Coersive measure and elite capture are the "peaceful means with Chinese characters". Threaten to use force by enacting vague laws, such as the anti-secession laws, and then issuing interpretation opinions regularly, on how to punish individuals, is a tactic of veiled violence with deniability.
If you ever cast a vote in the Taiwan’s presidential election, you have already accepted the fact that Taiwan is a sovereign independent state punishable by this absurd Chinese law.
