The EU is walking a tightrope on the Taiwan issue, and experts describe Taiwan as the most dangerous place on the planet.
Europe should not send the wrong signal to the separatist forces in Taiwan. After meeting with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen at a delegation from the European Parliament on Thursday (November 4), the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that it may damage relations with China.
“The European side should correct its mistakes,” the Chinese side said.
This is not the first complaint from Beijing. October 21, China’s mission to the EU under attack European Parliament approves “recommendation” Political relations and cooperation between the EU and Taiwan.
The text was passed with 580 votes in favor, 26 votes against, and 66 abstentions, expressing serious concerns about China’s continued belligerence, pressure, military attack exercises, airspace violations, and false propaganda activities against Taiwan.
Members of the European Parliament urged the EU to take more measures to resolve these tensions and protect Taiwan’s democracy and the island’s status as an important EU partner.
Finally, members of the European Parliament proposed to change the name of the European Economic and Trade Office in Taiwan to “European Office in Taiwan” to reflect its broad scope. Relations between the EU and Taiwan. This crosses one of China’s famous red lines.
For Beijing, there is only one China, and Taiwan is an inalienable part of it. This is the basis for China to establish diplomatic relations with the EU and its member states. Therefore, Beijing calls on the EU to “correct its mistakes, eliminate interference, and create conditions for the healthy and stable development of China-EU relations.”
The geopolitical background is very important here.
China has abandoned its “one China, two system” for Hong Kong. It ignores foreign criticism of human rights. On the other hand, Chinese President Xi Jinping regards “unification” with Taiwan as his top priority. By the way, Taipei has no wishes.
Escalation of China-U.S. tough dialogue President Joe Biden said the U.S. will defend Taiwan And protect the island when China launches an attack.
Military upgrade China with America The Taiwan Strait incident clearly shows that the risk of an all-out war in the South China Sea has never been greater.There is also news that U.S. military personnel have Secretly operated in Taiwan for at least one year (By the way, Tom Clancy used this assumption in one of his “Jack Ryan” novels).
At the same time, some EU countries, especially the East (Lithuania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, To name a few), seems to have responded to Taiwan’s charm offensive, so much so that they turned their relationship from mainland China to Taiwan. Lithuania withdraws from China 17+1 Cooperation Forum, Call it “split.”
In the worst case scenario, the United States will be dragged into a war against Taiwan because it cannot fail to do so. China completely dominates the region from Japan, South Korea to Australia, and will overturn the world as we know it. It will demote the United States to a local power and crush all its alliances, including NATO.
AUKUS is a trilateral security agreement between the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Its vision is the worst. It confronts France, the only European Union country that is important in terms of long-sea military capabilities.
Europe cannot escape a conflict that endangers the lives of some 15,000 Europeans living in Taiwan. France has three islands in the Pacific, and it will certainly not give up.
The EU cannot pretend that it has not seen the tension between Taiwan and China. Individual countries should not further complicate the deadlock.
On the contrary, the EU should have a unified position (we know how difficult this is usually). This position should be downgraded. But it should also be clear what will happen in the worst case. We haven’t heard that part yet.
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The opinion is the author.
[Edited by Zoran Radosavljevic/Benjamin Fox]
