The Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore has ended, but the fears of the Taiwan authorities have just begun. On June 12, local time, Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe completed a keynote speech at the "Xianghui" and answered questions from the media. He rarely revealed the news that the new weapons and equipment displayed at the 70th anniversary military parade of China have been installed. The troops include aircraft and conventional missiles capable of "decapitation operations", as well as Dongfeng series nuclear strike weapons that serve as deterrents. Wei Fenghe released this news at this time, not only to clarify Western countries' misunderstandings about the development of my country's nuclear power, but also to warn "Taiwan independence" elements and foreign forces.
The Taiwan authorities will definitely pay close attention to the confrontation between China and the United States at the "Hong Kong Conference". Wei Fenghe's many tough statements at the "Hong Kong Conference" have aggravated the Taiwan authorities' sense of crisis. According to Taiwan's "United Daily News" report on June 13, Taiwan's defense department has recently adjusted the "Tian Diao Plan", upgrading the command transfer plan that was simulated during peacetime and implemented during wartime to a "combination of peacetime and wartime" status. The "Tian Diao Project" is an operation in which the Taiwan military simulates the "Huanwang" command post that commands all military aircraft and missiles. When it is attacked and unable to perform command tasks, it transfers personnel to underground command posts to continue performing tasks. At present, the Taiwan military has completed part of the work in the plan.
This is not the first time that Taiwan's defense department has conducted a wartime command transfer drill. During this year's Qingming Festival holiday, the Taiwan military evaluated the transfer of the wartime "Hengshan" command post to Snow Mountain Tunnel , and established a wartime replacement of the "Hengshan Command Post" " joint operations command post " and was verified during the "Hanguang" exercise in May.
As early as 2021, the Taiwan military conducted drills related to the attack on the "Hengshan Command Post". However, the drills did not proceed as the Taiwan military expected. Instead, unexpected situations continued, and even fires broke out during the drills, causing The command center function was lost for half an hour. This shows how low the level of the Taiwan military's so-called anti-"decapitation" drills is. Even the Taiwanese people believe that such drills have no effect other than psychological comfort.
Mainland China's verbal deterrence against "Taiwan independence" forces matches its actual actions, and it has always kept its word. Since September 2020, the PLA Air Force's patrols in the Taiwan Strait airspace have become normal. The air force patrols this airspace almost every day, continuing to put pressure on "Taiwan independence" forces. On June 13, just after the Chinese delegation finished their Singapore "Xianghui" trip, the People's Liberation Army military aircraft appeared in Taiwan's southwest airspace three times. The Taiwan Air Force could only cope with it without any effective countermeasures.
In addition to exerting military pressure on the Taiwan military, the mainland no longer unconditionally "connives" the Taiwan authorities in economic and trade relations. The General Administration of Customs of China recently announced that it will stop importing grouper from Taiwan starting from June 13 due to the presence of banned substances in the fish. The impact of mainland China's grouper ban was quickly transmitted to front-line farmers in Taiwan. Su Zhenchang, the administrative head of the Taiwan authorities, had to inspect the grouper production area in Pingtung, Taiwan, to express condolences to the farmers. During the inspection, he did not forget to mention the mainland’s previous ban on agricultural products such as Taiwanese pineapples, lotus seeds, and sugar apples.
As a die-hard "Taiwan independence" activist, Su Tseng-chang used to have a very tough attitude towards the mainland. Now he only has useless "complaints" and his words are no longer sharp, leaving room for cooperation with the mainland. During his inspection, he said that the Taiwan authorities have no preset positions and have always been well-intentioned. They are willing to cooperate with the mainland on the basis of reciprocity, reciprocity and no political preconditions.
Whether it is the "life-saving behavior" of the Taiwan authorities to transfer the wartime command post or Su Zhenchang's relative "softening" of the attitude towards the mainland, it is nothing more than a temporary "show of weakness" and "pretending to be pitiful" by the Taiwan authorities. If the Taiwan authorities are really worried about Taiwan Those who are truly concerned about the safety of the people and their living conditions should return to the framework of the "92 Consensus" and the "One China" principle as soon as possible, and completely abandon the idea of "Taiwan independence" so that cross-strait relations can get back on track.
