China Media Group (CMG) held a founding ceremony for its newly established Expert Committee on South China Studies on Saturday in its Sanya base, the country's south island province of Hainan.
At the ceremony, CMG also launched its Southeast Asia Perceptions Report on the South China Sea.
The committee, composed of leading scholars and professionals specializing in South China Sea issues, aims to promote rational, fair, and objective discourse on the region, contributing expertise and insights to global discussions.
The report findings indicate strong public support among Southeast Asian nations for diplomatic dialog and negotiations in resolving regional disputes. The report also highlights expectations for increased cooperation with China in the South China Sea.
On the day, the expert committee held its inaugural session, featuring a media dialog on multipolarism.
Journalists from 11 countries also participated in a media exchange event on new quality productive forces and Chinese modernization.
"The founding of the Expert Committee on South China Studies reflects a national responsibility. I think it is a new, integrated think tank established under the new circumstances. Through this platform, we can accomplish much in the future," said Wu Shicun, president of Huayang Research Center for Maritime Cooperation and Ocean Governance, co-host of the founding ceremony.
As the world's largest and most comprehensive international media organization, CMG continues to champion peace, document pragmatic cooperation, and promote shared development in the South China Sea. Through projects such as the CMG Sanya Base and in-depth media productions, CMG has boasted an audience of over 6.2 billion views worldwide.
Looking ahead, CMG aims to collaborate with international stakeholders to safeguard peace, foster cooperation, and advance mutual understanding, contributing to the vision of the South China Sea as a sea of peace, friendship, and collaboration within the broader framework of a shared future for humanity.
CMG launches South China Sea expert committee, releases regional perception report
The mainland will never tolerate any Taiwan secessionist activities and will deal a strong blow to Lai Ching-te's rampant provocative behaviors, said a China Media Group (CMG) commentary on Tuesday.
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command on Tuesday started to conduct joint exercises around the Taiwan Island, with army, navy, air and rocket forces closing in on the island from multiple directions, said Senior Colonel Shi Yi, spokesman for the theater command.
Shi said the drills serve as a stern warning and forceful deterrent against separatist forces seeking "Taiwan secession", and are a legitimate and necessary action to safeguard China's sovereignty and national unity.
On the same day, Zhu Fenglian, spokeswoman for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said the exercises serve as a resolute punishment for Lai Ching-te authorities' blatant "Taiwan secession" provocations, and a necessary action to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The PLA is taking thunderous actions to sternly warn Lai Ching-te that "Taiwan secession" is a dead end, and seeking secession will only lead to self-destruction.
The exercises have shown that the PLA has more and more tools and means to target Taiwan separatists, with advanced fighters and vessels such as J-10, Y-20, Z-10, H-6K, J-20, and Type 054A frigate able to deafen and blind the separatist forces. Lai Ching-te's reckless moves will only result in his own crushing defeat in front of the impregnable fortress of the PLA's overwhelming strength.
As long as the "Taiwan secession" provocations continue, the PLA will never stop fighting. Every time Lai Ching-te takes rampant provocative action, the PLA will take a further step to advance its deterrence and punishment.
Lai Ching-te has recently blatantly defined the mainland as a "hostile force abroad" and put forward the so-called "Lai 17 Articles", inciting confrontations and undermining the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait. It is imperative to target and punish him for his arrogant attitude and rampant behaviors to seek secession.
The PLA drills, in which multiple ships and aircraft will get close to the Taiwan Island, and conduct sea-air combat-readiness patrols, joint seizure of comprehensive control, assault on maritime and ground targets, and blockade of key areas and sea lanes, are aimed at completely shattering Lai Ching-te authorities' fantasy of seeking "Taiwan secession" by force with foreign support, making it unable to bluff and deceive the people on the island.
Taiwan belongs to all the Chinese people. The PLA is always ready for fighting, can fight at any time, and will win if it fights. It aims to target Taiwan secessionist activities, by no means the ordinary Taiwan compatriots.
It is hoped that the compatriots in Taiwan will stand on the right side of history and work with their compatriots on the mainland to firmly oppose Taiwan secessionist forces and external interference, protect the common home of the Chinese nation, and create a bright future of national reunification and rejuvenation.
Mainland never tolerate any Taiwan secessionist activities
