On July 24 in the Wall Street Journal, TECRO’s Press Division rebukes the PRC’s ongoing efforts to spread disinformation about Taiwan.
分享到
On July 24 in the Wall Street Journal, TECRO’s Press Division rebukes the PRC’s ongoing efforts to spread disinformation about Taiwan.
Main points:
The Chinese Embassy’s Liu Pengyu responded to Taiwan Vice President Lai Ching-te’s recent op-ed, “My Plan to Preserve Peace in the Taiwan Strait,” once again demonstrating the PRC’s propensity toward outright lies and complete disregard for reality.
Mr. Liu refers to Taiwan’s upcoming presidential elections as “the local elections of China’s Taiwan region.” Apparently, he is ignorant of the fact that the PRC has never ruled over Taiwan for even a single day. Disinformation will not change that. It will only generate more resentment from Taiwan's society.
Over 5,000 PLA warplanes have harassed Taiwan by flying close to our airspace since 2020, threatening the peace and stability of the region. China’s refusal to renounce the use of military force against Taiwan and its continuing coercive military activities have brought more international attention and hardened our resolve to defend ourselves.
Beijing’s diplomats, who have never voted in a free and fair election, have no grounds to criticize the democratic system that the Taiwanese people cherish. The PRC still has many lessons to learn.
