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U.S. lawmakers' proposal to encourage Taiwan to become a "NATO+", "cheating money" was intentionally seen by netizens on the island

　　[Global Times Special Correspondent Zhang Tianxing Global Times Correspondent Fu Guohao] Former US Secretary of State Pompeo has publicly advocated the establishment of the so-called "Asian NATO" to counterbalance the mainland on many occasions.

Under this thinking, the U.S. Republican Congressman Perry threw out a bill requiring the U.S. government to treat Taiwan as a "NATO+" member in order to strengthen U.S.-Taiwan defense cooperation.

The US-Taiwan collusion triggered a rebound inside and outside the island.

　　According to Taiwan’s pro-green "Liberty Times" report on the 24th, Perry's bill is called "Taiwan + Act". The purpose is to make the United States treat Taiwan as a member of "NATO +" and enjoy arms sales with NATO members and Japan, Australia, South Korea, Israel and New Zealand are treated the same.

According to the bill, Taiwan is the tenth largest trading partner of the United States and has 15 "states with diplomatic relations." The United States also regards Taiwan as a major non-NATO ally in accordance with the 2003 "Diplomatic Relations Authorization Act."

The "Taiwan Relations Act" states that the United States will provide Taiwan with an appropriate amount of defensive weapons and services so that Taiwan can maintain sufficient self-defense capabilities. In addition, the 2020 "Taiwan Guarantee Act" and the 2021 "National Defense Authorization Act" have relevant provisions. The United States is required to provide sufficient defense capabilities for Taiwan; in the 2019 report of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, it is also recommended that the U.S. Congress increase the treatment of arms sales to Taiwan to the same level as that of U.S. allies.

Therefore, the bill proposes that "Taiwan should be recognized as a NATO+ member, and provide Taiwan with the same treatment as the NATO+5 countries regarding the consideration of arms sales to Taiwan by the U.S. Congress and all other rights, privileges, and responsibilities", "and During the five years following the entry into force of the bill, Taiwan should be'deemed as one country' in terms of relevant laws and regulations."

According to the "Central News Agency", the current "NATO+" includes Japan, Australia, South Korea, Israel and New Zealand.

Earlier, some members of Congress advocated the inclusion of India and the expansion of "NATO+5" to "NATO+6".

　　The DPP authorities have said in a hurry that the Biden administration of the United States has repeatedly reiterated its compliance with the "Taiwan Relations Act" and the "Six Guarantees" after taking office, and that the United States' commitment to Taiwan is "solid as a rock."

Non-party "legislator" Lin Changzuo said on the 24th that he would be very happy to see Perry's proposal, regardless of whether Taiwan can participate in the final, this has shown that the security of the Taiwan Strait and the surrounding Indo-Pacific has attracted the attention of the international community.

DPP "legislator" Chen Tingfei also said that Perry's throwing of the above bill will greatly add to Taiwan's future international visibility, "it also proves that the world's sense of identity with Taiwan is getting higher and higher, and Taiwan's status is increasing. The more important".

Unlike the green camp politicians, netizens on the island saw through the intentions of US lawmakers to "fraud money".

Some people say bluntly that it is always those legislators who collect money from Taiwan who are making proposals. Who are they trying to deceive?

Some people say that they are selling weapons to make our money again.

　　Zhu Songling, director of the Institute of Cross-Strait Relations at the Taiwan Research Institute of Beijing Union University, said in an interview with the Global Times that the reason why Perry and other Republican congressmen would throw such a bill is to oppose the Democratic Party and have the purpose of pleasing voters. , On the other hand, it is also because of its entanglement with the relevant forces and institutions of the DPP authorities in the United States.

He bluntly said that the possibility of passing such a bill is very small, but whenever this happens, individual websites in the United States and some media on the island will be hyped up in an attempt to lead cross-strait relations and Sino-US relations astray. This phenomenon is worthy of vigilance.

Regarding the Taiwan-U.S. linkage, the mainland has repeatedly stated that the root cause of the current tensions and turmoil in cross-strait relations is that the DPP authorities refuse to recognize the "92 Consensus" that embodies the one-China principle, and step up their linkages with external forces and continue to seek "independence "provocative.

　　What is worthy of vigilance is that the so-called "China threat" has been continuously exaggerated within the United States.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on the 22nd that the mainland may take military actions against Taiwan in the future.

Following the US Indo-Pacific Command Commander Davidson expressed concern that the mainland "may invade Taiwan in the next six years," Aquilino, the nominee of the US Indo-Pacific Commander who will succeed Davidson, claimed on the 23rd, "This problem is more than most people think. It is even more imminent, and we must take it seriously."

He threatened that "the threat is so great" that the United States needs to implement a proposed 27 billion U.S. dollar plan to strengthen its defenses in the Indo-Pacific region "in the short term and in emergencies."

　　Zhang Jing, a researcher at Taiwan’s "Chinese Institute for Strategic Studies," wrote an article in Asia Weekly that criticized such views as "logically absurd."

He said that according to the US military's "joint plan as a criterion", the US military's headquarters in different theaters of the world must formulate "annual campaign plans" with the purpose of grasping the areas of responsibility for operations and precluding the possibility of conflicts.

If the United States really predicts that a war in the Taiwan Strait or the South China Sea is unavoidable, it will depend on whether the US military has begun to make a serious war plan.

"Otherwise, I call the wolf every day and I don't prepare at all. Isn't it deliberately deceiving?" The article reminded the DPP authorities that if the US military did not prepare any combat plan for the Taiwan Strait, would the end of chaos and abandonment happen again?

Liu Guoshen, a distinguished professor of the Taiwan Research Institute of Xiamen University, told the Global Times that Perry’s proposal is yet another challenge to China’s sovereignty. With the one-China policy, the status quo of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait will be broken.