Just when the world's eyes are focused on Russia and Ukraine, the "Taiwan region" has ranked second on Twitter's US hot search list, and the topic is second only to "Ukraine", and there are popular posts that read, "Guess who is scared now?" Taiwan! ”
According to the Taiwan media "China Times News Network" reported on the 25th, within 4 hours after the Russian side announced the start of the action, the hot search topic discussion of the "Taiwan region" exceeded 100,000. Many netizens agreed with the popular tweets and were worried about the consequences that the Taiwan authorities might incur by deliberately creating incidents in cross-strait relations. Especially after the United States and other Western countries provided empty support to Ukraine but resolutely did not send troops, they believe that this shows that the Tsai Ing-wen authorities are "pipe dreams" about the United States sending troops to aid Taiwan, and some people have posted memes to satirize the taiwan authorities' uneasy mood at the moment of "relying on the United States to seek independence."
Since the outbreak of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the DPP authorities, in coordination with US and Western public opinion, have been hyping up the so-called "Ukraine today, Taiwan tomorrow" and constantly emphasizing the so-called "The United States will send troops to help Taiwan" in an attempt to use the Ukrainian issue to play up the mainland's "military threat." In this regard, Lai Yueqian, a commentator on Taiwan's current affairs, said that Ukraine is a sovereign independent country, but Taiwan and the mainland belong to one China, while the United States only recognizes the People's Republic of China. ”
After Russian President Putin announced the launch of "special military operations" in the Donbass region of Ukraine in the early morning of the 24th, the situation in Eastern Ukraine took a sharp turn for the worse.
At the same time, some Taiwan netizens are wondering one thing: Why is it that When Russia and Ukraine start fighting, it is Taiwan that is on the hot search?
According to Taiwan media reports, after the escalation of the Conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the "Taiwan region" has rushed to the second place in the Topic of American Fashion Trends on Twitter, and the topic is second only to "Ukraine".
In the ranking of global trend topics, "Taiwan" also ranked fifth, second only to terms such as "Ukraine", "Putin", "NATO" and so on.
U.S. TrendIng Topics
A foreign netizen tweeted about the Russian-Ukrainian crisis, "Guess who is scared now? Taiwan! ", and then jumped to the top of the list.
According to the report, within 4 hours after the Russian side announced the action, the discussion of the "Taiwan region" on Twitter hot search topics exceeded 100,000.
Many netizens on the island agreed with this popular tweet, were worried about the consequences that the Taiwan authorities might cause by deliberately creating incidents in cross-strait relations, and were also increasingly dissatisfied with the Taiwan authorities' lie that "the United States will send troops to help Taiwan."
Especially after the withdrawal of the US troops from Afghanistan, after seeing the United States and other Western countries providing air-to-air support to Ukraine but resolutely not sending troops, they believe that it can be seen that the Tsai Ing-wen authorities are "self-deception" and "pipe dreaming" to send troops to the United States to aid Taiwan. Tsai Ing-wen is a pipe dream about the United States sending troops to aid Taiwan! ”
Last night (24th), the "American Institute in Taiwan (AIT)" quoted US President Joe Biden's latest statement on the situation in Russia and Ukraine on Facebook, saying that "the people of the world pray with the Ukrainian people tonight." As a result, many Taiwan netizens ran to the comment area of the article to express their dissatisfaction, and some people bluntly said that "for Taiwanese, they will no longer have illusions about seeing your country's reaction to the incidents in Afghanistan and Ukraine."
Some netizens also posted various spoof memes to satirize the uneasy mood of the Taiwan authorities who "rely on the United States and seek independence" at this moment.
"Taiwan looks at Ukraine."
"Taiwan, which is watching the news, is now trembling, staring at dogs, and sweating coldly..."
Since the outbreak of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the DPP authorities have cooperated with us and Western public opinion, while hinting that they will cooperate with the United States in adopting sanctions against Russia, while on the other hand using the Ukrainian issue to rub hot spots, claiming that "Taiwan is more important than Ukraine," hoping that the United States and the West will support Taiwan and force the mainland not to "invade by force."
