I don’t see why people are so upset about the situation. China has always played the long game. Remember the Tibetan separatists in 2008? Remember the Xinjiang separatists in early 2010s? If your memory can’t go back that far, how about Hong Kong separatists in 2019? How has the situation turned out since then?
The beauty of this world lies in its own laws of operation.Things are not entirely going in the direction we expected.
The example you provided is good, but it seems more like a remedial measure.
The security crisis in the western region is the result of a series of accumulated mistakes. We only corrected our mistakes before becoming another Iraq there, but the political, economic, and diplomatic costs we paid were enormous.
A large number of local officials and intellectuals in Xinjang have become hidden traitors for over a decade, indicating the indifference of bureaucracy towards potential dangers. It is only when they are slapped in the face that they realize the seriousness of the problem.
Taiwan Island is a more serious legitimacy crisis.The catastrophic night of 2022 made people doubt the determination of the leadership.
Extending one's term is a very serious matter, and some people are inciting a viewpoint that the slogan of the highest leader's unification of the motherland is a lie, and he only uses this slogan to conceal his greed for power. In contrast, DPP is actually a more determined party, steadily advancing their independence and successfully reducing the public's sense of identification with China.Their leaders can achieve their goals without extending their tenure.
This is a very malicious incitement, I don't like it, but those citizens who like to view things with vulgar eyes may not think so.
Considering the growing number of negative individualists opposing grand narratives, it will be very difficult for the government to mobilize society: the enthusiasm of the people will be exhausted.We cannot expect a goal that has not made progress for eighty years.
I hold an "accelerationist" attitude towards this matter, and the leadership has no intention of actively changing the status quo. Therefore, only more radical provocation and conflict (or internal extremist pressure) can force them to take it seriously.