Taiwan’s national security chief Chen Ming-Tong was asked by legislator Wen Yu-Hsia about the 20 sorties of communist military aircraft disturbing Taiwan, saying they came to try to see if the weather was better in Taiwan.
U.S. Ambassador to Palau John Hennessey-Niland visited Taiwan with Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr. on March 28 to build momentum for the inaugural flight of the Taiwan-Palau tourism bubble. On the eve of Trump’s departure from office, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations was scheduled to visit Taiwan but stopped urgently. Biden has been in Taiwan for only two months, and sent the first U.S. ambassador to visit Taiwan after the break in diplomatic relations between Taiwan and the U.S., which also became the focus of questioning in the Taiwan Legislative Yuan.
The US ambassador to Taiwan is a surprise from the US. Or is it a Taiwan-initiated invitation? Is it the ambassador’s personal desire to come for tourism? Or is it the US government’s mandate? Chen Mingtong said, “Taiwan is so good, everyone wants to come, this is a mutual love thing, they want to we also welcome.”
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Wen Yuxia pressed the U.S. ambassador on this trip whether there is any task? Chen Mingtong only said, “It’s good to come sightseeing, April day on earth, the most beautiful time.”
Wen Yuxia asked rhetorically, is it the two sides to cancel the restrictions on mutual visits to test the water temperature? Chen Mingtong said, the U.S. personnel in foreign countries and Taiwan’s personnel have mutual exchanges is already very public, and not the first time.
Wen Yuxia went on to say that the Communist army sent 20 military aircraft to southern Taiwan and to the southeast coast, is this good for Taiwan? Chen Mingtong continued to play Tai Chi, “I think he is to test our weather is not better? The April day of the people is very beautiful.”
Wen Yuxia said with both hands that Chen Mingtong is really very good at flashing questions, she asked Taiwan and the United States signed a memorandum of maritime patrol on March 26, which Beijing interpreted as an exploration of the military alliance between Taiwan and the United States, will it cause unnecessary backlash from Beijing?
Chen Mingtong stressed that this is a humanitarian relief and universal value, which is good for maintaining regional peace, so Beijing should not over-interpret it and think nonsense! The Taiwan-U.S. Maritime Patrol Memorandum is written very clearly that it is cooperation in maritime rescue and assistance in training, and in the past, when fishing boats from Fujian and Guangdong were in distress in the Taiwan Sea, Taiwan also sent personnel to rescue them.
Wen Yuxia asked why the Taiwan-US memorandum was signed but not made public? Is there something detrimental to Taiwan’s interests? It is impossible to monitor the outside world. The Deputy Director of the Maritime Patrol Agency Xu Jingzhi replied, “The two sides agreed not to disclose it.”
Wen Yuxia said: “Everyone is worried, we hope to get the United States support, the United States in the inside did not say something in the Taiwan Strait will assist us or help us out?” Xu Jingzhi said, “This is not.”
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U.S. reporters are also curious about the ambassador to Palau’s visit to Taiwan, the U.S. State Department’s regular media briefing on the 1st, a reporter asked what message John Ni visited Taiwan to convey to the Chinese Communist Party, and whether this trip represents a continuation of the Trump administration’s policy of lifting restrictions on U.S. officials visiting Taiwan?
U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price. (Reuters photo)
State Department spokesman Ned Price responded that Taiwan, as a leading democracy, is an important and critical economic and security partner of the United States, and that the U.S. will continue to engage with Taiwan in a manner consistent with the long-standing “One China Policy. Price also noted that the U.S. will consider opportunities for senior officials to visit Washington and Taipei, as it has done in the past, when it can advance the unofficial relationship between the U.S. and Taiwan and allow both sides to have a substantive exchange of views on issues of common concern.
Former Taiwan representative to the United States Cheng Jianren 2 interview with Radio Free Asia analysis, China-US relations are now moving towards competition, confrontation, cooperation, when Taiwan-US relations have a lot of self-restrictions are relaxed, but to “cancel all” is impossible, will impact the red line of one China. Price’s speech is not very different from Biden’s and Blinken’s, meaning “study and see”.
Cheng Jianren pointed out that the U.S. Ambassador to Palau’s visit to Taiwan is certainly very special, but Palau is a very small country, with a population of more than 20,000 people, smaller than a neighbor of Taipei. Palau after World War II by the United States trusteeship, after the United States let it become independent, Palau’s defense and diplomacy by the United States great influence. Earlier this year, the United States provided Palau vaccine, no confirmed cases in Palau, the United States also contributed, the U.S. ambassador visited Taiwan together for bubble tourism barely hitched a little edge, but all walks of life put the focus on the U.S. ambassador, the president of Palau became a supporting role, bubble tourism does not seem to be so successful.
Cheng Jianren said, the U.S. ambassador’s visit to Taiwan obviously has an impact on U.S.-China relations, causing the mainland military aircraft to disturb the Taiwan confrontational posture, which is similar to the recent signing of the Taiwan-U.S. sea patrol memorandum, propaganda.
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Cheng Jianren mentioned that he had visited Palau four times, when U.S. President Clinton maintained a friendly attitude with mainland China.
Cheng Jianren said, “Palau behind the most important is the United States big brother, a lot of influence, at that time the United States did not particularly help us, but did not block Palau to establish diplomatic relations with us, we talked to Palau on good terms to establish diplomatic relations, if the Chinese Communist Party now wants to establish diplomatic relations with Palau, the United States will be more active in blocking, the objective environment is different.”
Cheng Jianren believes that the Americans did not have foresight in the past, when Taiwan hoped that the United States would help Taiwan establish formal diplomatic relations with Central and South American countries, the U.S. side did not agree. That said, all U.S. international relations and diplomacy are predicated on U.S. interests, and now U.S. diplomatic interests are to confront and encircle the Chinese Communist Party.
Cheng Jianren said: “The most worrying thing for Taiwan is that it is good to engage with the United States, but to what extent? The United States has his interests, Taiwan has Taiwan’s interests, Taiwan and the United States have common interests, but there are also inconsistencies, and even conflicting interests, Taiwan should maintain its autonomy, do not depend on the nature, in the end found that this is not the case.”
In addition, the three-year term of Director of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Li Yingjie expires this summer, and the rumor is that the successor is Sandra Oudkirk, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia-Pacific at the U.S. Department of State. Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry said it had no comment on whoever continues to work to deepen Taiwan-U.S. friendship.
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