"China is attacking Lai because he is reasonable, not because he’s a hothead. That makes him much harder for Beijing to undermine… When discussing cross-strait relations, he reiterated Tsai’s policies word for word…"https://t.co/EZ9x4zwF6G
The PLA Eastern Theater Command said that the one-China principle is an unshakable bottom line as it conducts joint military drills around the Taiwan island in response to secessionist Lai Ching-te's provocative "stopovers" in the US. https://t.co/irhSeEVEOApic.twitter.com/MU194QBTSO
Why does the responsibility for keeping the peace lie with Lai Ching Te or any of the other Taiwan presidential candidates, when none of them are proposing an invasion of China or anything like that? Surely the responsibility for keeping the peace lies squarely with Xi Jinping! https://t.co/M4eXeAAXrd
The #PRC has made it clear it wants to shape #Taiwan’s coming national election. Well, it’s up to our citizens to decide, not the bully next door. Look, #China should hold its own elections; I’m sure its people would be thrilled. JW https://t.co/630rKGH71Xpic.twitter.com/fbfOo4p6Z0
— 外交部 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ROC (Taiwan) 🇹🇼 (@MOFA_Taiwan) August 19, 2023
What message do you get from this? On the night of August 19th, the hashtag "#Taiwan Reunification" surged to the top of #Weibo's trending topics. A post shared by the #CCP's most important mouthpiece People's Daily stated, "'Taiwan independence' goes against the historical tide… pic.twitter.com/OnC07no9LH
— Inconvenient Truths by Jennifer Zeng (@jenniferzeng97) August 20, 2023
..
#China’s army filmed apparently preparing for conflict in #Taiwan strait – The Guardian
Propaganda video shows troops running past anti-landing barricades similar to those that dot Taiwan’s coastpic.twitter.com/xbrnbHjTEx