 4

Merriden Varrall

Inserted 3 years ago

“The issues of Taiwan and Hong Kong are absolutely critical to most of the Chinese population in terms of how they judge whether or not the (Party is) doing its job.”

Cnn

Director of the East Asia Program at Australia’s Lowy Institute

20 Mar 2018 2 4

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