The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council responds to Lai Qingde's proposal for the so-called Taiwan independence action plan.

On the morning of December 3rd, the Taiwan Affairs Office held a routine press conference. Reporter: On November 26th, Lai Ching-te convened a so-called "National Security High-Level Meeting," proposing the so-called "Protecting Democracy Taiwan National Security Action Plan" and promoting the separatist fallacy of "Democratic Taiwan is a sovereign independent country" and exaggerating the "threat" from the mainland, clamoring to increase defense budget in Taiwan. What is your comment on this? Spokesperson of the Taiwan Affairs Office, Zhang Han: Lai Ching-te's separatist fallacy is full of hostility, antagonism, paranoia, and arrogance, fully demonstrating his persistent "Taiwan independence" stance, radical and reckless separatist views, provocation and provocation without restraint, and intensifying the harm of selling Taiwan. His so-called "action plan" vigorously exaggerates the "mainland threat," attempting to "seek independence with force" and "rely on external forces for independence," it is a "provocative plan" and a "destroy Taiwan plan" that resorts to military aggression and brings disaster to Taiwan and its people. This once again exposes his evil nature as a "peace destroyer," "crisis instigator," and "war inciter." Taiwan is China's Taiwan, never a country and never will be one. The current situation in the Taiwan Strait is that there is only one China in the world, the mainland and Taiwan belong to one China, and this fact has not changed and cannot be changed. Reunification is an inevitable historical conclusion, system differences are not obstacles to reunification, nor excuses for separatism. "Peaceful reunification, one country, two systems" is the best way to achieve national unification. The "two systems" Taiwan plan is a "peaceful plan" and a "love Taiwan plan," which will fully consider the reality of Taiwan, fully absorb opinions and suggestions from all sectors on both sides of the strait, and fully take into account the interests and feelings of Taiwanese compatriots. Since Lai Ching-te came to power, he has ignored the mainstream public opinion in Taiwan, stubbornly adhered to the separatist stance of "Taiwan independence," actively incited "anti-China" and resistance to China, and continuously escalated tensions in the Taiwan Strait. After defining the mainland as a "foreign hostile force" in March and presenting the so-called "17 strategies," he has once again put forward the so-called "action plan" and "13 specific actions," walking on the evil path of destroying cross-strait relations and plotting separatism recklessly, which will only step by step push Taiwan towards the abyss of crisis and danger. "Taiwan independence" means war and is a dead end. The Taiwan issue is at the core of China's core interests, involving the national sentiments of more than 1.4 billion Chinese people, and is an absolute red line that cannot be crossed. If the separatist forces of "Taiwan independence" dare to cross the red line, we will resolutely take action and strike back. We have firm will, strong determination, and powerful capability to crush all acts of "Taiwan independence" separatism and external interference, safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and protect the security and well-being of the people of Taiwan. The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is unstoppable, and the complete reunification of the motherland will be achieved. We warn Lai Ching-te and the DPP authorities not to play with fire, those who play with fire will burn themselves; "seeking independence with force" and taking reckless actions will only lead to self-destruction!