Original title: Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council: Lai Qingde's "theory of motherland" is a "Taiwan independence" fallacy of old wine in new bottles

On October 8, Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council Answer reporters' questions.

Lai Qingde's so-called "motherland theory" has caused controversy on the island and has been criticized by all walks of life. Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said that Lai Qingde's statement changed concepts, confused right and wrong, and continued to sell the "new two countries" that "the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China are not affiliated with each other" by highlighting the political differences between the two sides and deliberately severing the historical connections between the two sides. "Theory" to suppress the national identity and ethnic identity of Taiwan compatriots. Lai Ching-te's "Taiwan independence" fallacy of putting old wine in new bottles has once again exposed his stubborn "Taiwan independence" stance and his sinister intentions of escalating hostility and confrontation.

Taiwan is China’s sacred territory with clear historical latitude and clear legal facts. On October 25, 1945, the Chinese government announced that it would "restore the exercise of sovereignty over Taiwan." On October 1, 1949, the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China was proclaimed, replacing the government of the Republic of China and becoming the only legal government representing all of China. This is a regime change without any change in China, the subject of international law. China's sovereignty and inherent territorial boundaries have not changed. The government of the People's Republic of China fully enjoys and exercises China's sovereignty as a matter of course, including sovereignty over Taiwan.

Although the two sides of the Taiwan Strait have not yet been completely reunified, China's sovereignty and territory have never been divided and cannot be divided. The fact that the mainland and Taiwan belong to the same China has never changed and cannot be changed. No matter what kind of "historical paradox" or "weird talk about Taiwan independence" Lai Ching-te throws out, they can't change the objective fact that both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to one China, and they can't kill the Taiwan compatriots' awareness of their motherland. We hope that the majority of Taiwan compatriots will fully recognize the "independence" tactics of the Lai Ching-te administration, resolutely oppose "Taiwan independence" separatism and external interference, resolutely protect the common home of the Chinese nation, and effectively safeguard peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait as well as their own security and well-being.

(CCTV reporter Huang Huixin)