Visiting Taiwan, ex-UK PM Liz Truss calls for tough line on China
17-05-2023, 09:57 PM
18-05-2023, 12:20 AM
18-05-2023, 06:43 AM
(17-05-2023, 08:40 PM)CHAOS Wrote: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/17...e-on-china
Prepare for war lah!
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18-05-2023, 07:16 AM
Useless short term PM trying to make herself relevant again.
I believe the idea is to speak softly and carry a big stick.
She speaks loudly with no substance.
I believe the idea is to speak softly and carry a big stick.
She speaks loudly with no substance.
Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine
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18-05-2023, 12:30 PM
GT Investigates: How Taiwan separatists buy favor from failed British PM Truss, more Western politicians to stage anti-China farce https://enapp.globaltimes.cn/article/1290884
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Huang Lanlan and Lu Yameng
22:27 May 17 2023
Residents in Taiwan protest in Taipei with a banner saying
Residents in Taiwan protest in Taipei with a banner saying "Get out" in Chinese against US arms dealers entering the island of Taiwan, condemning DPP authorities of relying on the US at the expense of the local people, on May 3, 2023. Photo: VCG
Former UK prime minister Liz Truss is currently on her five-day trip to the island of Taiwan, despite strong oppositions from both the island and her home country. Truss, who arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday and reportedly gave a speech there on Wednesday, is performing "a dangerous political show which will bring nothing but harm to the UK," condemned the Chinese Embassy in the UK on Wednesday.
The former British prime minister who served a historically short term in office is not only infamous for her political incompetence and unconsidered hardline anti-China stance, but also making a mess of China-UK relations during her 45-day term and colluding with Taiwan's separatist forces as a money-making scheme after leaving office.
British media said Truss' visit to the island of Taiwan could earn her "tens of thousands of pounds." This is not the first time Taiwan's secessionists have paid anti-China Western politicians to go to the island, and the latter usually chant empty slogans pandering to the former during their stints in Taiwan in exchange for high fees. Before Truss, former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo and former house speaker Nancy Pelosi also reportedly made similar easy money from Taiwan's separatists.
The island of Taiwan has unfortunately become a tool for some anti-China politicians to earn money and political capital, through the flattery and pandering of separatist Taiwan authorities, criticized observers from both sides of the Straits.
A foundation behind dirty deal
According to a report by The Mirror, a UK tabloid newspaper, on May 9, during Truss's visit to Taiwan, she was "set to meet top members of the Taiwanese government" and "also expected to deliver what aides described as a 'keynote speech,' which could earn her tens of thousands of pounds."
The speech that she delivered during her Taiwan visit on Wednesday was made at the invitation of a Taiwan local think tank, the Prospect Foundation. In a press release issued by the foundation on its official website, the foundation said that it is "deeply honored" to host Truss as a speaker in Taiwan.
Global Times found that the Prospect Foundation is listed among groups which have been sanctioned by the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council. Under the guidance of the DPP authorities, the foundation has been using the pretext of "democracy," "freedom," and "cooperation" to advocate for "Taiwan independence" while colluding with anti-China forces to create "one China, one Taiwan" or "two Chinas," a move that violates the one-China principle, said Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson of the Office.
People in charge of the institutions are prohibited from entering the mainland, Hong Kong, and Macao, and organizations and individuals in the mainland are forbidden from cooperating with them, Zhu said.
The foundation, also known as the "Cross-Strait Interflow Prospect Foundation," nominally is a private academic institution established in 1997, upholding the banner of "consolidating the foundation's role as an exchanging and mutual visits platform with important international think tanks."
However, the foundation also operates covertly as a peripheral organization of the island's intelligence agency under the DPP authorities, working as a tool for the island's authorities to collude with external anti-China forces.
The Common Wealth Magazine published in Taiwan pointed out directly in February that the Prospect Foundation focuses on foreign policy and studies on relations between major countries such as the US, China, and Japan. It is also tasked with collecting and analyzing "intelligence information" and has fixed board seats for the island's external affairs departments and security departments.
In its history, most of the foundation's chief directors and board members were top officials of the island, who played important roles in the island's external affairs and security departments before retirement. It is worth noting that Tsai Ming-yen, the current Director-General of Taiwan's "National Security Bureau" and Ko Chen-heng, deputy director general of the bureau are both directors of the Prospect Foundation.
