Is Taiwan the next target after Hong Kong? "首先是香港，現在是台灣" - Belgian article

I'd like to give you an insight in how the Belgian media portrays the delicate situation involving mainland China and Taiwan.
比利時報紙上有關台灣的文章

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Sources:
https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20210407_97786683
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4161405
https://www.china-briefing.com/news/chinas-corporate-social-credit-system-how-it-works/
Transcript:

"Hong Kong is in
the pocket, now it's time for Taiwan"
now that Hong Kong has been tamed,
Beijing is targeting autonomous Taiwan
this last bit of 'free China' is now
democratic, feminist and LGBTQ friendly
if Xi Jinping lives up to his
ambition, all this could be lost
at the end of March, 12 chinese jets and
4 bombers flew into Taiwanese airspace
this was China's greatest
display of power in years
against the island that the Chinese
label as 'a breakaway province'
tensions are mounting and China is also
deploying large numbers of non-military weapons
the country imports 90% of Taiwan's pineapple
crops but closed the door overnight in early March
some bugs would have been found in one of
the boxes so there was a boycott from China
the pineapple fight is yet another attempt
to punish Taipei because it is not in line
in 2019, just before Tsai's re-election, Beijing
banned Chinese citizens from traveling to Taiwan
Beijing has been hitting opponents
with trade boycotts for a long time now
through a social media campaign
for "freedom pineapple",
Tsai got an extra 20 000 tons of pineapples
sold to her own population in four days
Tsai is pro autonomy and does not bow to Peking
countries like Japan and
Vietnam also supported the cause
by ordering additional stocks
of Taiwanese pineapples
Taiwan is rich and crucial in
high-tech production chains
it is a gateway to China but a
more friendly environment to work
the world bank ranks Taiwan twice as
high in business friendliness as China
Taiwan is also the largest supplier
of innovative computer chips
the Taiwanese, who are culturally and
politically far removed from China,
do not want such a reunification either
Taiwanese are proud to have peacefully dismantled
the KMT dictatorship since 1987, said Fell
democracy is very much alive there.
in China old men rule the party but Taiwan,
with 42% female parliamentarians, has more
gender equality than even the United Kingdom
China censors expressions of homosexuality
while Taiwan was the first in Asia
to legalize LGBTQ marriage in 2019.
Taiwan just won an award for pioneering
work in digital, transparent government,
while China watches over its citizens
China even punishes its corona whistleblowers
the regime doesn't take accountability
for mistakes from the past
but rewrites history according
to the wishes of the party
that's why Taiwanese are completely
content with their self-government
and don't trust Beijing's old
offer: "one country two systems"
we all saw how that went with Hong Kong...
a strong national feeling has emerged
only 28% of Taiwanese call
themselves both Chinese and Taiwanese
while 2/3 of the population
say they are only Taiwanese
barely 35% of the population still
viewed China in a positive light in 2019
the fact that people in Taiwan didn't see China
in a very positive light has been going on
for a long time but it has actually gotten
worse after the Chinese repression in Hong Kong
US president Joe Biden and his team are convinced
that Xi is aiming for forced reunification
not in the distant future, but soon
we expect an invasion within six years, said
US admiral Philip Davidson on March 11th
two weeks later, his successor
John Aquilino spoke of
"aggression that will come faster"
and "new Chinese military capability"
just that week, the Philippines
warned of new Chinese bases
and 200 Chinese ships in the South China Sea
this part makes me worry,
because of course everybody knows
that China wants this reunification
but in my head it has always
been something on a long term
or maybe something that they
hope will happen naturally
but here in the article they really talk about...
China will probably try to
achieve this within six years
so that's very soon
the article proceeds to explain that the
100th anniversary of the party this summer
or the anniversary of the Chinese army in 2027
are important symbolic moments that
might add pressure to the situation
the article ends with a
question and that question is:
isn't the stability hungry party afraid
to destabilize an island of
23 million people so suddenly?
the party does not care about consequences
for Taiwanese or their economy
to gain control, she introduces
propaganda starting from kindergarten
the party has had the patience to
methodically eradicate a position
if necessary, during two generations, until
those who remembered freedom learn to keep silent

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