Scholars advocate PLA stationing in Taiwan after reunification. Mainland Affairs Council: Will not accept any of it

The Hong Kong One Country, Two Systems Research Institute and other units recently held a "Symposium on the Practice of 'One Country, Two Systems' in Hong Kong and Macao and the Institutional Design and Effective Governance of the 'Two Systems Taiwan Plan'" at the Beijing Center of the University of Hong Kong. The participating scholars discussed the "One Country, Two Systems" Taiwan plan and advocated that the People's Liberation Army be stationed in Taiwan after reunification. Liang Wenjie, deputy chairman of the Mainland Affairs Council, stressed today that the Taiwan government and Taiwanese people "will not accept any of it."

Chinese media recently reported that the participating scholars at the symposium reached a 12-point consensus on the civilized foundation, main principles, institutional content and governance arrangements of the "one country, two systems" Taiwan plan. Among them, it is claimed that "one country, two systems" is a major contribution to the resolution of global political disputes and the realization of pluralistic and unified governance, and must be persisted and improved in the long term. In the future, whether the two sides of the Taiwan Strait are reunified peacefully or not peacefully, they must resolutely implement "one country, two systems."

It also includes incorporating the relevant laws, regulations and operational mechanisms for safeguarding national security in the Taiwan Special Administrative Region into separate chapters of the "Basic Law of the Taiwan Special Administrative Region" to firmly implement "patriots governing Taiwan"; if reunification is achieved through non-peaceful means, "paramilitary rule" can be implemented during the transition period, lasting from 3 to 5 years. In 2017, criminal prosecution was carried out for the leaders of "radical Taiwan independence" elements and major Taiwan independence figures who had persecuted reunification people, colluded with external forces or betrayed national interests; insisted that the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China station troops in Taiwan, and at the same time disbanded the armed forces of the "Taiwan Area" and confiscated the weapons and equipment of the "Taiwan Area" and returned them to the central government.

In this regard, Liang Wenjie said at the Mainland Affairs Council press conference that the CCP would not accept any of Professor Li Qize's proposition of one country, two systems in response to Changchun Normal University. The Taiwan government and Taiwanese people will not accept any of the propositions reached by more than 20 scholars from the Hong Kong One Country, Two Systems Research Center.

Liang Wenjie criticized that the most fundamental idea is to implement military control over Taiwan, including the central stationing of troops, disbanding Taiwan's armed forces, and then conducting "anti-communist" and "decolonization" education in Taiwan, that is, ideological reform, and implementing what "patriots rule Taiwan." To put it simply, Hong Kong’s one-country-two-rules system is brought to Taiwan. The Mainland Affairs Council emphasized that Taiwan's democracy and freedom were obtained through years of hard work by the Taiwanese people and must be defended by themselves.