Mainlanders' unrealistic demands on Taiwan make the two sides drift further apart

At the beginning of 2014, I went to Taiwan as a Lusheng for half a year. Of course, it was embarrassing that I encountered an anti-service trade incident. This incident was the emotional rebound of the Taiwanese people towards the closer cross-strait in the late Ma Ying-jeou administration. I also felt the great fear and hostility of the Taiwanese people towards the mainland. Since then, I have carefully reread the history of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, and then I have a deeper understanding of how difficult it is to peacefully reunify the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, and I have corrected some misunderstandings.

I think most mainlanders, like me 14 years ago, feel that those who support the one-China principle are not Taiwan independence, and those who do not support the one-China principle are Taiwan independence. It was only when I arrived in Taiwan that I learned that few Taiwanese people speak of the one-China principle, but at most the 1992 consensus (for so many years Tsai Ing-wen has been in power, it is estimated that the 1992 consensus has rarely been mentioned). Summarize the difference between the two in three sentences:

One China Principle:

"There is one and only one China in the world

Taiwan is an integral part of China

The People's Republic of China is the only legitimate government of China"

Ninety-two consensus:

"There is one and only one China in the world

Taiwan and the mainland belong to the same China

The specific meaning of China, both sides (the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China) can make their own interpretations"

For a long time, politicians in the blue camp have vigorously shouted the 1992 Consensus, believing that this is the basis for peaceful development across the Taiwan Strait. I think this is still valid because the Chinese mainland official still agrees with the 1992 Consensus. However, in terms of communication between the people and the people, it is very embarrassing. Mainlanders don’t know much about the connotation of the 1992 Consensus. What mainlanders expect from Taiwanese is that you agree with the one-China principle, you need to abandon the Republic of China and surrender to the People's Republic of China. Mainlanders don't care whether you were born and raised in Taiwan, the Republic of China, you'd better declare the Republic of China subjugated directly, then raise the five-star red flag, and like Ouyang Nana, come to the mainland to sing "My motherland and I cannot be separated for a moment." ".

To be honest, with such a standard, I probably only saw Ouyang Nana do it alone, and I thought it was weird. This feeling is as strange as I see a mainlander holding chess high in the sky and the white sun on the Double Tenth National Day. If no mainlander dares to do this openly, then we will be heart-to-heart, and we should not demand that Taiwanese give up their identity. Mainlanders have such unrealistic expectations, in large part because the whole society has always educated people in this way. Political textbooks only talk about the one China principle, and the social media of film and television dramas must also filter out the atmosphere of the Republic of China. Only when I really stand on the streets of Taiwan, feel the feeling of communicating with Taiwanese, and read the traditional characters on the streets, etc., can I truly understand that the Republic of China has not subsided, and it has always been here.

So what is a normal Taiwanese to expect? In fact, it is the size of s. They will definitely not abandon China (Republic of China) to support Taiwan becoming an independent country, they will say that they are from Shandong, and they also feel that people on both sides of the strait should help each other (such as speaking out during the epidemic). The political thought possessed by such people is a perfect compound of the connotation of the 1992 Consensus. We really can't ask for more.

After the Zhou Ziyu incident broke out that year, I was arguing with people that if our standards were too strict to tolerate the Republic of China, then almost all Taiwanese would be Taiwan independence. If our expectations are so unrealistic, then the Taiwanese will retreat in spite of difficulties and turn their heads to support Taiwan independence, because no matter what you can't satisfy you, why bother yourself. So even if we can't respect other people's political positions, even at the strategic level, we should be more tolerant of Taiwanese.

I am really pessimistic about the peaceful development of the two sides of the strait, because there are not many people left who really hope that the relationship between the two sides of the strait will improve. There are probably only the blue-leaning political parties left, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Mainland and a small group of people on both sides. More people hope to profit from the deterioration of cross-strait relations. For example, the Green Camp will misinterpret the 1992 Consensus as one country, two systems or something, and label the Blue Camp as a seller. If the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Mainland is a little more friendly to Taiwan, it can be sprayed into a sieve by the mainlanders, saying that they are the Taiwan office. The young people in Taiwan certainly feel that Taiwan has a very strong subjectivity, and the young people in the mainland probably don't bother to wait for the peaceful development of the two sides of the strait to reunify.

Hope this article can help some people understand the reality on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. I sincerely pray that the way out for both sides of the Taiwan Strait does not have to be war.