June 10 — The State Council Taiwan Affairs Office said at a regular briefing
that spokesperson Zhang Han said after peaceful reunification, with a strong
motherland backing, Taiwan’s security guarantees would be improved and the war
risk posed by 'Taiwan independence' would be eliminated at its root. Zhang said
Taiwan residents would no longer be used as 'cannon fodder', residents’ money
would not be spent on arms purchases, private homes and temples would not be
stockpiled with ammunition, and external interference in cross‑strait affairs
would be cut off.
