On the 16th and 17th Eastern Time, the annual regular political-military dialogue and military review talks between Taiwan and the United States appeared in Washington, and Taiwan sent representatives from the top level of the Tsai administration and military "vice minister" Bai Honghui to the United States to attend the meeting.
The most special thing about this year is that for this meeting, the unprecedented use of "parallel meeting" method is carried out, and it is said that "concurrent meeting" is a request made by the US side, mainly considering the epidemic situation. This is also the first time that Taiwan and the United States have held these two dialogues under the Biden administration.
It is understood that Taiwan will strive to purchase 6 E-2D advanced Hawkeye early warning aircraft at the meeting, but the amount is huge, at least 70 billion Taiwan dollars will be spent, which will cause discussion.
After taking office, Taiwan's leader, Tsai Ing-wen, claimed that Taiwan-U.S. relations are good and that there are regular meetings every year, including a political-military dialogue this week and a military review talk at the highest level of the military.
In this regard, Taiwan political commentator Qiu Yi pointed out that this is a manifestation of the Tsai administration's weakness of heart, fearing that it will be dumped by the United States, hug its thighs with all its strength, and lose all its dignity.
"Taiwan is obviously very weak-minded, very afraid that the United States will abandon Taiwan and make Taiwan an outcast, and you are worried about the impact on Taiwan-US relations after the Xi visit, so you will always emphasize that they have good relations with each other." Taiwan hugs the us tightly on the thigh and does not let the United States shake it off, don't you think the Taiwanese still have dignity? —Political commentator Qiu Yi
Qiu Yi criticized the rumor that Taiwan would win a new wave of military procurement projects and high costs at the meeting, which was a consumption of Taiwan.
"To buy the most advanced early warning aircraft with the United States, to buy 6, how much is this?" Bare metal alone costs 70 billion Taiwan dollars, and if you add equipment and training, it must exceed 100 billion, and Taiwan is consumed to the exhaustion of people's wealth. —Political commentator Qiu Yi
The Tsai administration has been in power for more than five years, the cost of military procurement has reached 530 billion Taiwan dollars, Taiwan's military budget for next year has been borrowed, with special budgets to buy military weapons, if you want to buy new early warning aircraft, I am afraid that it will deepen the financial deterioration and is not conducive to Taiwan's construction and development.
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In the China-US dollar heads-of-state video meeting on the 16th, Biden just emphasized his commitment to the "one-China policy", followed by Washington's "US-Taiwan political-military dialogue". Has Biden's "say one thing and do one thing" come to such an extent? Please take a look at The Observation of Phoenix Satellite TV Lu Ningsi -
This so-called "2+2 dialogue at the vice ministerial level" is held every year by the United States and Taiwan, and this year's time point is exactly connected with the video meeting between the heads of state of China and the United States. This cannot help but make the outside world suspicious: On the one hand, the United States does not recognize "Taiwan independence," and on the other hand, it holds this dialogue in Washington.
Some people have said that this time is purely coincidental. Because the so-called US-Taiwan dialogue is routine and has long been planned. The date of the meeting between the Heads of State of China and the United States has not been determined before, so it is a coincidence.
In addition, some people say that this US-Taiwan dialogue is very low-key and dare not make a big publicity. Indeed, for a long time, the Taiwan authorities deliberately exaggerated some interaction with the United States that were not at a high level, and it was time for the Taiwan authorities to restrain themselves a little if they wanted to rely on the United States and seek independence.
Source: Phoenix TV Information Station
Editor: Erya Wang