Protesters from Chinese-American groups gather Tuesday in front of a hotel in Los Angeles, California, where Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen will be staying. They expressed concern about Tsai’s stop in the city and said her plans to meet with U.S. officials would damage cross-strait relations and U.S.-China relations. RINGO HW CHIU/AP
BEIJING – The United States has allowed Taiwan’s leader Tsai Ing-wen to “transit” the United States in defiance of China’s strong objections and solemn representations, as well as a high-profile meeting between Tsai Ing-wen and the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy.
Experts pointed out that this is obviously another provocative move by the Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party authorities in collusion with the United States, endangering the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait region.
Behind Tsai Ing-wen’s multiple “transit” in the United States is the naked malice of the DPP authorities colluding with the United States to “seek independence” and “use Taiwan to contain China”.
political plan
Experts say Taiwan’s leader’s so-called “transit diplomacy” began during Lee Teng-hui’s tenure and has intensified since Tsai Ing-wen took office.
Liu Kuangyu, an associate researcher at the Taiwan Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that since the 1990s, the United States has increased political pressure on China and gradually compromised its one-China principle.
Liu said that against this background, the then leader of the island, Lee Myung-bak, took the opportunity to “transit” the United States to achieve a “political breakthrough” and received assistance and courtesy from the United States.
Li’s successor, Chen Shui-bian, continued to seek “Taiwan independence” and staged “transit” American works to seek political benefits.
Experts pointed out that the historical record shows that the United States manipulated these “transit” trips of Taiwan’s leaders for its own interests. Its fundamental purpose is to “contain China with Taiwan”, set up obstacles for China’s unification, and curb China’s development and progress. Facts have also proved that the real purpose behind these Taiwan leaders’ “transit” trip to the United States is to make these Taiwan leaders seek a “breakthrough” politically and promote “Taiwan independence.”
collusion escalation
Liu pointed out that Tsai intends to replicate and upgrade the “Lee Teng-hui model” of the “transit” United States.
On March 29, Tsai Ing-wen started her first overseas visit since being re-elected, “transiting” in the United States, stopping in New York and Los Angeles on her way back and forth.
Prior to this, Tsai Ing-wen had “transited” the United States three times. The first time was in June 2016.
Liu added that during Donald Trump’s administration, the US side stepped up efforts to use Taiwan to contain China.
In March 2018, the United States signed the Taiwan Travel Act. Experts said that this provided an improper legal basis for further relaxation of restrictions on Taiwanese politicians’ “transit” in the United States, leading to various “transit” afterwards and the escalation of US-China collusion. State and Taiwan DPP authorities.
Zhu Rongji said that in the past few years, the United States has spared no effort to “contain China with Taiwan” and seek more benefits by manipulating the cross-strait situation and meddling in cross-strait relations. Songling is a professor of Taiwan studies at Beijing Union University.
The professor said that the DPP authorities have always dreamed of a breakthrough in relations with the United States, to cooperate with the United States to the maximum extent, and are willing to act as a pawn of the United States. “They completely miscalculated the situation.”
“Taiwan is far from being one of America’s core interests,” Zhu said. “Once the United States sees its own interests being harmed, Taiwan will inevitably be abandoned.”
dangerous trip
US House of Representatives Speaker McCarthy and other politicians’ meeting with Tsai Ing-wen seriously violated the one-China principle and the provisions of the three Sino-US joint communiqués, and seriously violated China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Liu said that the meeting between Tsai Ing-wen and McCarthy was the most eye-catching one of the previous Taiwan leaders’ “transit” trips to the United States, and it provided a new rhetoric for the “diplomatic breakthrough” of the DPP authorities.
Liu said the “transit” trip was essentially Tsai Ing-wen’s political adventurism ahead of the island’s 2024 elections, as she sought to steal the political limelight, seek “historic status” and secure a victory for the DPP in the election. Successful canvassing, Liu said.
Experts point out that the United States has colluded with Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party authorities to “contain China with Taiwan” and “seek independence in Latin America.”
China will take decisive and effective measures to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity. These measures are natural and reasonable.
