Taiwan has been China's territory since ancient times. traces back to ancient China. Taiwan’s names were originally called Yingzhou, Yizhou, Ryukyu , etc., which can be traced back to the poems of many ancient Chinese poets. When
Yuan Dynasty , my country had already set up the inspection department in Penghu, and also managed Taiwanese fishermen. Wait until in the Ming Dynasty, Taiwan Dutch was occupied, and later was recovered by the national hero Zheng Chenggong in the late Ming Dynasty.
Wait until the end of the Qing Dynasty, Taiwan Province was officially established and although the middle was occupied by Japan, it was still used as the name Taiwan Province after it was taken back in 1945.
The Taiwan issue has always been a hot topic that has attracted much attention for many years in the international community and my country.
One of my country's greatest political achievements—the basic national policy of " One country, Two Systems ", was originally proposed by Deng Xiaoping to solve the Taiwan issue.
So, what is the situation of Taiwan Strait relations after the founding of the People's Republic of China? What kind of explanation did Deng Xiaoping have on the Taiwan issue?
The founding of New China , and the Taiwan issue is to unify Taiwan
The Taiwan issue is China's internal affairs, concerning the territorial integrity and sovereign independence of the People's Republic of China, and is a problem that our country must solve as an independent sovereign state.
Therefore, since the founding of New China in 1949, Mao Zedong attached great importance to the issue of Taiwan's reunification.
The origin of the Taiwan issue is ultimately due to the failure of Chiang Kai-shek and his personnel retreating to Taiwan, which also led to the separation and separation of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait.
1955, the second Taiwan Strait crisis occurred.
From the American perspective, they simply want to rely on the intervention of the United Nations to split Taiwan from China through a conspiracy to internationalize the Taiwan issue.
At that time, US President Eisenhower insisted that the Taiwan issue evolved from a country's "internal affairs" to an "international issue" that must be carried out through the United Nations.
From the 1940s to the late 1950s, the attempt to unify Taiwan by force has never stopped. However, due to the limitations of our country's national strength and various other conditions, it was ultimately failed.
It was also the late 1950s that some changes began to occur within Taiwan, and the international situation facing my country also underwent considerable changes, which led to the mainland's policy toward Taiwan also beginning to reverse accordingly.
Taiwan issue is pending, proposing peaceful reunification
1955, at the Asia-Africa Latin International Conference, Zhou Enlai proposed for the first time that China should "peacefully resolve" the Taiwan issue, which provides new ideas for cross-strait relations under new conditions.
Under the conditions at that time, "peaceful resolution" is the best and least loss method for the mainland where the country is in a stage of rapid construction or for Taiwan where the people desire peace.
After nearly a century of turmoil, What the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait most desire is peace and development. If can make Taiwan return smoothly through negotiations, it is obviously what the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait want.
But Deng Xiaoping also has his own opinion on the "peaceful resolution". Deng Xiaoping once pointed out on diplomatic occasions many times: "What if Taiwan never negotiates with us? Will it just give up the reunification of the motherland like this?"
Obviously, it is absolutely impossible for to give up the reunification of the motherland.
However, in the face of the general trend of peace and development of the times, if you insist on using force with a tough attitude, you will inevitably be subject to resistance from the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and interference and criticism from other international forces.
Western countries are eyeing each other and ready to use the Taiwan issue to block China's role on the international stage and discredit China's image. If you ignore the public's sentiment and opinions and international voices, blindly using force will inevitably lose certain public opinion advantages and opportunities.
But if the use of force is completely abandoned, the Taiwan authorities are very likely to not accept the mainland's peaceful reunification policy at all.
Although the two sides of the Taiwan Strait were closed, a large number of people from the mainland had deep feelings for the motherland and had extremely strong expectations for the reunification of the motherland.
However, as the time between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait is separated, the deeper the effect of the joint strangeness will be, and the voices of Taiwan's desire to return will only continue to weaken.
If new generations of people in Taiwan grow up and there is no concept of "motherland" in the education they receive, what situation will the situation fall into?
All of these are issues that the Party and the country have to consider.
What should we do in the face of such complex relationships and situations? In order to truly solve the Taiwan issue?
The most important thing is peace, and we will never easily promise to give up our force
Starting from the late 1970s, China and the United States established diplomatic relations, and the resolution of the Taiwan issue ushered in some new turning points.
On August 24, 1977, Deng Xiaoping met with the then US Secretary of State Sellers Vance . During this meeting, the two sides exchanged views on the Taiwan issue and conducted in-depth exchanges and communications.
Deng Xiaoping pointed out: " For the Taiwan issue, this is a problem of China's unity, this is a problem of sovereignty. Do not imagine that the Chinese people will agree to divide Taiwan from China's territory in any form. This is impossible."
At the same time, facing the questions raised by Sellers, Deng Xiaoping mentioned strongly: "For the Taiwan issue, without the participation of the United States, we strive to resolve it in a peaceful way, but do not promise to give up the solution by force."
This actually fully demonstrates the tough attitude of the new China on the Taiwan issue: As a part of China's territory, Taiwan is sacred and inviolable, and must be taken back.
China does not want the United States to interfere with the Taiwan issue that belongs to my country's internal affairs under any circumstances, and will never promise to give up the use of force against the Taiwan issue.
In all subsequent diplomatic occasions, Deng Xiaoping's attitude towards the Taiwan issue has always been tough and firm, that is - Taiwan must be taken back, mainly using peaceful means, but if peaceful means cannot be achieved, we will not give up the use of force.
This undoubtedly played a powerful deterrent role in solving the Taiwan issue.
