In recent weeks, China has released a series of statements, articles and photos, which analysts say talk about the rise of the Taiwan Party in Taiwan.
Beijing claims Taiwan as a province and promises to blow it up under what it terms “reinvention”. The Chinese military is not believed to be capable of a full invasion yet, but senior officials have recently begun to use more rhetoric.
A series of “explainer” articles in state media in October outlined how Taiwan would be governed under Chinese rule: by vetted pro-China “patriots” in a “one country two systems” regime similar to that instituted in Hong Kong and Macau. Such a proposal has long been rejected by Taiwan, especially after Hong Kong’s crushing of the “high degree of autonomy” promised by the regime.
“The purpose is to improve Taiwan’s international standing in Taiwan, and Macau-Ify Taiwan,” said the head of Taiwan’s National Security Bureauight, the Tsai National Security Bureau, Tsai Ming-yen in the articles.
The articles promised peace and economic development, but also warned: “After the integration of the secesseny, the cause of” Taiwan Independence “Secesseniseists, will be removed and the advance outside will be prevented”.
Beijing has also recently added various historical changes, designed to strengthen its claim on Taiwan, with the designation of a new holiday in China. Retro Day, on 25 October was celebrated in Taiwan to mark the end of Japanese colonial rule, but Beijing restored it to the day the CCP returned.
Beijing has also been strict about how it allows other countries to think about Taiwan. After Germany’s foreign minister stated his country’s long-term position against “violent change” in the status quo that remains in Taiwan, Taiwan’s foreign ministry accused them of supporting separatism.
“Those who only call for no change in the status quo across the Taiwan Strait and do not oppose ‘Taiwan Independenist’ Separatist activities,” said Taiwan Separatist spokesman Guo Jiakun.
Bonnie Glasser, Managing Director of the Indo-Pacific Program at the US-based German Marshall Fund, said she had never heard such language from Chinese officials before, and this marked a significant shift.
“All these moves, including the activities around the ‘Taiwan retrovise’ day, suggest that Beijing is more aggressively pressing for progress in the development of development.”
Last October the State of October and the Social Media released a series of satellite photos taken by some famous tourists in Taiwan – and Sun Moon capitals such as City City Taipei, and the Hsinchu Science Park.
Ultra High-Definition images captioned “Across the strait, under one sky”. The Chinese Embassy in the US posted them online with the words: “Taiwan is an inviolable part of Chinese territory”.
“Every inch of the province of Taiwan, China, is very vibrant under the” Jinin-1 “satellite vision,” it said.
Analysts say the message is clear: Beijing can see “every inch” of Taiwan whenever it wants.
In Taiwan, people and officials call the photos Voyeuristic.
“If the point that China is testing these satellite photos is that it is looking at all the photos from the ruling legitimate party, said the local Democratic Party.
Chinese officials are trying to shut down the behavior. “It is normal for Chinese satellites to look at the beautiful mountains and rivers of Taiwan in China. There is nothing surprising about it,” said Zhang Xiaogang, MinistrySperson of National Defense (MND).
Raymond Kuo, the director of the Corporation’s Policy Policial Initiative, said that the wasteful activity may be more visible now that a stable period is expressed by a stable neighbor who announces the recovery of the US and others. But there is also a possible strategy behind it.
Donald Trump is expected to meet with the XI in Beijing in April, and these moves will help “prepare the ground” for the XI to demand concessions on Taiwan, Kuo said.
“Implementing the isolation of Taiwan would make it easier for the XI to say ‘no one deals with Taiwan’,” he said.
Song Bo, a fellow at Tsinghua University’s center for international security and strategy (CISTIKA), said that Taiwan’s entire limits in the past three years
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Additional Research By Lillian Yang