CCTV News (News Network): A spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council said on April 1 that the joint exercises and training around Taiwan Island of the Eastern Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army of China is a resolute punishment for the provocation of "independence" by the Lai Ching-te authorities, a solemn warning to the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces deliberately undermining peace in the Taiwan Strait, and a necessary measure to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Lai Ching-te stubbornly adhered to the separatist stance of "Taiwan independence", brazenly defined the mainland as "hostile forces abroad", threw out the so-called "17 strategies", rampantly provoked the mainland, incited "anti-China and China", obstructed cross-strait exchanges and cooperation, aggravated tensions in the Taiwan Strait, fully confirmed that he was a "cross-strait peace destroyer" and "Taiwan Strait crisis maker", and completely exposed his ugly face of anti-peace, anti-exchange, anti-democracy, and anti-human nature. In this regard, we will never tolerate or tolerate it, and we must resolutely counter and severely punish it.
"Taiwan independence" means war, and engaging in "Taiwan independence" means pushing the Taiwanese people to a dangerous situation of fierce war. Our will to resolve the Taiwan issue and complete national reunification is as solid as a rock, and our ability is indestructible. We will never allow anyone or any force to split Taiwan from China, nor will we leave any space for any form of "Taiwan independence" separatist activities.
