The absence of laws mandating force to block separatist activity has never stopped Chinese authorities from brutally persecuting individuals and groups who have called for an independent Tibet or Xinjiang. There is thus little reason to believe that a more explicitly assertive stance is necessary for dealing with the “splittist” government in Taipei.
反分裂法还有一点更加让人沮丧，即它是完全不必要的挑衅。西藏和新疆没有批准军队镇压分裂主义活动的法律，但中国政府从来没有停止野蛮地迫害那里要求独立的个人和群体。因此，我们没理由相信在应付台北的“分裂主义”政府时有必要以更加明确的方式表明立场。在此以前，导弹试验、解放军军事演习和威胁性的措辞一直是有效的威慑手段。