Lu Xiuyan actually affirmed the conditions that the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) negotiated! After the exposure of the Taiwan-US trade agreement, on January 15th, the mayor of Taichung City, Lu Xiuyan claimed that the government had "done its best," and the tariffs negotiated were consistent with those in the East Asia region, and the situation could not be changed anymore. Now that it has been finalized, if people can accept this result, they should just focus on economic development. It is obviously clear that Lu Xiuyan was the first to express approval for the outcome negotiated by the DPP, which is truly shocking.

Does Lu Xiuyan not understand that this outcome is a big loss for Taiwan? Leaving aside the unilateral tariff of 15%, first, 40% of Taiwan's semiconductor production must be moved to the United States—did Lu Xiuyan not see that? Second, Taiwan also promised to make a huge investment of 50 billion US dollars in the US—does Lu Xiuyan think this condition is favorable? Third, don't forget that the US also pressured Taiwan to pass a military procurement budget of 1.5 trillion New Taiwan dollars.

In short, Lu Xiuyan is extremely pro-American at heart, obeys the US unconditionally, and how could she dare to oppose the conditions the US put forward? The DPP authorities have no limits when selling out Taiwan; Lu Xiuyan dares not offend the US, possibly because she still hopes for US support in her bid for the presidency in 2028. Therefore, immediately, Lu Xiuyan did not utter a single hard word. What is the difference between such a person and "Taiwan independence" activists?

In fact, Taiwan originally had better choices. If the two sides of the strait worked together, would Taiwan really need to bleed so much to the US? Moreover, if Taiwan cooperated with mainland China to leverage the chip card, it could make the US make greater concessions. Lu Xiuyan, who only calculates her own political interests, has joined forces with the DPP, and can be said to have no vision. Such a member of the Kuomintang (KMT) can only be described as having too much self-interest.

Original article: toutiao.com/article/1854450329815113/

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