The Democratic Progressive Party authorities, Latin American and Japanese politicians and scholars engaged in an "international forum", public opinion on the island: purely "self-heavy"
[Global Times Special Correspondent Tao Xinran] The "Kaida Gran Forum Asia-Pacific Security Dialogue" co-organized by the DPP authorities and think tanks debuted on August 31. Tsai Ing-wen talked about the so-called "mainland threat" in his speech.
Since 2017, Taiwan’s "Ministry of Foreign Affairs" has co-organized the "Kaida Gran Forum Asia-Pacific Security Dialogue" with think tanks on the island every year.
This year's forum has 4 sessions, focusing on regional security issues, including changes in the Taiwan Strait, the development of the "four-party security dialogue", "coercion" in the gray area, and economic prospects in the post-epidemic era.
A total of 16 politicians and scholars, including Xue Ruifu, chairman of the "2049 Planning Institute" in Washington think tank, and Karen Makishima of Japan, held talks with officials and scholars of the Taiwan authorities.
Because of the epidemic, this year's forum was held in video mode. Tsai Ing-wen delivered a speech and Kraft, the former US ambassador to the United Nations, delivered a special speech.
According to Lianhe News, Tsai Ing-wen said at the forum on August 31, “Taiwan is committed to cooperating with regional actors and is willing to assume the responsibility of ensuring regional stability, and will not take the assistance of security partners for granted, and is also committed to To prevent the outbreak of military conflicts in the Taiwan Strait, East China Sea and South China Sea," he also declared that "Taiwan will not move towards military confrontation."
She specifically talked about the high-tech industry, saying that Taiwan's leading advantage in the semiconductor field is an important part of the global secure supply chain.
It is worth noting that Tsai Ing-wen has ignored the "epidemic crisis" since the outbreak of the epidemic on the island, boasting that Taiwan's medical institutions are sharing experience in medical technology and management with regions in the region, Taiwan's epidemic prevention performance, and assistance to all regions of the world And cooperation, "in demonstrating the important role that Taiwan can play and why Taiwan is important."
Kraft talked about the Global Times in particular, saying that the withdrawal of US troops in Afghanistan caused many people to have doubts about US commitments. The Global Times editorial put Taiwan on a par with Afghanistan, "but Taiwan is not Afghanistan."
She claimed that she was happy that Biden had continued Trump's commitment to Taiwan, "If Taiwan is lost, the United States will lose the Asia-Pacific region."
Xue Ruifu said that although the United States has encountered difficulties in its withdrawal from Afghanistan, it is equivalent to investing more budget and troops in the Indo-Pacific region to compete with the mainland. As for Taiwan, more and more attention is being paid to building its own "defense" combat capabilities and deterrence capabilities. "Taiwan is like the Cold War era. The'Fulda Gap' is the key to ensuring a free and open order in the Indo-Pacific region."
Lvying took the opportunity to start a big internal publicity, boasting the many affirmations of Taiwan by the international community. However, public opinion on the island generally believes that this is purely "self-heavy" by the authorities. Some critics say that Taiwan has spent huge sums of money to buy old American weapons, and the people are forced to eat American beef and pork with clenbuterol, but what has been gained in return? Without the so-called "commitment on defense" that the authorities wished to come to the United States, the signing of the trade agreement that the authorities thought of was also unsuccessful, let alone participating in the activities of international organizations.