Outgoing Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen issued a polite statement ahead of the Lunar New Year, thanking the free world for its support, but the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) commemorated the Lunar New Year with a music video of them surrounding and invading a warship. I decided to make it public. Taiwan.
“I believe that as long as we continue to support each other, we can overcome the difficulties. As long as we continue to stand together, we can protect our country,” Tsai said. Said her lunar new year world message:
To all our friends around the world, thank you for your continued support of Taiwan. Taiwan will continue to work with democratic partners to maintain peace and stability. We will pursue cooperation and prosperity, and unite Taiwan with the world.
Tsai cannot run for re-election due to term limits. Succeeded Vice President Kiyonori Lai won an overwhelming 40 percent victory in January’s hotly contested presidential election.
Mr. Tsai will do that. Leave office On May 20, she completed her second four-year term, a period marked by increasing hostility from the Chinese government.
China used various tactics to bully Taiwanese voters into choosing someone other than Lai, who, like Tsai, was denounced as a “separatist” by Beijing, but these pressure tactics and propaganda efforts were ineffective. It has been found.
The People’s Liberation Army’s Lunar New Year message to Taiwan vividly reiterated the campaign propaganda theme that only a “return” to submit to “unification” under Beijing’s tyranny can guarantee a happy ending for the Taiwanese people. The other option is war and annihilation.
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The title of the video is “You Only Win by Coming Home,” and the lyrics include a lament: “I can’t help but feel sorry for the family that never got back together.”
Looking at the images in the video, it is clear that this is not a poignant salute to brotherhood, but a threat. It includes extensive footage of the People’s Liberation Army practicing ground invasions, launching state-of-the-art jet fighters, and launching missiles into Taiwan, along with several scenes of Taiwan.
newsweek totaled It called the People’s Liberation Army video “threatening but poignant” and noted that family visits are a big part of the Lunar New Year holiday. Most families aren’t sending in hovercraft, armored vehicles, or stealth fighter jets, but China clearly wanted to capitalize on this sentiment. Relatives who are reluctant to reunite on holidays.
