Disrupting the new actions in the Taiwan Strait, Tsai Ing-wen is visiting the United States
The Financial Times (Finantial Times) No. 6 exclusively revealed that Tsai Ing-wen planned to "transit" the United States in early April under the pretext of visiting Taiwan's Central American "friends", meeting in California and the speaker of the US House of Representatives McCarthy, and giving a public speech at the Reagan Library. If this is true, it seems that the actions of US and Taiwan politicians to stir up the Taiwan Strait with politics are coming again.
McCarthy's desire to emulate his predecessor Pelosi and "travel" to Taiwan has been rumored since he ran for speaker. Now the arrangement is circulating that McCarthy himself will not come to Taiwan, but will send Tsai Ing-wen to the United States.
The headline said the arrangement was to avoid Chinese mainland "ire," adding that the meeting was chosen because Taiwan feared a mainland military response, so Ms. Tsai "convinced" McCarthy to meet in California.
According to an anonymous high-level account of the Taiwan authorities, the report said that the Taiwan authorities provided McCarthy with information about what the mainland might do. The report also specifically quoted the anonymous executive as saying, Chinese mainland not in a good situation." What do you mean? If McCarthy came to Taiwan, would Chinese mainland possibly do it? In contrast to these two days, Chiu Guozheng, head of Taiwan's defense department, also openly said in Taiwan's legislature that the mainland is waiting for "the division to become famous" and that "high-level visits from other countries" are the reasons why the Taiwan military is worried that the mainland will use force.
So McCarthy was persuaded not to come, and changed to Tsai Ing-wen. The report quoted Taiwanese officials as saying they thought it would be difficult for the mainland to respond in the same way as last August. But reports also say there are fears that such high-profile visits could have equally serious consequences.
Tsai Ing-wen's visit is nominally a visit to Guatemala and Belize, "transiting" the United States, in fact, everyone knows that the "visit to the United States" is the truth. Reports say she will "transit" California and New York. At the California Congress, the Reagan Library will give a formal public speech at the Reagan Library, which has confirmed an invitation to Tsai.
"Transiting" the United States Tsai Ing-wen did, and she also went to the Reagan Library, but did not give a formal speech. If you really want to use the name of "transit", it is necessary to keep a low profile. If it is a high-profile meeting with McCarthy and a formal speech, it is not a "transit" but a "visit to the United States", which will run into the red line of political exchanges between the United States and Taiwan.
Tsai Ing-wen doesn't know that going to the United States to engage in this show is more likely to anger the mainland? I think of course she knows that what she really thinks is probably that I am in the United States, and it is difficult for you to treat me on the mainland. In this way, it will not only have the effect of stirring up the Taiwan Strait and creating momentum for her to "resist China and defend Taiwan", but also draw the United States in to protect herself. At the same time, the show McCarthy wants to do can be a big show at home. As for what consequences will be triggered in the Taiwan Strait after this, considering the political interests that can be harvested has become secondary.
The last time the Taiwan Strait was disrupted was for Pelosi's "graduation trip", and now Tsai Ing-wen wants to go to the United States to engage in a "graduation trip". Politicians want to put on a show and travel regardless of the political cost, and they want to use actions that aggravate the situation in the Taiwan Strait to seize positive political interests, but it will be the entire Taiwan that pays the price.
