[Global Times Special Correspondent Cheng Dongyufeng] After the US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi came to power, the mainland took a series of countermeasures.

On the morning of the 4th, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council of China named Xiao Meiqin, the representative of Taipei in the United States, and criticized her for her frequent dissemination of "independence" theories, her efforts to instigate American politicians to go to Taiwan, and to vigorously promote purchases from the US military.

　　Sold a lot of energy for Pelosi to go to Taiwan

　　Ma Xiaoguang, a spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said on the 4th that Xiao Meiqin has recently pushed Pelosi to go to Taiwan, blatantly provoking the one-China principle, seriously undermining cross-strait relations, and further exacerbating tensions and turmoil in the Taiwan Strait.

In order to seek political self-interest, Xiao did not hesitate to act as a pawn of external anti-China forces, harming the fundamental interests of the Chinese nation, and pushing the Taiwan compatriots into a dangerous abyss.

He finally said that anyone who betrays national interests and engages in "Taiwan independence" split will never end well and will be liquidated by history.

　　This accusation by the mainland is definitely targeted.

According to Taiwan's "China Times" on the 2nd, a person familiar with the matter revealed that the DPP authorities are well aware that the Taiwan Strait crisis that Pelosi's trip will cause is no less than 1996. Therefore, on July 18, the media exposed that Pelosi may have gone to power after the , the Taiwan authorities have secretly withdrawn her invitation to visit.

On July 20, Pelosi called Xiao Meiqin, the representative of Taipei in the United States, claiming that she had planned to lead a delegation to Taiwan on August 3, but was informed that the Taiwan side was inclined to withdraw the invitation, and she had to find out the truth in person.

As a result, Xiao Meiqin replied that there was no statement that the invitation was withdrawn, and it may be that there was a gap in the transmission of information.

She also instigated that if Pelosi assessed that early August was the best time to visit Taiwan, of course Taiwan would welcome it.

Then on July 22, Campbell, the coordinator for Indo-Pacific affairs of the White House National Security Council, said in a phone call with Xiao Meiqin that the White House had explained to Pelosi the risks of visiting Taiwan in mid-to-late July and hoped to change the plan.

The meaning of the US government couldn't be clearer, but Xiao Meiqin was "unmoved."

　　Some Taiwanese netizens broke the news that Pelosi was invited by the DPP authorities at a high price, and Xiao Meiqin sold a lot of energy.

From February 2018 to April this year, the Taiwan side has contacted Pelosi 16 times through the public relations firm of former U.S. Senator Guy Hart, spending a total of nearly $3.15 million, of which the representative office in the United States has contacted 8 times. "Contacted 5 times, the DPP contacted 3 times.

　　Tsai Ing-wen's best friend

　　So, who is Xiao Meiqin, and what has she done in the United States over the years?

　　Xiao Meiqin was born in Japan in August 1971. Her father is Taiwanese and her mother is American. She graduated with a master's degree from Columbia University in the United States.

She was excavated by Lu Xiulian and returned to Taiwan to join the DPP with the aura of "American Turtle", and was immediately appreciated and reused by Chen Shui-bian.

In 1995, the 24-year-old Xiao Meiqin served as the executive director of the DPP representative office in the United States, and in 1997 was promoted to the director of the DPP International Affairs Department.

The leap to a high position at such a young age obviously has a lot to do with her "American" identity.

It was not until January 2002 that Xiao Meiqin gave up her American citizenship.

　　In November 2000, Taiwan's "New News" reported that Lu Xiulian told the Taiwan media about the "Presidential Palace" scandal, suggesting that Chen Shui-bian and Xiao Meiqin had an ambiguous relationship.

The incident caused an uproar in the island's political arena.

After that, Xiao Meiqin ran for the election of Hualien "legislator" several times, and in January 2020, she was defeated by Fu Kunqi, who was known as the "King of Hualien".

In June of the same year, Tsai Ing-wen announced the appointment of Xiao Meiqin as the representative to the United States. Xiao Meiqin added the title of "Taiwan Ambassador to the United States" on her Twitter account in September, but the Taiwan authorities have no "diplomatic relations" with the United States at all.

　　As for Xiao Meiqin's appointment to the United States, it is reported that it is related to Tsai Ing-wen.

There is a lot of news on the island that the two are privately best friends, and even the cat raised by Cai Yingwen was brought from Xiao Meiqin.

As early as 2008, when Tsai Ing-wen was the chairman of the DPP, Xiao Meiqin served as its special assistant.

Since 2010, Xiao Meiqin has been planning here for 6 years in order to help the DPP to leverage the Kuomintang's "iron ticket area" in Hualien County, and finally defeated the Kuomintang candidate.

During Tsai Ing-wen's first election campaign, she threw out the so-called "Taiwan Consensus" during her visit to the United States in 2011. As a result, before she left the United States, the cross-strait policy was denied by the United States. Someone who helps clean up the mess.

　　During Lai Qingde's trip to the United States in February 2020, Taiwan's "diplomatic" system was not aware of the matter at all, so Tsai Ing-wen urgently sent Xiao Meiqin to the United States with Lai.

The island's analysis believes that Zhao Yixiang, the head of the political team of the representative office in the United States, known as "Little Ying Boy", should be sent to assist Xiao Meiqin, and even "Foreign Minister" Wu Zhaoxie is in the rear to help Xiao "press the line", it can be seen that Tsai Ing-wen relies heavily on Xiao Meiqin.

