China's Defense Minister Li Shangfu, who is attending the 20th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, delivered a speech entitled China's new security initiative today (4 June). On the Taiwan issue, Li Shangfu said: the Taiwan issue is the core of China's core interests, the Taiwan issue is China's internal affair, and the one-China principle has become a recognized basic norm for international relations. Any act of falsifying and hollowing out the one-China principle is absurd and dangerous. Li Shangfu said: the world can see very clearly that the DPP authorities "hijacking foreign countries to seek independence" and external forces "using Taiwan to control China" to interfere in China's internal affairs are the root causes of tension in the Taiwan Strait and the biggest troublemaker in changing the status quo in the Taiwan Strait. Li Shangfu said: China must and must be reunified, which is the will of the people and the general trend of the times. We are willing to strive for peaceful reunification with the utmost sincerity and do our utmost, but we will never undertake to renounce the use of force. If anyone dares to split Taiwan from China, the Chinese army will not hesitate or fear any opponent, and will resolutely safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity no matter what the cost. (CCTV International Newsletter)