A reporter asked: The PLA Eastern Theater Command began the “Justice Mission–2025” exercise around Taiwan Island on December 29, involving the Army, Navy, Air Force, Rocket Force, and other units. Do you have any comment?
Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, responded:
The PLA’s military actions are a stern warning to “Taiwan independence” separatist forces and to external interference. They are a necessary and just measure to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The Lai Ching-te administration engages in “Taiwan independence” activities, flatters external forces without principle, sells out Taiwan without restraint, and is willing to sacrifice Taiwan’s economic development and the livelihood of its people. It recklessly colludes with external forces to seek independence and provokes confrontation, plunging headlong down a dangerous path of militarization. Such actions have seriously damaged cross-Strait relations, gravely threatened peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, and severely harmed the fundamental interests of the Chinese nation and the vital interests of the Taiwan people.
We will never tolerate or condone any “Taiwan independence” actions—they will be firmly struck down.
Taiwan is China’s Taiwan. Any external force that attempts to interfere in the Taiwan question or meddle in China’s internal affairs will inevitably dash itself to pieces against the steel Great Wall of the PLA. The historic trend toward national reunification cannot be stopped. No one should underestimate our firm determination, strong will, or powerful capability to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
People on both sides of the Strait are one family. The military actions target “Taiwan independence” separatist activities and external interference—not the people of Taiwan. The purpose is to curb separatist collusion with external forces that destabilizes the Taiwan Strait, and to fundamentally safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as the core interests of the Chinese nation and the vital interests of Taiwan compatriots.
We hope that the people of Taiwan clearly recognize the extreme danger and harm of the Lai administration’s separatist course, and join us in resolutely opposing “Taiwan independence” and foreign interference, defending our shared national home, and creating a bright future of national reunification and national rejuvenation together.