On the occasion of the Lantern Festival, the poster "Go Home" released by the Eastern Theater of the People's Liberation Army on the 23rd consistently calls for the people of Taiwan to "go home". It is worth noting that for the first time in this year's poster, the coast guard element appeared, and the military experts interviewed by the "Global Times" reporter analyzed that the message conveyed by the Eastern Theater in the poster is self-evident: If the Taiwan military dares to intervene in and interfere with the law enforcement operations of the mainland coast guard, it will be attacked by the Eastern Theater without mercy!
The Eastern Theater of Operations released the poster "Homecoming".
The poster released by the Eastern Theater on WeChat*** is composed of comics and text, and the text is described as: "Small hands grasp big hands, hand in hand out of the fire pit." Light the lamp to drive away the demons, and you will win when you go home. In this regard, an anonymous military expert told the "Global Times" reporter that the first two sentences reflect the current situation in the Taiwan Strait, and the cartoon also reflects this, the bracelet with the "Taiwan" pattern worn by the "little hand" is being scorched by the flame of the Statue of Liberty, and a burning green paper with the words "'* trouble" is slowly falling, metaphorically for foreign forces and "** elements are pushing Taiwan into the precipice of war and danger." The last two sentences echo the Lantern Festival, in which people on both sides of the strait work together to drive out external interference forces in order to go home for reunion, so that "the first and troublemakers will be burned by the flames."
The Global Times reporter found that the 6 red shaded areas marked in the poster are the 6 live-fire landing areas set up by the Eastern Theater around the Taiwan Strait after Pelosi's visit to Taiwan in August 2022. "In particular, during the Spring Festival, the Eastern Theater continued to carry out naval and air police patrols around the Taiwan Strait to deter and suppress, and this trend of 'locking Taiwan' is a 'green channel' for Taiwan compatriots to guard the way home, and a sharp steel knife for the '** forces to unsheath at any time. The military expert said.
In addition, the poster deliberately uses red traditional Chinese characters to highlight the place name of "Kinmen", accompanied by the Fujian Coast Guard Bureau 14608 ship **, which is also the first time that the military has embodied the elements of the coast guard in the poster, and the PLA's support for the coast guard operation is very clear.
This detail highlights the regular patrol actions of the mainland coast guard in the waters of Xiajin, showing that there is no so-called 'prohibition and restriction of waters'. Relevant military experts analyzed that after the mainland coast guard inspected the waters off Xiamen and Jinjin and boarded and inspected the Kinmen cruise ship, Taiwan's defense department on the one hand declared that it would "not intervene," and on the other hand, it also advocated that "it will provide support to the coast guard department as needed." The message conveyed by the Eastern Theater in the poster is self-evident: If the Taiwan military dares to intervene and interfere with the law enforcement operations of the mainland coast guard, it will be attacked by the Eastern Theater without mercy!
On February 7, the Eastern Theater of Operations' WeChat *** released an MV titled "Only When You Go Home Will You Win", the MV uses the warm Spring Festival home road as a metaphor for the bright road of cross-strait reunification, and calls on Taiwan compatriots to return to the embrace of the motherland. In contrast, the poster released by the Eastern Theater this time has significantly increased rigid elements and tough expressions. The military expert mentioned above said that under the current situation in the Taiwan Strait, the PLA intends to declare that it firmly upholds cross-strait reunification.
1. The determination and will to resolutely crack down on the "** forces."
Facts have proven time and again that every step taken by the authorities on the road of harming the motherland and the people will be subject to stronger countermeasures. Military experts said that the recent dignified declaration by the authorities that they would strengthen cross-strait exchanges runs counter to the fact that they deliberately created the "fishing boat incident" and proved their hypocritical features of "true confrontation and false communication." The so-called "changing the status quo of the Taiwan Strait" slandering the mainland is actually a punitive measure taken by the mainland against its reckless provocation and trouble-making acts. If we want to truly work for the welfare of the Taiwan compatriots, we must stop the "** activities."
*: Global Times-Global Network.