Xi Jinping once again mentioned "one country, two systems" to unify Taiwan. Mainland Affairs Council: Impossible to accept it

Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping delivered a speech to Taiwan today at the "Commemorating the 160th Anniversary of the Birth of Sun Yat-sen", once again distorting the historical narrative and reaffirming the proposition of "peaceful reunification and one country, two systems", claiming that "the reunification of the motherland" will inevitably be realized. The Mainland Affairs Council emphasized that the CCP’s commemoration of Sun Yat-sen was organized by the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference for the purpose of uniting the front against Taiwan and promoting reunification. If the CCP sincerely wants to commemorate Sun Yat-sen, it should face up to the objective fact that the Republic of China he founded is still standing, respect Taiwan's free and democratic way of life, be committed to implementing Dr. Sun's lifelong pursuit of democracy and civil rights, and have the courage to promote China's political reform and democratization.

The Mainland Affairs Council said that the Republic of China is a sovereign state co-founded by Dr. Sun Yat-sen and countless revolutionary martyrs. It has never been interrupted or overthrown or replaced. It is not affiliated with the People's Republic of China. This is an indisputable fact. The liberal and democratic Republic of China has been deeply involved in Taiwan, Pengjin and Ma, and is on a different national development path from the autocratic and centralized People's Republic of China. The People's Republic of China has never ruled Taiwan for a day and has no right to impose Taiwan's so-called "unification" obligations, let alone interfere with Taiwan's development direction.

The Mainland Affairs Council pointed out that the fundamental issue between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait lies in the major differences between democracy and freedom and totalitarian autocracy. The so-called "one country, two systems" is ultimately the authoritarian rule of the Chinese Communist Party. Taiwan's mainstream public opinion has firmly rejected it, and the government cannot accept it. Taiwan's future should be decided by all the 23 million people of Taiwan under the democratic constitutional system of the Republic of China, and never by a dictatorship.

The Mainland Affairs Council criticized that the CCP should not selectively use and "super-translate" Dr. Sun Yat-sen's remarks. It should bear in mind that Mr. Sun devoted his life to overthrowing the autocratic monarchy and realizing the ideal of sovereignty among the people. He bravely faced internal political and social problems, promoted democratic reforms, and returned power to the people, so that China could develop freedom and democracy.

The Mainland Affairs Council calls on the Chinese Communist Party to follow Mr. Sun Yat-sen’s “peace” legacy, stop intimidating and pressuring Taiwan and threatening peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and the Indo-Pacific region, communicate and dialogue with our democratically elected legitimate government, and pragmatically handle cross-strait differences.