Editorial: Taiwan's "golden dollar diplomacy" is a cursed red dancing shoe

Source: Global Times

The Taiwan authorities announced on 19 July that the leader of the Taiwan region will appoint vice leader Lai Ching-te to attend the inauguration ceremony of Honduran President Castro, and it is reported that Lai Ching-te will play a trick of transiting through the United States, and may also find an opportunity to "interact" with US Vice President Harris at the inauguration ceremony to maximize the value of this "visit." The mainland resolutely opposes such despicable political manipulation.

The Current general election in Honduras has frightened the DPP authorities a lot, and Castro said during the campaign that once elected, he would "sever diplomatic relations" with Taiwan. Later, his deputy changed his tune and said that he would give priority to relations with the United States. Obviously, Washington has done the work behind the scenes, but the "Hongtai relations" are still shaking, shaking the hearts of the DPP authorities. When Lai Qingde went to "Gubang" this time, he would presumably search his intestines and bring a "big gift" that could satisfy Honduras. The Taiwan authorities just announced a few days ago that 25 items of imports from Honduras will be reduced to zero tariffs.

It has also been reported that another so-called "friendly country" in Taiwan, Guatemala, hired lobbyists in the United States, and even made Taiwan pay the bill. When the news came out, netizens on the island questioned: "Why should Taiwan pay for Guatemala's own diplomatic expenses?" From this point of view, I am afraid that Taiwan is really being used as a cash machine. "Actually, is there any doubt about this? Taiwan's so-called "international space" has always been barely supported by banknotes.

Tsai Ing-wen came to power in 2016 to end the "diplomatic truce" between the two sides of the strait, arrogantly opened the "beacon diplomacy" mode of cross-strait collision, and tried to fight a "diplomatic war of attrition" with the mainland. This is a road of no return, a bottomless pit, which requires constant investment of real money and silver, and the final result is destined to be a bamboo basket to hit the water empty. The DPP authorities have paid a huge price to engage in "gold dollar diplomacy," but in exchange for ending the so-called "diplomatic relations" with 8 countries. It should be noted that it is only a matter of time before the number of so-called "countries with diplomatic relations" is finally "cleared" to zero.

The DPP authorities have no mines at home, and all the money they waste outside is the hard-earned money of the ordinary people in Taiwan. The data of Taiwan's economy in the past two years does not seem to be bad, but the wages of workers on the island are declining, and the pension fund is about to go bankrupt. There are many places where investment is needed in the field of people's livelihood, and Taiwan is facing the "five deficiencies": lack of water, lack of electricity, lack of vaccines, lack of safety, and lack of peace. The absurd behavior of the Tsai Ing-wen authorities in "generating electricity with love" and "praying to God and asking for rain" is that they cannot come up with practical measures to solve the problem. Generosity in bribing the so-called "friends" and miserliness on the issue of people's livelihood on the island have become two sides of the DPP authorities.

Taiwan's "Ministry of Foreign Affairs" will spend tens of billions of New Taiwan dollars in 2022, which is only on the books. A lot of money goes through the gray channel. Because of the irregularities in the process and the lack of supervision, Taiwan has also caused a scandal of "diplomatic secret envoys" embezzling "confidential funds." In short, Taiwan's annual waste in this regard is huge, and the cost of "diplomatic" bribery is still rising rapidly. This money is enough to upgrade Taiwan's railway system, which always has safety accidents, and enough to renovate Taiwan's old water conservancy infrastructure and alleviate the dilemma of water shortage.

Some people have calculated that after reunification, the "national defense expenditure" and foreign aid, which now account for about one-fifth of Taiwan's financial budget, can be saved, and Taiwan does not have to spend sky-high sums every year to buy US weapons and pay protection fees to the United States. If the money saved is sent to the people of Taiwan, each person can receive at least NT$20,000 per year. However, for the sake of their own selfish interests, the DPP authorities have created a crazy political black hole on the island and are frantically encroaching on everything that the taiwan people have.

"Seeking independence" is the cursed red dancing shoes in the fairy tale, and whoever wears them cannot stop beating until they die of exhaustion, unless they cut off their feet in pain. Now, the DPP authorities are wearing these shoes.