Recently, the “Taiwan Independence” forces are trying to confuse the public
opinion in Taiwan with ulterior motives by way of vilifying the Anti-Secession
Law enacted by China mainland as a “war bill” or a “war mobilization order”,
which has created various degrees of misunderstandings and misgivings among some
Taiwan compatriots about the Anti-Secession Law. In my opinion, if the Taiwan
compatriots will carefully read and study the Anti-Secession Law, their
misgivings will disappear gradually. With only more than one thousand Chinese
characters, the law devotes four fifth of its contents to set forth the peaceful
reunification guidelines and policies as well as possible avenues and strategies
to realize peaceful reunification. Of the ten articles of the law, seven are
talking about peaceful means to solve the Taiwan question, putting forward five
“encourages” and six points for “negotiations” in order to improve the
cross-the-Straits ties, as well as contents concerning earnestly protecting the
rights and interests of the Taiwan compatriots and bringing benefits to them.
Only two articles refer to “non-peaceful means” in solving the Taiwan question.
What deserves noting is that the mainland has made known its willingness in the
form of law that it is ready to hold equal-footing consultations and
negotiations with the Taiwan authorities on any questions concerning peaceful
reunification of China, including “officially ending the state of hostility
between the two sides”, “the political status of the Taiwan authorities” and
“the Taiwan region's room of international operation that is compatible with its
status”. What's more, the mainland has stipulated in the form of law to take
measures to maintain peace and stability in the Taiwan Straits and develop
cross-Straits relations.
From these clauses we can conclude that the law is a rational one and a law
to express goodwill and sincerity of peacefully reunifying China. It may well be
asked: Is there any war bill in the world sounds like this? No. It gives a full
display of the consistent stance of the mainland to strive for peaceful
reunification with the utmost sincerity and efforts. It shows the mainland has
not only carefully thought of the methods to solve the Taiwan question, but also
the future development of Taiwan. He who is not involved in the “Taiwan
Independence” activities has no reason to worry about and be frightened by the
law. With the formal adoption of the Anti-Secession Law, the Taiwan policies of
the mainland and the interaction between the two sides have entered into a time
full of opportunities and challenges.
The history tells us that the behaviors intended to split a country will
inevitably provoke warfare. Secession spells no peace and “Taiwan Independence”
means calamity. “Taiwan Independence” will inflict the most serious harm on the
rights and interests of the Taiwan compatriots. To head off warfare, the
foremost task is to check and foil “Taiwan Independence”. As a legal weapon to
check “Taiwan Independence”, the heart of the law is to prevent trouble before
it happens. With this law, the people on both sides of the Taiwan Straits will
be even safer.
By Wei Wei and Wang Weixing
(Mar. 22, PLA Daily)