[Lai Qingde said he “will not accept being dwarfed” and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council responded] October 14th: The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council held a regular press conference on October 14th. A reporter asked that the Democratic Progressive Party authorities recently claimed that "the Chinese Communist Party has been exerting compound pressure on Taiwan for a long time in an attempt to change the status quo across the Taiwan Strait. Taiwan will continue to adhere to its sovereignty and lifestyle of democracy, freedom, and the rule of law, and is committed to maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait." Lai Qingde also claimed in his "Double Ten" speech that he "will not give up freedom" and "will not accept dwarfing." Any comment on this? Spokesperson Chen Binhua responded to questions and said that there is only one China in the world and Taiwan is part of China. This is the true status quo across the Taiwan Strait. Under the guise of so-called "freedom and democracy", the Democratic Progressive Party authorities continue to peddle the fallacy of "Taiwan independence", wantonly slander and attack the mainland, exaggerate the so-called "mainland threat", create false narratives of "democracy versus authoritarianism", incite cross-strait confrontation, and attempt to "seek independence with force" and "rely on foreign countries to seek independence". This will only increasingly put Taiwan in danger and bring serious disasters to the Taiwanese people. He expressed his belief that more and more Taiwan compatriots will recognize the hypocrisy of the Democratic Progressive Party authorities' so-called maintenance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and the dangers and harmfulness of stubborn provocations for "independence", resolutely oppose "Taiwan independence" separatism, and safeguard their own interests and the common home of the Chinese nation. (CCTV News)