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Reporter Lin Enru / Taipei Report
Since mid-August, the Chinese People’s Communist Liberation Army has conducted multi-service joint military exercises in the northern and southern ends of the Taiwan Strait. Recently, it has even arrogantly crossed the central line of the Taiwan Strait, and the number and types of military aircraft have increased. There are repeated signs of advance into our airspace. Fang Tatfa, but the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Chinese State Council bluntly stated that “the cross-strait central line no longer exists.” In response to this, former President Ma Ying-jeou was asked about this at an event today (1). He shouted excitedly: “There will be mutual respect between the two sides of the strait!”
▲ Former President Ma Ying-jeou was on stage today with former President Chen Shuibian and Taipei Mayor Ke Wenzhe, raising concern. (Photo / Provided by North City Government)
The recent rapid warming of US-Taiwan relations has allowed China to intensify its military intimidation against Taiwan. In the near future, she has sent military aircraft across the central line of the Taiwan Strait to provoke China. This has revived the atmosphere of the 1996 Taiwan Straits crisis. At a press conference of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council on the 30th, Ma Xiaoguang, spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office , was criticized by us for repeatedly crossing the middle line of the Taiwan Strait. Ma Xiaoguang said: “The mainland and Taiwan belong to the same China, and Taiwan is a sacred and inalienable part of China. There is no such so-called line between the two sides of the strait. The combat training activities of the PLA are necessary actions taken. to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity “.
When Ma Ying-jeou, former President Chen Shuibian, and Taipei Mayor Ke Wenzhe attended the “Taipei City Centennial Commemorative Exhibition” this morning, he did not intend to interview before entering the venue, but he heard the journalist’s question about the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council. As for the so-called line of this type, Ma Ying-jeou stopped at the scene and exclaimed enthusiastically, “The two sides of the strait respect each other and (the central line) will exist.”
In fact, the spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Wang Wenbin, told us a few days ago: “Taiwan is an inalienable part of the Chinese territory and there is no so-called narrow middle line.” At the time, Ma Ying-jeou wrote via Facebook that the median line of the strait was proposed by the United States military to aid in the defense of Taiwan after the signing of the Joint Defense Treaty between China and the United States. 1954. In the past, both sides of the strait did not recognize this center line. Our air force’s cruise line could be 15 nautical miles off the Fujian coast. Until July 1999, President Lee Teng-hui proposed the “two-state theory.” The CCP reacted fiercely and the common plane approached the center line. , The crisis of the Taiwan Straits has increased again.
Ma Ying-jeou said that the US intervened to reduce tensions and therefore our side limited the cruising range east of the center line. For 20 years, both sides have used the center line as a boundary, until this year ordinary planes began to fly through the boundary frequently.
“The middle line of the Strait is an invisible line. Although the CCP has never recognized it, it respected this limit when cross-strait relations were good.” Ma Ying-jeou noted that on January 12, 2015, China announced the newly established M503 for civilian use. The route was too close to the center of the strait, which raised our concern. After intense communication between the two sides, China revised the M503 route and moved it westward by 6 nautical miles, and suspended the opening of the northbound route and the three connecting lines. This is based on respect for the center of the strait. Existence and our feelings show mutual trust and goodwill.
Ma Ying-jeou said, “The CCP should respect the existence of the central line of the strait and stop provoking with force to avoid hurting the feelings of the people of Taiwan.” Because the two parties had mutual trust regarding the center line in the past, this is the most basic requirement for maintaining peace across the Strait. Ma Ying-jeou emphasized: “The official media of the Chinese Communist Party said that the central line of the Strait is only a” psychological line “, and the mainland has never recognized it. I want to remember that if the CCP arbitrarily tramples this” psychological line ” It will only increase the psychological distance between people on both sides of the strait. Going further and further. “
