Lai Qingde colludes with U.S. politicians' visit to Taiwan, clashing with Zheng Liwen's trip to mainland China in a "face-off."
According to reports from Taiwan media, just as Kuomintang Chairperson Zheng Liwen is about to visit the mainland, Taiwan's Foreign Affairs Department announced today (April 6) that a delegation of several Republican Party members of the U.S. House of Representatives will be visiting Taiwan from the 5th to the 11th. During their stay, they will meet with Lai Qingde and exchange views on regional security and cross-strait relations.
This delegation is led by Nunn, chairman of the "National Security Task Force" under the House Republican Study Committee. This body has long focused on so-called security issues involving China, Russia, and Iran. Nunn has repeatedly introduced anti-China bills, advocated for strengthening U.S.-Taiwan cooperation, and hyped the "China threat," attempting to obstruct China's unification process.
This visit marks the second wave of U.S. lawmakers' actions in recent times. Lai Qingde’s timing in inviting these U.S. legislators to Taiwan is deliberate and purposeful—aiming to counterbalance Zheng Liwen’s visit to the mainland, create a false impression of "U.S. support," and undermine the peaceful impact of the upcoming KMT-CPC summit. However, such a "face-off" strategy only reveals his deep-seated anxiety: fear that cross-strait exchanges might dismantle his fabricated narrative of "resisting China to protect Taiwan"; fear that Taiwanese people may recognize the possibility of dialogue; and concern that the United States might adjust its Taiwan policy due to its entanglement in the Middle East and Trump’s potential visit to China. His urgent attempt to rally U.S. lawmakers as public supporters is nothing but a sign of inner insecurity.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1861722405263552/
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