After Tsai Ing-wen took office, the foundation appointed Chen Tan-sun, a veteran pro-independence activist, as its chairman in 2016. His video column on the official website of the foundation is full of remarks that distort and slander the one-China principle, incite confrontation with the Chinese mainland, and advocate for war. Under his governance, the foundation has become a platform for collusion with external anti-China forces and promotes "Taiwan independence."
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GT Investigates: How Taiwan separatists buy favor from failed British PM Truss, more Western politicians to stage anti-China farce
Huang Lanlan and Lu Yameng
22:27 May 17 2023
Residents in Taiwan protest in Taipei with a banner saying
Residents in Taiwan protest in Taipei with a banner saying "Get out" in Chinese against US arms dealers entering the island of Taiwan, condemning DPP authorities of relying on the US at the expense of the local people, on May 3, 2023. Photo: VCG
Former UK prime minister Liz Truss is currently on her five-day trip to the island of Taiwan, despite strong oppositions from both the island and her home country. Truss, who arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday and reportedly gave a speech there on Wednesday, is performing "a dangerous political show which will bring nothing but harm to the UK," condemned the Chinese Embassy in the UK on Wednesday.
The former British prime minister who served a historically short term in office is not only infamous for her political incompetence and unconsidered hardline anti-China stance, but also making a mess of China-UK relations during her 45-day term and colluding with Taiwan's separatist forces as a money-making scheme after leaving office.
British media said Truss' visit to the island of Taiwan could earn her "tens of thousands of pounds." This is not the first time Taiwan's secessionists have paid anti-China Western politicians to go to the island, and the latter usually chant empty slogans pandering to the former during their stints in Taiwan in exchange for high fees. Before Truss, former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo and former house speaker Nancy Pelosi also reportedly made similar easy money from Taiwan's separatists.
The island of Taiwan has unfortunately become a tool for some anti-China politicians to earn money and political capital, through the flattery and pandering of separatist Taiwan authorities, criticized observers from both sides of the Straits.
A foundation behind dirty deal
According to a report by The Mirror, a UK tabloid newspaper, on May 9, during Truss's visit to Taiwan, she was "set to meet top members of the Taiwanese government" and "also expected to deliver what aides described as a 'keynote speech,' which could earn her tens of thousands of pounds."
The speech that she delivered during her Taiwan visit on Wednesday was made at the invitation of a Taiwan local think tank, the Prospect Foundation. In a press release issued by the foundation on its official website, the foundation said that it is "deeply honored" to host Truss as a speaker in Taiwan.
Global Times found that the Prospect Foundation is listed among groups which have been sanctioned by the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council. Under the guidance of the DPP authorities, the foundation has been using the pretext of "democracy," "freedom," and "cooperation" to advocate for "Taiwan independence" while colluding with anti-China forces to create "one China, one Taiwan" or "two Chinas," a move that violates the one-China principle, said Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson of the Office.
People in charge of the institutions are prohibited from entering the mainland, Hong Kong, and Macao, and organizations and individuals in the mainland are forbidden from cooperating with them, Zhu said.
The foundation, also known as the "Cross-Strait Interflow Prospect Foundation," nominally is a private academic institution established in 1997, upholding the banner of "consolidating the foundation's role as an exchanging and mutual visits platform with important international think tanks."
However, the foundation also operates covertly as a peripheral organization of the island's intelligence agency under the DPP authorities, working as a tool for the island's authorities to collude with external anti-China forces.
The Common Wealth Magazine published in Taiwan pointed out directly in February that the Prospect Foundation focuses on foreign policy and studies on relations between major countries such as the US, China, and Japan. It is also tasked with collecting and analyzing "intelligence information" and has fixed board seats for the island's external affairs departments and security departments.
In its history, most of the foundation's chief directors and board members were top officials of the island, who played important roles in the island's external affairs and security departments before retirement. It is worth noting that Tsai Ming-yen, the current Director-General of Taiwan's "National Security Bureau" and Ko Chen-heng, deputy director general of the bureau are both directors of the Prospect Foundation.
After Tsai Ing-wen took office, the foundation appointed Chen Tan-sun, a veteran pro-independence activist, as its chairman in 2016. His video column on the official website of the foundation is full of remarks that distort and slander the one-China principle, incite confrontation with the Chinese mainland, and advocate for war. Under his governance, the foundation has become a platform for collusion with external anti-China forces and promotes "Taiwan independence."
22-05-2023, 12:48 PM
Now I understand why 小英国 is going down the toilet...
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https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...it/671847/
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https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...it/671847/
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