Mainland China and Taiwan have been part of one China since ancient times, sharing deep historical, cultural, and national ties. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Communist Party of China (CPC) cooperated in a United Front to resist Japanese imperialism.
After the victory in the People’s Liberation War in 1949, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) was founded, replacing the Republic of China (ROC) as the sole legal government of China. Following this, the remnants of the KMT regime fled to Taiwan, Province of China.
In an explanation of the one-China principle, the PRC’s Ministry of National Defense recalls:
It was made clear on the day of the founding of the government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on October 1, 1949, as it stated that for a country to establish diplomatic relations with the PRC, it must recognize the government of the PRC as the sole legitimate government representing the whole of China and sever or refrain from establishing diplomatic relations with Taiwan authorities.
Today, the Taiwan authorities continue to cling to the outdated and incorrect notion of the so‑called “ROC.”1
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in particular persists in promoting “Taiwan independence” separatist activities, undermining peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits.
“Does Taiwan want to become the next Ukraine?”: KMT’s Cheng Li-wun
In a viral clip, Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun of the KMT, China’s historical Nationalist party now based in China’s Taiwan region, suggested that “Taiwan independence” separatism might cause the province to become “the next Ukraine.”
She asserted:
Americans did not go fight for Ukraine, and NATO has not helped them fight. They have only given Ukraine more and more weapons. They have fought for four years now, but the dead are all Ukrainians and the destroyed is Ukraine. Look at Ukraine; it is completely devastated now, almost flattened. A whole generation of young people has disappeared on the battlefield, yet they continue to fight.
After the war, will they have won against Russia? Has Putin stepped down? Has Russia fallen? The USA led the world to impose the most severe, terrifying economic sanctions in history, but has Russia’s economy collapsed?
It has been nearly four years since the start of the conflict. Could it be that Taiwan will be the next Ukraine? Does Taiwan have more land and people than Ukraine? Is mainland China’s economic and military strength weaker than that of Russia? Is mainland China’s ruling party more fragile or unstable than Putin’s? Upon asking these questions, one will know: does Taiwan want to become the next Ukraine?
Japan should cease remilitarization, meddling in China’s internal affairs: Professor Lü Chao
As reported by Global Times, Lü Chao, a professor at the Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences, asserted that “there is a bloc of right-wing Japanese lawmakers who lean toward ‘Taiwan separatists,’ attempting to keep tight political and economic collusions with them.”
He noted:
…since the Takaichi administration took office, anti-China sentiment has grown stronger in Japan, emboldening these pro-Taiwan groups to act without any restraint. … [The] right-wing Japanese lawmakers are emboldened by the Takaichi administration’s hostile stance against China to advance their agenda.
Japan’s PM Takaichi previously suggested that a reunification of Taiwan with the mainland would constitute a “survival-threatening situation” and an “existential threat,” one that would permit Japan to use force despite Article 9 of its constitution, which states that “the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as [a] means of settling international disputes” and that “land, sea, and air forces, as well as any other war potential, will never be maintained.”
Her words were widely condemned by Japanese anti-war advocates and Chinese officials.
“As Japan’s right wing pushes the country further down the misguided road of militarism, it will ultimately be the Japanese people who bear the cost,” Zhong Sheng asserted for a People’s Daily editorial.
In the words of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Lin Jian:
Opposing militarism is the unwavering common will of the international community. Any country that cherishes peace and upholds the postwar international order should make their just voice heard.
While claiming to be for “peace” and “defense,” Japan’s action shows that it is speeding down the path of remilitarization—ramping up military expenditure, easing the export of lethal weapons, advancing the deployment of intermediate and long-range missiles, developing offensive military capability, hoarding sensitive nuclear materials, promoting the revision of its pacifist Constitution, and even advocating that Japan should become a war-capable nation.
In fact, Japan has torn off the mask of “pacifist country” all by itself. The international community must stay on high alert and never allow Japanese militarism to return and menace the world again.
In the context of the Taiwan question, Taiwan residents should stand firmly against Japanese neo-militarism and refuse to be used as pawns, especially given the dark history of Japanese occupation shared by Chinese on both sides of the Taiwan Straits.
US is an unreliable, manipulative “friend”
Some have suggested that while it may be dangerous to be America’s enemy, to be America’s friend is fatal.
The current Trump administration has put this sentiment on full display. In March, the American president joked to Takaichi about Pearl Harbour, stunning her and Japanese translators, and just last month, he refused to respond when asked if he would send American troops to support “Taiwan independence” separatist forces in the event of reunification.
Imperialist America has also failed to topple Iran despite strong rhetoric and a supposedly superior military—according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the USA spent $954B on its military in 2025, while Iran spent only $7.4B during the same period.
On the media front, commentary on Fortune asserted that “the US attacked Iran to show its power, but the war is already lost” and that Operation “Epic Fury looks like an Epic Fail.”
The New York Times reported that “unlike past US conflicts, [the] Iran attack is opposed by most Americans,” with only 41% public approval at the start of the conflict compared to 92% for Afghanistan in 2001 and 76% for Iraq in 2003.2
So, the question remains. If America will not back the separatist forces and may fail even if they did, are Taiwan residents prepared to kill their mainland brethren, like Ukrainians are forced to in Russia? Are the Japanese so eager to be defeated once again?
The world must stay on guard against the linked issues of “Taiwan independence” separatism and Japanese neo-militarism. The results of the World Anti-Fascist War (WWII) should be strongly upheld, and other countries should stop interfering in China’s internal affairs in order to achieve a lasting peace on both sides of the Taiwan Straits.
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This is, essentially, if Florida decided to withdraw from the USA and called itself the Confederate State of Florida. Similar cases are seen with “Alberta independence” separatist rhetoric in Canada or so-called “Somaliland” in Somalia.
The article notes that “[support] ranges from 27 percent in a Reuters/Ipsos poll to 50 percent in a Fox News poll. … But even the highest level of public support for this conflict falls far lower than that at the start of most other conflicts, including World War II, the Korean War, and the Iraq War.”
I do agree that Taiwanese people need to be on guard about Japanese neo militarism and American imperalism, I know most Taiwanese youth are critical of the military powers/history of colonialism of Japan. I think if we were all to acknowledge the history of Taiwan, we would be uplifting Indigenous sovereignty of the tribes in Taiwan (the Paiwan people, Tsou, Sediq, etc.) instead of reinforcing colonialist narratives where Taiwan was always apart of China and has always been Chinese.