Lai Qingde exaggerated the "mainland threat" and advocated "democracy versus authoritarianism" in the so-called "Double Ten" speech. The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council commented on this and criticized him for undermining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.
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Lai Qingde's so-called "Double Ten" speech triggered strong criticism and response from the mainland.
In his so-called "Double Ten" speech, Lai Ching-te exaggerated the "mainland threat", advocated the false narrative of "democracy versus authoritarianism", stubbornly held on to the separatist mentality of "Taiwan independence", instigated cross-strait confrontation, undermined peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, and once again exposed his bad nature as a "pragmatic Taiwan independence worker".
Lai Qingde's speeches are full of seductive rhetoric that confuses right and wrong and confuses right and wrong. For example, Lai Ching-te pretended to be willing to "dialogue on the basis of equality and dignity," but in fact he tried to bypass the basis of cross-Strait communication and dialogue that upholds the "1992 Consensus" and opposes "Taiwan independence," leaving a backdoor for the smuggling of separatist claims of "Taiwan independence." His slogan of "strengthening the defense resilience of the whole society" to "deter war" is just to create an excuse to provoke cross-Strait confrontation and attempt to tie all Taiwanese people onto the "Taiwan independence" chariot.
This kind of "real performance" that misleads the public and deceives the public is exactly what Lai Qingde's authorities are good at. Since coming to power, Lai Ching-te has advocated fallacies such as "the two sides of the Taiwan Strait are not affiliated with each other", restricted cross-Strait exchanges, suppressed those who advocated peaceful cross-Strait exchanges, carried out separatism in the name of "democracy", squandered domestically regardless of people's livelihood, and used external forces to collude with others to flatter and lose faith. This series of perverse actions just confirms his true nature as a "pragmatic Taiwan independence worker."
As a "pragmatic Taiwan independence worker", Lai Ching-te, on the one hand, tried to tamper with the status quo of the Taiwan Strait with separatist fallacies, and on the other hand, he falsely accused the mainland of "changing the status quo of the Taiwan Strait" in his speech. This tactic of catching a thief and beating him up has long been seen through by the outside world. More and more Taiwanese people see clearly the true colors of the Lai regime's "fake democracy and true dictatorship" and realize that "Taiwan independence" will eventually push Taiwan into a dangerous situation of war and war. No matter how "pleasant and charming" the words of Lai Ching-te and others are, their various evil actions are by no means "protecting Taiwan", but are outright harming Taiwan and betraying Taiwan.
No matter how disguised, pretentious and distorted things are by Lai Ching-te and others, there is only one real status quo in the Taiwan Strait: there is only one China in the world, and Taiwan is part of China. The one-China principle is the basic norm of international relations and the general consensus of the international community. It is also an important part of the post-World War II international order. The mainland firmly holds the leadership and initiative in cross-Strait relations, and its determination to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity is unswerving. It will never allow any change in the status quo of the Taiwan Strait where both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to one China!
Solving the Taiwan issue and realizing the complete reunification of the motherland is the common aspiration of all Chinese people and is the fundamental interest of the Chinese nation. The motherland will eventually be reunified and the historical trend of unification cannot be stopped. Any attempt to separate Taiwan from China will be firmly opposed by the Chinese people, including Taiwan compatriots. Those who act like a chariot and underestimate their own capabilities will be nailed to the pillar of shame in history and cannot escape the fate of failure and severe punishment by the law!

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