China has deployed 28 military planes to disturb Taiwan for two consecutive days, and Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense confirmed on the 26th that four total planes entered Taiwan’s southwest airspace. On the other hand, China has released its intention to provide domestic vaccines to Taiwan through pro-China media. Taiwan’s Land Commission is clear in its attitude that Chinese vaccines are not allowed to be imported according to the law. Scholars believe that this is a typical Chinese two-handed strategy, not giving up on the forceful invasion of Taiwan on the one hand, and trying to promote talks through vaccines on the other.
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) sent 28 military sorties to disturb Taiwan on the 23rd and 24th, respectively. Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense issued a press release on the 26th, pointing out that a PLA transport 8 anti-submarine aircraft and transport 8 far-dry aircraft as well as two J-10 warplanes again disturbed Taiwan’s southwest area. Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen also mentioned when she visited the Songshan radar station in Yangmingshan on the 25th that the radar station had detected nearly 2,000 communist aircraft and over 400 communist ships from last year to the present, allowing Taiwan to quickly go to monitor and dispel them and fully guard the sea and airspace.
At the same Time, Taiwan’s pro-China media Wang Daily quoted Chinese sources involved in Taiwan as pointing out that “China has long prepared relevant programs, either in the form of private to private donations, or through Taiwanese agents of Chinese domestic vaccines, to provide Chinese vaccines to Taiwan.” However, there is no free lunch, the so-called “donation” to the other side of the premise: Taiwan must first remove political and legal barriers, such as whether the reason for emergency disposal, so that the Chinese vaccine can be imported into Taiwan.
China intends to donate vaccines Land Commission: respect the command center Chinese vaccines may not be imported
The Taiwan Land Commission responded that the command center continues to explain the procurement status of the vaccine, domestic research and development, vaccination schedule and object planning, so that the people of China fully understand the relevant information. As for the procurement and use of vaccines, it is a medical and health professional matter and has nothing to do with politics. The Epidemic Command Center has indicated that there is no complete information on the vaccines made in China, no matter the manufacturing plant, manufacturing process and related inspection checks, etc. Especially in the face of emergency epidemics, the relevant standards must be more stringent; and according to the current law, Chinese vaccines are not allowed to be imported, therefore, the country will not purchase Chinese vaccines at present, and the Council respects the professional decision of the Epidemic Command Center.
China’s vaccine donation requires removal of political and legal barriers Tung Li-Wen: High cost for Taiwan
Taiwan think tank advisory member Tung Li-Wen pointed out in an interview with this station on the 26th that China does not give up on unifying Taiwan by force, and they are ready to do so by force.
Dong mentioned that the Chinese Communist Party has not given up using vaccines as a foreign policy tool since last year and has been implementing it for the past two to three months. “Since the vaccine is a tool of his foreign policy, of course, he will not give up using it as a tool of united war against Taiwan. I think this matter is not shaped for discussion in cross-strait relations.”
Dong Liwen said that looking back at the talks of the so-called people involved in Taiwan, it seems that the importation of vaccines from China does not cost money, but what Taiwan is asked to pay is the cost of cross-strait exchanges and politics.
Dong Liwen: “It doesn’t sound like promoting talks, removing obstacles may be because in the past the Chinese Communist Party has been accusing the DPP government of setting obstacles in cross-strait relations, for example, because of the epidemic cross-strait restrictions on exchanges, and secondly because we in Taiwan have revised some national security laws, the Chinese Communist Party also considers this to be an obstacle, does it want us to abolish these laws, I don’t understand at all what those two sentences are What do they mean?”
Zhao Chunshan: “It’s strange that there is no cross-strait pipeline” from the topic of vaccine public health to talk again
Zhao Chunshan, who once participated in the Ma-Xi meeting, was once an important cross-strait staffer for the Ma government. Zhao Chunshan said in an interview that China has never been a two-handed strategy, and that military and economic repression will become the norm in the future, and that China does not have to worry about unification by force when it is self-conscious, but that it will force Taiwan to negotiate.
Zhao Chunshan: “Now the United States and other countries also launched vaccine diplomacy, China to Africa vaccine diplomacy, if for The prevention of epidemics we cooperate, so that the two sides of the Taiwan Strait can resume negotiations. I am advocating the resumption of talks, after the talks you can tell him that the aircraft do not come, do not talk about nothing.”
Zhao Chunshan mentioned that a few days ago the chairman of the SEF, Tian Hongmao, said in public, “Do not assume that there is no cross-strait dialogue, and if there is, it will not be a big deal.” He strongly agreed with Tian Hongmao’s talk. Zhao Chunshan explained that the vaccine or non-political issues, such as public health, non-traditional security issues first contact, brewing a good atmosphere before talking about political issues, this is called step by step.
Zhao Chunshan: “My personal experience in the past, there is no cross-strait pipeline is a strange thing, of course there will be, but we do not know it. Because so far, in fact, the two sides of the senior Cai or Xi, both sides have not used hard words to accuse, I think they should understand.”
Zhao Chunshan said the U.S. Biden administration to maintain a “competitive” relationship with China, so Indo-Pacific Affairs Coordinator Kurt Campbell (Kurt Campbell) also encouraged cross-strait dialogue between the two sides. However, the two sides of the Taiwan Strait are still stuck in the “1992 Consensus”, unless both sides have to give up a step, there will not be the so-called “Cai Xi meeting”.
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