Ministry of National Defense: Any Attempt to "Seek Independence Through Force" Is Doomed to Fail

Source-stated date: 4 September 2026 · MOD China (国防部)

国防部：任何“以武谋独”的企图都注定失败

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Published4 September 2026, by Ministry of National Defense
Collected2026-09-04 16:38:51 UTC, run 130
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MND spokesperson Senior Colonel Jiang Bin, responding on September 4 to a reporter's question about Taiwan's '2026 Mainland Military Power Report' and its 'Five-Year Force Build-up and Governance Plan Report,' dismissed both documents as pretexts fabricated by the DPP to peddle war anxiety and pursue 以武谋独 ('seek independence through force'), and reaffirmed that PLA combat readiness patrols around Taiwan are a matter of mission and duty. This is standard MND spokesperson boilerplate; its value is as a record of how the PLA publicly frames its routine air and maritime operations around Taiwan — as anti-separatist and anti-interference duties rather than coercive pressure — in direct rebuttal to Taiwan's own official characterization of those same operations as harassment.

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9月4日下午，国防部新闻发言人蒋斌大校就近期涉军问题发布消息。记者：日前，台防务部门向民意机构提交“2026年大陆军力报告书”和台军“五年兵力整建及施政计划报告书”，渲染“大陆威胁”，指出解放军常态化派遣舰机位台岛周边执行战备警巡与“侵扰”行动等，强调要提升“不对称”战力与防卫韧性。请问发言人有何评论？蒋斌：有关报告混淆是非、颠倒黑白，不过是民进党当局贩卖战争焦虑、“以武谋独”所找的借口。台湾是中国领土不可分割的一部分，解放军位台岛周边常态组织战备警巡，开展反分裂反干涉行动，维护国家主权和领土完整，是使命所系、职责所在。祖国统一势不可挡，任何“以武谋独”的企图都注定失败。

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Source-stated publication date	2026-09-04
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Source text. Ministry of National Defense. "国防部：任何“以武谋独”的企图都注定失败." MOD China (国防部), 2026-09-04. http://www.mod.gov.cn/gfbw/xwfyr/yzxwfb/16483558.html.

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