The Taiwan Affairs Office responds to the blue-white party's veto of the 1.25 trillion yuan military purchase

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14/01/2026
On January 14th, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council held a routine press conference. Reporter: Taiwanese media reported that the Taiwanese opinion agency recently blocked a special defense budget of 1.25 trillion New Taiwan dollars once again, which has been blocked multiple times since December last year. What is your comment on this? Spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office Zhu Fenglian: Earlier, a survey conducted by CGTN for global netizens showed that 90% of respondents believe that the actions of the Democratic Progressive Party authorities in Taiwan to accelerate the arming of Taiwan have pushed the Taiwanese people to the brink of war. A survey in Taiwan also showed that more than 60% of the people are unwilling to go to war themselves or see their family members go to war. These situations reflect a high degree of consensus in Taiwanese society that buying weapons cannot "buy security" and will only accelerate Taiwan into a dangerous situation. It also reflects the strong dissatisfaction of the Taiwanese people with the Democratic Progressive Party authorities for wasting resources to please foreign forces and fattening foreign arms dealers. In order to seek political gains, the Democratic Progressive Party authorities continue to increase defense budgets, promote "everyone is a soldier," stir up "war panic," tie the Taiwanese people to the "Taiwan independence" bandwagon, and attempt to "seek independence by relying on external forces" and "seek independence through force," which is a real threat to the security and interests of the Taiwanese people.
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