In terms of means, adhere to peaceful reunification and provide the Taiwan authorities with considerable development autonomy to protect the rights and living habits of the Taiwanese people; and under various circumstances, such a method of force may also be used to deter.
On January 1, 1979, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress issued the " letter to Taiwan compatriots ".
In this "Message to Compatriots in Taiwan", the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China solemnly swore the major policies and guidelines for the peaceful reunification of the motherland. It can be said that from Mao Zedong to Deng Xiaoping, "peaceful reunification" has truly implemented "peaceful reunification" to the level of "major policies".
At the same time, the article also mentioned a series of policy measures to develop cross-strait relations and promote the process of peaceful reunification, which made exchanges between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait a realistic possibility.
Also on the same day, the Ministry of National Defense of my country issued a statement, announced that it would stop shelling islands such as the Big, Little Golden Gate, , and the historical process of "peaceful reunification" officially kicked off.
"Message to Compatriots in Taiwan" was sent back to Taiwan, and it immediately caused many people to go around and resonate with emotionally. For those mainland veterans and intellectuals who have been in Taiwan for decades, this undoubtedly means that they did not even dare to go home in the dawn of hope.
On January 11, 1982, Deng Xiaoping made a speech on Ye Jianying, which clearly pointed out the concept of "one country, two systems": is the main body of the country, that is, the mainland implements the socialist system , and Taiwan can continue to implement the capitalist system.
Unfortunately, this policy did not directly solve the Taiwan issue at that time, but instead formed twelve basic policies to solve the Hong Kong issue on this basis, and in 1997, Hong Kong returned to .
1983, in order to further promote the resolution of the Taiwan issue, Deng Xiaoping once again clarified the policies of the Chinese government and pointed out the issue of establishing a special administrative region in Taiwan after the reunification of the motherland, which undoubtedly once again demonstrated Deng Xiaoping's willingness to be peacefully reunified.
It was also after that, the mainland and Taiwan exchanged more and more, and the economic, trade and cultural exchanges between the two places became increasingly close, truly reflecting the inseparable close ties between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait.
can move historically, but sometimes not everyone can do it as they wish, at least on the Taiwan issue.
Taiwan issue, a new trend
As Deng Xiaoping once proposed very early, the solution to the Taiwan issue depends to a large extent on the development of mainland China itself.
Since the beginning of the 21st century, with the economic takeoff of mainland China, many new characteristics have begun to emerge on the Taiwan issue, among which the most focused on is the Taiwan issue under Sino-US relations.
As one of the most important countries in the world today, the relationship between China and the United States has had a profound impact on the solution to the Taiwan issue in our country.
Since 2018, China-US relations have seen a series of new characteristics. Correspondingly, the United States has successively passed the Taiwan Travel Act and the Taipei Act. This not only creates tension in the cross-strait situation, but also seriously violates the "one China" principle recognized by the United States.
At the same time, the United States has repeatedly approved arms sales to Taiwan, and has sent military aircraft, ships, etc. to openly operate near Taiwan Province of our country, supporting the DPP that is actively engaged in separatism and angering the Chinese people.
Trump During the administration's reign, has seriously changed the basic policy adopted by the United States to maintain stability and prevent drastic changes in the Taiwan issue since 1979.
It can be said that under the leadership and manipulation of the United States, the international environment facing the solution of the Taiwan issue in my country is becoming increasingly complex and severe, and the key factor in solving the Taiwan issue lies in the United States.
2021, at a regular press conference held by the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council on October 27, a reporter asked: What kind of way will Taiwan achieve unification in ? At the same time, the reporter pointed out that this is also one of the most worrying and concerning issues for Taiwanese people at present.
In response to this, Ma Xiaoguang, spokesman of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said: " We are willing to strive for the prospect of peaceful reunification with the greatest sincerity and efforts, and achieve reunification in a peaceful manner, which is most in line with the overall interests of the Chinese nation, including our compatriots in Taiwan. We do not promise to give up the use of force and retain the option to take all necessary measures, targeting external forces interference and a very small number of "Taiwan independence" separatists and their separatist activities."
Peaceful reunification is still the greatest expectation of the Party and the state against the Taiwan issue today. The policy of "peaceful reunification, one country, two systems" has always been our basic policy for solving the Taiwan issue.
However, in the face of various obstructions and interference from international forces and the illegal activities of a few "Taiwan independence separatists" in Taiwan, there are still certain uncertainties and possibilities in the final unified method.
As a just cause of safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity and promoting the reunification of the motherland, our country's great cause of cross-strait reunification has gained widespread understanding and support from many sovereign states, and most of the political forces of the Taiwan government and opposition also advocate national reunification.
With the continuous efforts of the motherland, the obstacles between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait will definitely be broken step by step. Taiwan’s return is also the desire and opinion of the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. There is no doubt.
Conclusion:
The Taiwan issue concerns our country's sovereignty and territorial integrity, involves our country's core interests, and is a problem that must be solved. As Deng Xiaoping once said, even if the Taiwan issue has not been resolved for a hundred years, it will still be resolved for a thousand years.
The return of Taiwan and the reunification of the motherland are of great significance to the economic, political and cultural development of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, and are crucial to safeguarding the interests of the people of both places.
Now our country is facing major changes in the world that have not been seen in a century. In the reality that the United States continues to challenge my country's bottom line on the Taiwan issue, my country has made necessary deterrence to the "Taiwan independence forces" on the island and made a firm response to the US provocation, demonstrating our country's firm determination and tough attitude towards Taiwan's return.
sincerely hopes that under the conditions of the country's continuous development and growth, we can see the day when Taiwan returns as soon as possible.