In this regard, the public opinion on the island is constantly warning. Zhao Shaokang, a veteran media person in Taiwan, issued an article on the 23rd shouting that "Tsai Ing-wen should wake up," saying that the DPP is constantly paralyzing the Taiwanese people that "the mainland will not fight Taiwan, even if it hits the US military, it will come," but Ukraine's enlightenment to Taiwan is very clear, that is, "small places should not stimulate the strong side," and stressed that the most important thing is for peaceful coexistence between the two sides of the strait. ”
On the same day, Taipei City Councilor Wang Hongwei also questioned whether the United States still treats Ukraine, which has established diplomatic relations, but Taiwan regards the United States as the only straw that saves life, "Taiwan's international political situation is even worse than Ukraine's, can we still think that the United States will fight for Taiwan?" ”
Taiwan's current affairs commentator Lai Yueqian's evaluation directly pointed out the core of the problem, he bluntly denounced the DPP's boast that "Taiwan is more important in the heart of the United States than Ukraine" is nonsense and self-consolation, emphasizing that Ukraine is a sovereign and independent country, but Taiwan and the mainland belong to the same China, while the United States only recognizes the People's Republic of China, "Ukraine and Russia are still two countries, two sovereign countries the United States dare not send troops, (the mainland and Taiwan are) the same country, how dare he intervene?" ”
Lai Yueqian cried and laughed, "Now the DPP authorities are just anxious, afraid, panicked, and then uneasy, we must find someone to say to him, 'You are very good, you are the most important, the United States will definitely be how to do for you', in fact, it is all empty words, don't open your eyes and say nonsense, have a little military common sense, give up your illusions." ”
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According to the Global Times, Cui Hongjian, director of the European Institute of the China Institute of International Studies, also said in a recent interview that it must be solemnly stated that Taiwan and Ukraine are not comparable, and this connection is extremely wrong. The Taiwan issue is purely China's internal affair, and Taiwan has always been a part of China in terms of sovereignty.
He said: Some people in the West and Taiwan have linked the Ukrainian issue to the Taiwan issue and tried to use the so-called "division" of Chinese mainland and Taiwan to justify the "separation of sovereignty" and to label China as "changing the status quo." Others see Russia's approach to Ukraine as some sort of "model" for a future settlement of the Taiwan issue. The negative effects of these two directions are consistent, i.e. the essential differences between the two issues are obscured. In the final analysis, the Ukraine issue is a geopolitical issue in the great power game, which is fundamentally different from the Taiwan issue as China's internal affair.
As for the Taiwan authorities' repeated use of the Ukrainian issue to hype up, our side has also responded many times.
On 23 July, Ma Xiaoguang, spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, commented at a press conference that the DPP authorities' speculation that they "empathize with the situation in Ukraine" was completely self-inflicted.
Ma Xiaoguang said: Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory, and the Taiwan issue is purely China's internal affair. Recently, the DPP authorities have cooperated with US and Western public opinion to maliciously hype up the so-called "military threat" on the mainland on the pretext of the Ukraine issue, and have harbored their evil intentions of plotting to "internationalize" the Taiwan issue and inciting "anti-China and resisting China" populism on the island, which is entirely a political manipulation for the selfish interests of one party. What needs to be pointed out is that the root cause of the current tension in the Taiwan Strait is that the DPP authorities and the "Taiwan independence" forces collude with external forces to constantly seek "independence" provocations. All necessary actions we have taken to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity are aimed at "Taiwan independence" separatist activities and interference by external forces, with the aim of fundamentally safeguarding the vital interests of compatriots on both sides of the strait and the overall interests of the Chinese nation.
On the same day, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying also said at a regular news conference that some people in the Taiwan authorities were using the Ukrainian issue to rub hot spots and touch porcelain, which was unwise behavior.
She said Taiwan is indeed not Ukraine. Taiwan has always been an inalienable part of China's territory, which is an irrefutable historical and legal fact. The one-China principle is a universally recognized norm governing international relations. Peace in the Taiwan region depends on the peaceful development of cross-strait relations, not on begging for mercy and counting on external forces to sell weapons or provide military support. "Taiwan independence" can only be a dead end. No one should have any misunderstandings about this.
On 24 July, Defense Ministry spokesman Colonel Tan Kefei also responded to relevant issues by saying that the DPP authorities are relying on foreigners to respect themselves, carrying out "independence" provocations in various forms, and constantly escalating cross-strait confrontation, which is the root cause of threats to peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and a scourge that seriously endangers the well-being of Taiwan compatriots. The PLA's organization of multi-service forces and multiple batches of ships and aircraft to carry out regular patrols and police patrols in the sea and airspace around Taiwan Island is to resolutely crack down on the arrogance and "independence" acts of the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces. The "Taiwan independence" provocation continues for a day, and the action of the Chinese People's Liberation Army to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity cannot be stopped for a moment.
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