　　At the same time, the representative of Taipei in the United States is not unilaterally decided by the Taiwan authorities and must be accepted by the United States.

Tang Shaocheng, a researcher at the Center for International Relations Research at National Chengchi University, said that Xiao Meiqin can not only go directly to Tsai Ing-wen, but also use her half-American identity to become friends with Trump's daughter Ivanka, which are beyond the reach of traditional "diplomatic personnel". .

But whether this is safe or dangerous for Taiwan is no longer a green camp consideration.

　　Provide Taiwan authorities with "big internal propaganda" materials

　　In the two years since she became the representative to the United States, Xiao Meiqin's various actions seem not to be working for the interests of the Taiwanese people, but just to please the United States.

Ma Xiaoguang once commented on Xiao Meiqin last year, saying that everyone felt that she seemed to be a "spokesperson of American interests".

　　In fact, when Xiao Meiqin first took office, she was embarrassed by the failure of the DPP authorities to bet on Trump.

She can only post on Facebook that she has been interacting with friends from the Democratic and Republican parties for more than 20 years, and there are many friends in both parties who support Taiwan. "No matter what the election result is, it is a demonstration of the American democratic will."

　　Over the past two years, Xiao Meiqin has provided Tsai Ing-wen with materials for so-called "big internal propaganda" in the United States from the following aspects.

One is to win over some people to move to Taiwan and create the so-called "international momentum".

In March this year, former US Secretary of State Pompeo visited Taiwan.

According to media reports, the Taipei representative office in the United States signed a contract with an American political public relations firm to invite Pompeo to Taiwan with a remuneration of $150,000.

In June, Xiao Meiqin met with Kanter, an NBA star who supports "Taiwan independence", for dinner.

　　The second is to defend the United States.

In August 2020, Tsai Ing-wen announced that based on the overall economic and trade layout, he agreed to enter Taiwan with American pork (Lai pig) containing clenbuterol, which caused great controversy on the island.

Xiao Meiqin immediately echoed, "Taiwan has the will to follow the determination and international standards."

On the eve of the "four major referendums" on the island last December, the Taipei representative office in the United States released a video "Eating Lai Pig with Peace of Mind". Xiao Meiqin called on the public to oppose the "anti-Lai pig referendum".

In June last year, Taiwan and the United States held the TIFA Dialogue.

Xiao Meiqin defended the United States, saying that if Taiwan seeks to start negotiations on a trade agreement between the two sides, it has to consider the perspective of the United States' concerns, and then there is a possibility of a breakthrough.

Li Guimin, a "legislator" of the Kuomintang, said that Xiao Meiqin should not only reflect the opinions of the United States, but should also reflect the public opinion of Taiwan in the past, so as to be competent.

　　Third, Xiao Meiqin used various occasions to highlight the so-called "rock-solid" relationship between Taiwan and the United States.

At Biden's inauguration in early 2021, Xiao Meiqin showed off on the Internet how she was invited. The DPP boasted at the time that this was the first time that Taiwan and the United States "broken diplomatic relations" to the United States to be invited to attend the inauguration of a US president.

Zhu Songling, director of the Institute of Cross-Strait Relations at Beijing Union University, explained in an interview with the Global Times at the time that tickets for the ceremony can be bought, ranging from more than 700 US dollars to more than 9,000 US dollars, and anyone who has money can get them.

In May of this year, the United States announced the list of "Indo-Pacific Economic Framework" regions. Although Xiao Meiqin has been deliberately trying to join, Taiwan has not been included in it.

　　Named individually by the mainland

　　Xiao Meiqin's actions in the United States have been repeatedly criticized by the mainland.

In October last year, when she met with officials from the US State Department, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council warned the DPP authorities that the attempt to provoke "independence" by colluding with external forces would only bring disaster to Taiwan.

　　In March of this year, the US "Washington Post" published an article by Xiao Meiqin "Ukraine's Enlightenment to Taiwan".

The Chinese embassy in the United States responded sternly immediately, stating that the Taiwan issue is fundamentally different from the Ukrainian issue, and the so-called "threat" of Taiwan by the mainland makes no sense at all.

"The compatriots on both sides of the strait are Chinese, and have a kinship that blood is thicker than water. At present, millions of Taiwan compatriots live and work in peace and contentment in the mainland, so why should family members threaten each other? As Taiwan's largest export market and largest source of trade surplus, the mainland brings Taiwan compatriots What can only be real interests and well-being, how can it be a threat?”

　　Some Taiwanese media called Wu Zhaoxie, Xiao Meiqin, and others "American idiots", saying that these people tried to use Taiwan-US relations to let Taiwan break through the "shackles of cross-strait relations", and they thought they knew the United States very well.

As a result, the United States has so far not given Taiwan any substantial feedback. Arms sales to Taiwan are just enriching the U.S. military-industrial complex, but greatly increasing the risks across the Taiwan Strait. It is difficult to extricate oneself, and more capital and space that could have been negotiated will be lost.”

United News Network said on the 4th that the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council publicly named Wu Zhaoxie, Taiwan's "Executive President" Su Zhenchang and "Legislative President" You Xikun, and included them in the "List of Taiwan Independence Diehards."

This time, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council named Xiao Meiqin separately, and further sanctions against her are also worthy of attention.