File photo: Major General Wang Weixing.

On March 18, Major General Wang Weixing from the Academy of Military Sciences of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) published an article to call Taiwan military personnel, as an integral part of the Chinese military, to firmly oppose "Taiwan independence".

3月18日，军事科学院王卫星少将公开发文，呼吁作为中国军队的台湾军人必须坚定反对“台独”。

He said that every military member in every barrack in Taiwan should support the policy of 'one country, two systems', which is essentially to protect their vital interests.

“台湾每位军人、每座军营都应支持‘一国两制’，因为这样做实质上就是维护台湾军人的切身利益。”

As a renowned expert on Taiwan question, Maj. Gen. Wang Weixing is the current chief expert of the Chinese PLA's Academy of Military Sciences. Recently, he also expressed that "Today's Taiwan should conduct a thorough ideological emancipation."

这位喊话台军的将军是全军著名的台湾问题专家，现任军科院首席专家。不久前，王卫星还表示“今天的台湾也应该有一场彻底的思想大解放”。

Wang said in an article titled Taiwan military should support the policy of “one country, two systems” that the militaries of Chinese mainland and Taiwan are integral parts of the Chinese military. Any individual or political party attempting to split the motherland would be the scum of the Chinese nation and the common enemy of the Chinese military. The defense departments across the Taiwan Straits must improve communication, not counteract each other, and joint hands to evade provocation and estrangement by other countries.

在这篇题为《台湾军人应支持‘一国两制’》的文章中，王卫星少将表示，两岸军队同为中国军队，一切从事分裂祖国的人和政党都是中华民族的败类，也就是中国军队共同的敌人。两岸防务部门一定要加强沟通，不相互拆台，防止他国挑拨离间。

He believes that Taiwan military personnel should become the practitioners who actively oppose "Taiwan independence" and the backbone for supporting "peaceful reunification" and “one country, two systems”. Meanwhile, Taiwan military personnel must understand that “one country, two systems” is the best solution for reunification that takes into account the actual conditions of Taiwan, he noted.

他认为，台湾军人更应成为主动反对“台独”的践行者，成为支持“和平统一、一国两制”的中坚力量，看到“一国两制”是照顾台湾实际情况的最佳统一方式。

Born in Lintong in China's Shaanxi Province in 1958, Maj. Gen. Wang Weixing previously served as Deputy Political Commissar of Chinese PLA’s Academy of Military Sciences, and currently is a chief expert at the Academy of Military Sciences. He has worked in various military units at various troop levels. In 1979, he participated in the Self-Defensive Counter-attack against Vietnam. In 1996, he began to work at Chinese PLA’s Academy of Military Sciences.

王卫星1958年出生于陕西临潼，之前任军科院副政委兼纪委书记，现任军科院首席专家，少将军衔。曾在团、师、军、军区机关、部队和院校工作；1979年参加“自卫还击、保卫边疆”作战；1996年调入军事科学院。

He led delegations to visit Germany, Iran, Denmark, and other countries. His academic works include Chinese Military Arts, Vernacular Chinese Art of War, and The Essentials of Chinese Ancient Strategic Theories.

他曾率团出访德国、伊朗、丹麦等国家，代表性学术著作有《中国军事艺术》《白话中国兵法》《中国古代战略理论精要》等。

In addition to being proficient in military theories, Maj. Gen. Wang Weixing is also a well-known expert on Taiwan question and academic consultant of the Cross-straits Relations Research Center.

除了精研军事理论，王卫星少将还是全军著名的台湾问题专家、海峡两岸关系研究中心学术顾问。

He published an article in December in 2007 entitled The Common Duties of militaries across the Taiwan Straits on Outlook Weekly, which aroused strong echoes both at home and abroad, especially in Taiwan. Such sentence as "It’s better to clink wine glasses with everyone at the dinner table than to target each other with guns on the battlefield" and " As long as the Taiwan military does not support "Taiwan independence," it is essentially securing and maintaining peace across the Taiwan Straits” caused much wiggles and waves in Taiwan Island.

早在2007年12月，他在《瞭望》杂志发表了《海峡两岸军人的共同职责》，在海内外尤其台湾地区引发强烈反响。“用酒杯在餐桌上碰撞，比用枪炮在战场上相互瞄准好”“只要台湾军队不支持‘台独’，实质上就是在维护和保持台海和平”等观点，在岛内激起不小波澜。

As a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Maj. Gen. Wang said in an interview on the eve of China’s “Two Sessions” (NPC and CPPCC) this year that the policy of "one country, two systems" has been "stigmatized" within Taiwan Island for a long time.

早在2007年12月，他在《瞭望》杂志发表了《海峡两岸军人的共同职责》，在海内外尤其台湾地区引发强烈反响。“用酒杯在餐桌上碰撞，比用枪炮在战场上相互瞄准好”“只要台湾军队不支持‘台独’，实质上就是在维护和保持台海和平”等观点，在岛内激起不小波澜。

Taiwanese should understand the connotation of the “One Country, Two Systems”. In addition, he pointed out that Taiwan also needs a thorough ideological emancipation which is laying aside the illusion of relying on foreign forces to elevate its own status and abandoning all myths about "Taiwan independence", he added.

 作为十三届全国政协委员，王卫星少将在今年两会前夕接受采访时表示，“一国两制”长期在岛内被“污名化”，台湾应该了解“一国两制”台湾方案的实质内涵。他还提出，台湾也需要一场彻底的思想解放，抛离挟洋自重的幻想、抛弃对“台独”的一切迷思。