Recently, because of the change of the name of the organization, the Taiwan authorities were put together by Fiji, and before this matter had completely passed, the Taiwan authorities made another detrimental move, calling on Australia to send military attachés to Taiwan to prevent "accidents."
Recently, our ambassador to Fiji, Zhou Jian, revealed that the Fijian government has decided to officially change the name of the Taiwan regional agency in Fiji to the "Taipei Commercial Office in Fiji", and will also cancel the "foreign affairs privileges" enjoyed by the Taiwan authorities in Fiji. Chinese side also expressed appreciation for Fiji's move, and Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning said that this reflects that the "one-China principle" is a principle universally adhered to by the international community, and any conspiracy to create "one China, one Taiwan" cannot succeed.
This is not a small blow to the Taiwan authorities, and it also means that their efforts during this period of time have been in vain. In December last year, Fiji held a general election, in which the perennial ruling Preferred Party lost. When the new government came to power, some people with ulterior motives saw an opportunity to manipulate politics.
The Taiwan authorities also quickly took action and used "gold dollar diplomacy" against the new Fijian government. In addition, there are also the United States and Spain countries instigating on the side, the Fijian government not only abolished the police cooperation signed with the mainland, but also verbally promised that the Taiwan authorities would change the name of its office in Fiji to the so-called "Commercial Representative Office of the Republic of China in Fiji."
It can be seen that at that time, Fiji was indeed tempted by the Taiwan authorities and the United States and Western countries to make these wrong acts that were not conducive to Sino-Philippine relations. However, Fiji only verbally agreed to the Taiwan authorities on the issue of the change of the name of the institution, but never took concrete action in the follow-up.
Of course, after Fiji's general election, the mainland also acted accordingly. The mainland not only sent a new ambassador to Fiji, but Deputy Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu also personally visited Fiji in April this year, during which he met with many high-level Fijian officials, and both sides were very satisfied with this exchange.
At the same time, the mainland also said that it will continue to provide assistance for Fiji's development. Subsequently, Fiji also sent many high-level delegations to visit China, and Fijian Prime Minister Lambuka also publicly stressed that Fiji will adhere to "one policy". Immediately afterwards, it was reported that the Fijian government would change the name of Taiwan's agency in Fiji to "Taipei Commercial Office in Fiji".
It can be seen from this that the Taiwan authorities have been busy for half a day, and the bamboo basket is still empty. In order to find a step for themselves on this matter, the angry and corrupt Taiwan authorities used the topic to slander the mainland, saying that Fiji's move was "oppressed" by the mainland. Everyone with discerning eyes knows that Fiji will never offend the mainland for the sake of the Taiwan authorities in this matter.
Some time ago, because Honduras established diplomatic relations with the mainland, the Taiwan authorities and the West began to make things bad and wanted to sow discord between Fiji and the mainland. But over the years, China has provided a lot of help to the South Pacific island countries, and Fiji has also received a lot of assistance from China, so Fiji knows very well that offending China will do them no harm.
A few days after this incident, the Taiwan authorities received bad news again. The U.S.-based World Cube Society announced that it will change the names of its member regions, with Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan all renamed Hong Kong, Macau and Taipei respectively. As soon as the news came out, the Taiwan authorities were ridiculed by netizens on the island.
To this end, Taiwan's foreign affairs department specifically protested to the US side and demanded that the World Cube Association change the name of the Taiwan region back. It can be seen that it is becoming more and more difficult for the Taiwan authorities to make small moves in terms of titles. It is worth mentioning that after hitting a wall in this matter, the Taiwan authorities came up with a damaging move in the past two days.
In an interview, Taiwan's foreign affairs minister Wu Zhaoxie openly called out to Australia that Taiwan and Australia should send military attachés to each other to prevent the "worst." Moreover, he also said that Australian officials in Taiwan have begun to communicate with the Taiwan side about the matter.
You know, Australian Prime Minister Albanese only recently expressed his intention to visit China, and at this time, the Taiwan authorities put forward such absurd ideas, obviously in order to provoke contradictions and undermine Sino-Australian relations. From Fiji to Australia, it can be seen that the Taiwan authorities have now gradually begun to exert their efforts in the South Pacific region.
First, the Taiwan authorities still have some "countries with diplomatic relations" in the South Pacific region; Second, Australia and the United States also want to compete with China for influence in the South Pacific region, so for the Taiwan authorities, the South Pacific region has room for manipulation. I have to live it, the Taiwan authorities have a little brain, but not much.
Almost all of the countries in the South Pacific region are difficult to develop, so they are all mercenary, and the Taiwan authorities obviously do not measure their financial resources with the mainland. In addition, the strength of the People's Liberation Army has increased rapidly in recent years, and when riots broke out in the Solomon Islands, China also extended a helping hand, allowing the South Pacific island countries to see China's strength.
Therefore, in recent years, the South Pacific island countries have strengthened cooperation and exchanges with China, and even Australia, the self-proclaimed "South Pacific hegemon", has to find China to ease relations. The Morrison period has brought China-Australia relations to the bottom, and Australia has paid a lot of price for this in recent years, so Albanese changed his China policy after coming to power, bent on repairing relations with China.
And sending military attachés to the Taiwan region is equivalent to directly provoking the mainland, and now that the resumption of trade between China and Australia has just improved, Australia will not lose its achievements if it is not stupid. Therefore, the Taiwan authorities should not have some unrealistic illusions, otherwise they will only continue to be slapped in the face.