China and the United States have just hung up the phone, and Foreign Minister Wang Yi took out the Taiwan issue and talked about it separately. Lai Ching-te was really panicked this time and had sent someone to go to the United States to test his words.
In a recent call with US President Trump, in addition to elaborating China's latest position to the US on the current hot economic and trade issues between China and the United States, the Taiwan issue is also a top priority issue emphasized by China.
China warned Trump during the call that the United States should handle the Taiwan issue carefully and avoid a very small number of "Taiwan independence" separatists dragging China and the United States into a dangerous situation of conflict and confrontation.
This is said bluntly enough. If the US no longer be cautious on the Taiwan issue and continues its promises, but instead joins in with the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces on the island, and even uses them to violate the red line drawn by China, the risk of China-US falling into direct conflict will increase suddenly.
China's rare link to the Sino-US conflict with the Taiwan issue is to warn the Trump administration not to try to take risks on the Taiwan issue.
Trump clearly understood China's implications and promised China on the spot that the United States would continue to pursue a one-China policy.
The Taiwan issue cannot be overemphasized. No matter who is involved in the Taiwan issue, China will tirelessly trace the red line of the Taiwan issue.
Short after China and the United States hung up the phone, the French came over again, and Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke with French Foreign Minister Barrow at the invitation. In this call, although the two sides talked a lot, Foreign Minister Wang Yi still talked about the Taiwan issue separately and clearly warned the French side that the Taiwan issue is China's internal affairs, which concerns China's national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and there is an essential difference from the Ukrainian issue. China attaches importance to France's commitment to pursue the one-China policy and believes that France will implement this commitment. We hope that the French side will stick to the correct position and oppose NATO's intervention in Asia-Pacific affairs.
The three sentences that Foreign Minister Wang Yi said are progressive layer by layer. The first sentence is to ask the French side not to deliberately confuse the Taiwan issue with the Ukrainian issue. Ukraine is a sovereign state, the Russian-Ukrainian conflict is a war between one sovereign state and another sovereign state, and Taiwan is part of China. The Taiwan issue belongs to China's internal affairs, and external forces interfere in the Taiwan issue is untenable. French should understand the essential differences between the two issues.
In the second sentence, Foreign Minister Wang Yi is reminding the French side not to forget their "one China" commitment, and leaving enough space for the French side, believing that the French side will fulfill its commitment.
The third sentence, Foreign Minister Wang Yi put the Taiwan issue in the framework of the entire Asia-Pacific region and told the French side that France should not interfere unnecessary in Asia-Pacific affairs, including the Taiwan issue. Especially when using NATO as a cover to interfere in Asia-Pacific affairs, it is necessary to show a clear opposition.
In two key calls, the mainland emphasized the Taiwan issue to the United States and Western countries alone, indicating that the mainland's patience with the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces and external interference forces on the island is gradually exhausted, and the process of national reunification is accelerating. This is the situation Lai Ching-te is most afraid of.
Faced with the mainland's increasingly severe attitude towards the Taiwan issue, Lai Ching-te was really panicked this time. Originally, after the Trump administration came to power, he was deeply dissatisfied with the Taiwan authorities. If the mainland chants the "tight ring" to the US side, the Taiwan authorities will definitely have a hard time.
Faced with the current situation in the Taiwan Strait with extremely high uncertainty, Lai Ching-te still wanted to test the Trump administration's tone. He appointed his secretary-general Pan Meng'an to lead a delegation to the United States, and met with US government officials under the guise of buying US energy and negotiating economic and trade issues.
Taiwan must buy US energy, and imposing tariffs on Taiwan is also inevitable for the US side, so there is no need for negotiations between the two sides. Lai Ching-te is even more worried that the United States abandons Taiwan, but worrying is useless. When Taiwan loses its sufficient value, it is only a matter of time before it is kicked away by the United States.
