Overseas Network, August 5th. The "American Association in Taiwan" said on August 5 that US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar will visit Taiwan in the near future. Zhu Songling, director of the Cross-Strait Institute of the Taiwan Research Institute of Beijing Union University, pointed out in an interview with Overseas Network that this move is nothing more than an integral part of the United States playing the "Taiwan card". The United States will hold a presidential election in November. Trump's current election Disadvantageous, eager to divert domestic conflicts and attention.
According to Taiwan’s "Central News Agency", Hazard was the first US Secretary of Health to visit Taiwan, the first US cabinet member to visit Taiwan in six years, and the highest-ranking US cabinet official to visit Taiwan since 1979. The "American Association in Taiwan" issued a press release on the morning of the 5th, threatening that Alex Hazard's so-called historic visit will strengthen the so-called "US-Taiwan partnership" and promote cooperation between the United States and Taiwan in combating the global new crown epidemic.
It is understood that Azar will start a trip to Taiwan in the near future, and the US Department of Health and Human Services is expected to announce this news later on the 4th. Taiwan’s foreign affairs department announced that during his visit to Taiwan, Hazard will meet with Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen. In addition, he will meet with Taiwan’s public health officials, COVID-19 medical staff and experts to discuss epidemic prevention measures, global health, and "US-Taiwan partners. Relationship" etc.
"The U.S.'s move is a continuation of the recent continuous play of the'China card', especially the'Taiwan card'." Zhu Songling pointed out: "This is a serious provocation to China, a behavior that touches the bottom line of Sino-US relations and China's core interests. It violates the spirit of the three Sino-US joint communiqués and will surely cause serious harm to Sino-US relations."
As for America’s fundamental attempt, Zhu Songling believes: “First, the United States is trying to raise its strategy to contain China’s rise to the height of the'new Cold War' and use its global influence to contain China’s rise; second, the United States will hold a presidential election in November. , Trump’s current election situation is unfavorable and he is eager to divert domestic conflicts and attention."
Regarding the "American Institute in Taiwan" clamor that this visit is part of the so-called "Taiwan Relations Act", Li Xiaobing, executive director of the Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao Law Research Center of Nankai University, explained that the introduction of the "Taiwan Relations Act" in 2018 was the first time that the United States went out. The second step is to send officials to Taiwan according to the so-called bill. The plan of the US Secretary of Health to go to Taiwan must be supported by the Trump administration and belongs to the administrative will of the US government. "Using the plausible excuse of the epidemic, the U.S. finds some high-sounding reasons such as information sharing and medical cooperation to realize exchanges of visits between U.S. and Taiwan officials. In fact, it is a tentative political operation by the U.S. government to continuously test the waters of Sino-U.S. relations. Observe China’s reaction and response."
Li Xiaobing said: "On the one hand, the'independence faction' forces on the island will definitely use this move by the U.S. government to carry out linkage operations, continuously drawing wolves into the house, and tightly binding with the U.S. to exert pressure on the mainland to achieve what he calls maintaining the status quo; on the other hand, On the one hand, in the context of the Sino-US game, the U.S. government’s move has expanded the areas of U.S.-Taiwan cooperation from business, culture, and economy to sensitive military and political fields. The U.S. continues to unilaterally create topics and does not hesitate to break the Sino-U.S. strategic balance. Political tacit understanding is a great provocation to Sino-US relations, and China will certainly make corresponding and precise countermeasures."
Regarding the US Secretary of Health's visit to Taiwan, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin stated on the 5th that China firmly opposes official exchanges between the US and Taiwan. This position has always been clear. China has made solemn representations to the US in Beijing and Washington respectively. The Taiwan issue is the most important and sensitive issue in Sino-U.S. relations. The one-China principle is the political basis of Sino-U.S. relations. We urge the United States to abide by the one-China principle and the three Sino-U.S. joint communiqués and stop all forms of official exchanges between the U.S. and Taiwan. Carefully and properly handle Taiwan-related issues, and refrain from sending any wrong signals to Taiwan independence forces, so as not to seriously damage Sino-US relations and harm peace and stability.
Wang Wenbin emphasized that the one-China principle is recognized by the international community. Any attempt to ignore, deny or challenge the one-China principle will end in failure. (Overseas Net Zhu Huiyue)