China News Service, June 17th. According to Taiwan media reports, the DPP authorities often claim that "Taiwan-US relations are stable", but many things are actually the DPP paying the US government's political public relations to seek assistance by constantly throwing money.
According to the foreign agent registration file of the US Department of Justice, Tsai Ing-wen called Trump to congratulate him on his election, and paid $140,000 to the political publicist Dole to make arrangements; Taiwan's "representative to the United States" Xiao Meiqin attended the Biden inauguration ceremony Paid to lobby political PR Guy Hart.
The incident sparked heated discussions on the island, with netizens calling out "friends bought with money are not real friends".
Tsai Ing-wen spends $140,000 on phone call with Trump
According to Taiwan's "United Daily News", the U.S. government stipulates that any political lobbying in the United States on behalf of foreign authorities must be registered with the Ministry of Justice in accordance with the law.
According to the report, the DPP authorities made good relations with the U.S. government through money public relations as early as the time of former U.S. President Trump.
Dole, who had a good relationship with the Kuomintang in the early years, became a "trump card" for the Taiwan authorities to lobby in the United States after he left Congress. The DPP authorities paid Dole $20,000 a month.
Dole received US$140,000 from Taiwan during Trump's presidential campaign, and successfully entered the Trump team on behalf of Taiwan.
After Biden took office, the DPP authorities turned their focus to the Democratic Party in lobbying in the United States, and House Speaker Pelosi was the focus of the operation. — by Gayhart.
Gayhart was a former majority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives and is a senior political figure with considerable weight in the Democratic Party.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice archives and the Washington Center for International Policy’s investigation report on Taiwan’s lobbying in the U.S. last year, Gehart contacted Pelosi 34 times with a number of political public relations agents representing Taiwan. As many as 18 times.
The DPP authorities hyped up Xiao Meiqin's invitation to the inauguration of President Biden. According to the US Department of Justice files, Gayhart also asked Pelosi to vote beforehand.
In July 2019, Tsai Ing-wen "transited" New York to meet Pelosi, and Lai Qingde "transited" to the United States to have a video call with Pelosi earlier this year, and Gayhart also assisted.
The "oil and water" between Taiwan and the United States mocked "the protection fee still has to be paid" in many islands
According to Taiwan's "Zhongshi News Network" report, the DPP authorities often talk about "Taiwan-US relations are rock-solid", and Taiwanese political talk show host Xie Yaozhou can't help but bluntly said, "It turns out that there is a lot of oil and water between Taiwan and the United States, but it turns out that it is beautiful. Relationships are built on money!"
Taiwan senior media person Lu Zhixiang said earlier that the DPP authorities are keen to use US agents for lobbying and public relations. According to statistics, since 2016, the DPP authorities have spent more than 12 million US dollars in the United States, and non-official organizations have also invested 900 million US dollars. More than ten thousand dollars, "you lobby, I pay" is a bad example, and the DPP authorities should give taxpayers an explanation.
In response to this incident, many netizens on the island complained about the DPP authorities in comments on social media: "The protection fee still has to be paid", "It's Kaizi diplomacy, how hard it is to be Kaizi diplomacy", "Spend your money! Wash your brain." Cheat your votes! It's the DPP's constant trick to play the kind-hearted Taiwanese people!" "Friends bought with money are not real friends. Once they are unprofitable and abandon you like stinky shoes, the ruling party should not be ignorant of this truth. So money is not buying real friends, but a story we made up, a false lie used to swindle votes, power and money!"
Mainland officials: Not only does it increase the laughing stock, but it also damages the interests and well-being of the Taiwanese people
The DPP authorities have repeatedly engaged in so-called "money diplomacy" for political personal gain.
Earlier, according to Taiwan media reports, during a delegation visit to Taiwan in April by Republican Senator Graham of the U.S. Congress, he publicly requested the Taiwan authorities to purchase 24 Boeing 787 passenger planes produced in his constituency of South Carolina, with a total price of 8 billion US dollars.
After Georgia returned to the United States, he again urged the Taiwan authorities to make a decision.
In this regard, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said that Graham is far more than just an American politician who has spoken out to the Taiwan authorities.
According to reports, former US Secretary of State Pompeo earned $150,000 in just a few days during his recent visit to Taiwan.
Wang Wenbin pointed out that it is too early to do nothing, and American politicians visit Taiwan and talk about "defending democracy".
The DPP authorities' boasting of US support is purely self-deception.
It is the people of Taiwan who really suffer. While their hard-earned money is being used as a "tribute", they are tied to the "Taiwan independence" chariot and headed for the dangerous abyss.
Regarding the DPP authorities' attempt to use the so-called "transit" in the United States in January this year to seek official contact between the United States and Taiwan, the spokesperson of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, Zhu Fenglian, also responded that the DPP authorities spent huge sums of money to be "Kaizi" for political self-interest. ", seeking "independence" internationally is nothing new.
What they spend is the hard-earned money of the Taiwanese people, which is an out-and-out "money diplomacy" and "Kaizi diplomacy".