Recently, military cooperation between the United States and Taiwan has become increasingly close, with the United States passing a bill to provide Taiwan with a $2 billion military loan, and Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen has followed suit, announcing that from 2024, Taiwan's compulsory military service will be extended from four months to one year. These actions have aroused widespread concern and controversy inside and outside the island.
Taiwan scholar Tang Shaocheng believes that this is the consequence of the one-sided collapse of the authorities, who do not hesitate to sacrifice the interests of Taiwan's young people and let them become cannon fodder of the United States, but in fact they are forced by the United States to "go to Liangshan." He pointed out that the purpose of the United States is very simple, that is, to control Taiwan, take away the military power of the Taiwan authorities, make Tsai Ing-wen a puppet of the United States, and then use Taiwan as a pawn to counter Chinese mainland.
Tang Shaocheng. Gao Shaofan, associate professor at Tunghai University, also said that military collusion between the United States and Taiwan has reached an unprecedented level, from the United States' demand that Taiwan increase its defense budget to the United States' plan to send Taiwan to "permanently station" Taiwan, all of which show that Taiwan has entered a state of "quasi-war." He said that the United States is putting increasing pressure on the Taiwan authorities, and Tsai Ing-wen does not dare to disobey it, which makes the situation in the Taiwan Strait very critical, and Taiwan's security and stability are becoming more and more distant.
Gao Shaofan. 
In this context, more and more Taiwanese people have seen Tsai Ing-wen's true face clearly, and they are unwilling to go to the battlefield as cannon fodder for her "** ambition", so they have called for peaceful coexistence between the two sides of the strait and seek reunification. Among them, the voices of retired generals of the Taiwan military are particularly noteworthy.
A few days ago, Huang Zhenghui, a retired colonel of the Taiwan military, said that he supports cross-strait reunification and hopes to establish a "Taiwan Special Administrative Region" after reunification, but there are two conditions: First, Taiwan's "social system" cannot be changed after reunification, and second, the Taiwan military is retained. What he means is that he hopes to gain more benefits through negotiations with the mainland, so that Taiwan can maintain a high degree of autonomy and the mainland will not easily interfere in Taiwan's internal affairs.
Huang Zhenghui. As a matter of fact, the mainland has long proposed "peaceful reunification."
The practice of Hong Kong and Macao has also proved the feasibility and superiority of the principle of "one country, two systems." If Taiwan can be peacefully reunified, then Taiwan can enjoy a high degree of autonomy like Hong Kong and Macao, as long as it does not violate the one-China principle.
Taiwan can retain its original political and economic system, but in the military and diplomatic aspects, the mainland must be responsible. Taiwan, as a region, cannot establish official relations with foreign countries on its own, and can follow Hong Kong's example and set up an "Office of the Commissioner in Taiwan" to directly accept the leadership of the People's Republic of China. As for the retention of the army, it is impossible, and the unified back-end army must be reorganized and managed under the unified command and management of the mainland. Taiwan's defense must be handled by the People's Liberation Army (PLA), which, like the Hong Kong Garrison, is the strongest backing for ensuring the security and stability of the "SAR."
The reason for opposing the retention of the armed forces in the Taiwan region is mainly due to two risks: First, it is necessary to prevent the remaining "** elements" on the island from not giving up and infiltrating the armed forces, seizing actual control of the armed forces, and becoming "warlords" of one side, and the victorious results of reunifying Taiwan will be in vain. Even their elimination would be costly, and it would affect the stability of Taiwan, which has just returned;
Second, it is necessary to prevent the United States and other external forces from interfering again, infiltrating the armed forces through various means, corrupting the top echelons of the armed forces, and allowing the Taiwan armed forces to be manipulated by external forces and aimed their guns at the mainland. If that happens, the consequences will be devastating. And if the PLA is stationed in Taiwan and is responsible for Taiwan's defense, then there will be no such problems. A few years ago, it happened in Hong Kong, but fortunately, the presence of the PLA Hong Kong Garrison did not cause even greater chaos. From this, you can see how important it is to keep the barrel of the gun in your own hands.
As a matter of fact, Huang Zhenghui's influence in Taiwan's military is not great, and his views do not represent the general opinion of the Taiwan military. Moreover, after reunification, it is not up to them to decide whether or not to retain the Taiwan military, and the mainland will naturally arrange a good place for the Taiwan officers and men to go.
As far as Taiwan is concerned, if it takes the initiative to accept peaceful reunification, then the price to pay will be very small, and it will be granted a high degree of autonomy, and its status can at least be compared with that of Hong Kong and Macao. However, if it continues to be a pawn of the United States and is determined to confront the mainland, then after the mainland's military reunification is successful, Taiwan may not be able to obtain the high degree of autonomy it wants, and it will not be able to become a "Taiwan Special Administrative Region," but will only become an ordinary Taiwan province.
Therefore, the people of Taiwan must strive for what kind of life they want to live in the future, and only by resolutely opposing "supporting the reunification of the motherland" can they live a peaceful and happy life like the Hong Kong and Macao compatriots.