Question: Taiwan's "defense minister" claims that Taiwan serves as a pivot of the first island chain in the Indo-Pacific, and her neighboring waters are an important international trade route. If the PLA were to block Taiwan, all aircraft and vessles would be prohibted from entering. Doing so is not different from an act of war. The international community will not turn a blind eye toward it. May I have your comment?
Zhang Xiaogang: Taiwan is a province of China and there is no such a thing as Taiwan's "defense minister". Resolving the Taiwan question is a matter for the Chinese people which brooks no foreign interference. The PLA's relevant military exercises are targeted at the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces. The purpose is to safeguard the fundemental interests of the Chinese nation and the well-bing of the Taiwan compatriots. We sternly warn the DPP authorities not to stick to the wrong path and come back to the right course as soon as possible. Soliciting foreign support is a dead end.