The "friendly countries" lobbied the United States, but the DPP paid for it; netizens on the other side of the strait were furiously invective

Text/Que Xingming

It is no secret that the DPP authorities spend a large sum of money every year to safeguard their so-called "friendship of diplomatic relations." A news exposed in recent days has once again refreshed people's inherent understanding of this matter.

According to the Observer Network quoted the Associated Press on January 19, in order to promote "friendly relations" with the BIDEN administration in the United States, Guatemala needs to hire a lobbying company in the United States to exert influence on the White House, which costs $900,000 (about NT$2,500) a year. Curiously, however, there is information that the money was paid not by the Guatemalan government, but by the DPP authorities.

The news came out, triggering a heated discussion on the island. Ma Ying-jeou, former leader of the Taiwan region, said that such a thing is the first time he has heard of such a thing, can it be possible to maintain the so-called "diplomatic relations" by spending money? At the same time, netizens on the island have carried out verbal criticism, sneering, and angry scolding. For example, some netizens sarcastically said, "This is how the DPP authorities hollowed out Taiwan." "Hollow cabbage payment, is this still news?"

Although this amount of money is not very large, it needs to be paid for years and will not be a small amount accumulated. Moreover, according to the origin of this matter, it was not originally a matter of more money and less money, but this was simply a "wrongful money".

Sources show that the White House today wants to "wear small shoes" on Guatemala. Previously, Guatemala had close ties with the Trump administration. Now, after Biden came to power, he has a lot of discord with the Guatemalan government, claiming that there is a problem of "corruption and the rule of law" and may also take "punishment" measures. So the Guatemalan government was very anxious, so it started the idea of hiring a lobbying company to contribute. Unexpectedly, this fee was finally "paid for" by the DPP authorities.

The DPP is so actively rushing to "pay the bill" and does not hesitate to use the hard-earned money of the taxpayers on the island to act as the "head of international injustice" just highlights its strong sense of anxiety. How many so-called "countries with diplomatic relations" are left? In 2016, before the "hollow cabbage" in the mouths of netizens came to power, there were still 22 "countries with diplomatic relations" on the other side, and now only 14 are left, and they are all extremely small countries. It can be said that as far as the maintenance of "diplomatic relations" is concerned, Tsai Ing-wen can be said to be the biggest "loser girl".

The biggest problem facing the Taiwan authorities today is that these few remaining "countries with diplomatic relations" are very hungry for countries such as El Salvador that have resolutely "severed diplomatic relations" with Taiwan and then established diplomatic relations with Chinese mainland. With the help of Chinese mainland, these countries have not only made great strides in economic development, but also done great things such as fighting the epidemic because of the help of Chinese mainland.

Therefore, the government and people who are still serving as "countries with diplomatic relations with Taiwan" are also very eager for this kind of "abandoning the dark and turning to the light." Therefore, a group of politicians and party sticks in the Taiwan authorities headed by Tsai Ing-wen will be even more anxious and uneasy, and only a large amount of money will be left to throw money out.

This is just the tip of the iceberg. According to Deutsche Welle, Taiwanese scholars pointed out that Taiwan has provided hundreds of millions of dollars in funds to Lithuania, a non-diplomatic country, and for the so-called countries with diplomatic relations, they believe they can put forward more demand.

The Associated Press also reported that it was "unusual" for one government to pay lobbying money from another. The matter is not illegal, but the question that arises is whether the government that pays should also be listed as a foreign client by the lobbying company.

The Taiwan authorities' abuse of the wealth of the people on the island in such a bad way is bound to arouse public resentment, and the anger and invective of netizens can be seen. A few months ago, Liu Junchuan, deputy director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, helped Taiwan's 23 million compatriots settle an account. In recent years, the Taiwan authorities have spent more than NT$600 billion on the purchase of foreign weapons and equipment and the maintenance of "diplomatic relations." If this money is saved, it will increase the income of each Taiwan compatriot by more than NT$20,000. This account shows at least two points: First, the Taiwan authorities are the greatest scourge to the Taiwan people; second, only by realizing reunification in the Taiwan Strait at an early date can the Taiwan compatriots live a beautiful life.

This time, the ugly incident of the DPP "paying the bill" for Guatemala was exposed, which once again proved a truth -- the DPP authorities headed by Tsai Ing-wen are the biggest pest of compatriots on the island.