On January 31, 2024, Dr. Yu Maochun (2nd from left), Director of the China Center of the Hudson Institute, attended a lecture held by the Taiwanese think tank, Fuhe Association. (Song Bilong/The Epoch Times)
[The Epoch Times, February 1, 2024](Epoch Times reporter Zhong Yuan reported from Taiwan) Yu Maochun, director of the China Center at the Hudson Institute, said that Taiwan’s elections have a huge impact on China. After Vice President Lai Ching-te was elected president, countries around the world congratulated him, saying that Taiwan is a legitimate government, but the implication is that the CCP is not. He pointed out that Taiwan is a beacon of freedom and democracy. The CCP is the number one threat to the world, and the United States unites democratic countries and allies to fight against CCP.
Yu Maochun: Taiwan’s election taught the world a lesson and has a huge impact on China
On January 31, Yu Maochun attended a lecture hosted by the Taiwan think tank and the Fuhe Association. He praised Taiwan’s very sound democratic mechanism and the heated discussion of national affairs in society. This is the true meaning of democracy. Recently, he also published an article arguing that “Taiwan’s election taught the world a lesson,” and the United States should learn from it. He emphasized that Taiwan’s seriousness in electoral voting is very important, and gave an example. Taiwan chooses to vote on Saturdays and holidays and people go to vote in person. Paper voting is used, and votes are counted manually during the counting. Machine voting is not allowed, and postal voting is not acceptable. In the United States, voting is on Tuesday. Because it is working time, many people are unwilling to vote.
On January 31, 2024, Dr. Yu Maochun gave a lecture. (Song Bilong/The Epoch Times)
Yu Maochun said that when he met with President Tsai Ing-wen this morning, he also mentioned that Taiwan can make a great contribution to world democracy, and its influence on the world far exceeds region and population. Taiwan’s global status is also very important, and it is the world’s most important country. A place that is considered very progressive or advanced.
Yu Maochun said that President Tsai Ing-wen talked to him about the international situation and the leading positions of the Middle East, Ukraine, and Taiwan in global semiconductors. He believes that the Taiwan government has been very successful in the past few years in establishing itself as a very important member of the international community and has not limited Taiwan-related issues to regional issues. This is the courage that Taiwanese people should have.
He pointed out that during the Trump era, US Secretary of State Pompeo abolished the restrictions on official exchanges between the United States and Taiwan established by the State Department. He also praised the former representative to the United States and Vice President-elect Hsiao Meiqin for being very shrewd and having a broad political future. He pointed out that Taiwan is still facing concentrated suppression from the Chinese Communist Party’s totalitarian politics. But he is full of confidence in Taiwan. The CCP is too big and too fat, but it is weak and has many problems. Its internal affairs, diplomacy, and people’s hearts are unstable. Therefore, Taiwan has a lot that can be done against China. He emphasized that the Chinese Communist Party is a totalitarian and autocratic government that is most afraid of the Chinese people rising in rebellion, so the Taiwan election will have a huge impact on mainland China.
The fundamental interests of the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese people are completely incompatible
Yu Maochun, who served as the chief adviser on China policy in the Office of Secretary of State Pompeo’s Policy Planning Office in the Trump administration, said in a joint interview with the media that it is gratifying and congratulatory for Vice President Lai Ching-te to be elected as the president of Taiwan. Not only is it the ultimate victory in his personal political career, but most importantly, it allows the world to see that Taiwan’s democracy is very mature and that it is a very intelligent vote. Countries around the world have congratulated Vice President Lai Ching-te, saying that Taiwan is a legitimate government, but the implication is that the CCP is not legitimate.
On January 31, 2024, Dr. Yu Maochun gave a lecture. (Song Bilong/The Epoch Times)
Yu Maochun told The Epoch Times that Taiwan is a beacon of freedom and democracy, “This is my heartfelt feeling.” Taiwan’s semiconductor technology, medical care and epidemic prevention, as well as many major policies, especially Taiwanese people’s support for freedom and democracy Pursuit, in fact, has a very great impact, and this is what the Chinese people in mainland China admire the most.
“The fundamental interests of the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese people are completely incompatible.” Yu Maochun pointed out that because the CCP is an authoritarian regime, it thinks about how to rule the people all day long, so the CCP’s ruling institutions and administrative budgets are very important. Most of them are used in this aspect. The Taiwan government cannot imagine having such problems, so Taiwan has its own national consciousness, but this national consciousness is actually very inspiring to some people in the mainland. He believes that one day Taiwan will become the leader of democracy in East Asia.
The CCP is the number one threat to the world. Yu Maochun: The United States unites democratic countries and allies to fight the CCP
In his speech, Yu Maochun said that no matter whether the Democratic Party or the Republican Party wins the presidential election in November, the basic policy framework of the United States towards Taiwan will not change. This has been the case since the outbreak of the Korean War in the 1950s, when US President Truman sent the Seventh Fleet to the Taiwan Strait. It has been established that “no party can use force to change the status quo in the Taiwan Strait.” Yu Maochun emphasized that this is the most important principle of the United States’ Taiwan policy. No matter who is the president of the United States, this matter will not change.
On January 31, 2024, Dr. Yu Maochun gave a lecture. (Song Bilong/The Epoch Times)
“The most important diplomatic achievement of the United States during the Trump administration is to redefine the CCP.” He said that the CCP uses force to resolve its demands on Taiwan and neighboring countries, and also has the strategic intention to disrupt the international order and challenge the United States’ leading position. Trump has redefined the CCP’s geopolitical positioning in the world. “The CCP is the number one threat to the United States and the world.” The CCP wants the world to become economically and technologically dependent on China, such as exporting its economic model through the Belt and Road Initiative.
What impact will former President Trump’s possible return to the White House have on U.S.-Taiwan relations? Yu Maochun wants everyone to rest assured. Although many people believe that Trump speaks bluntly, there are important strategic considerations behind it, including shifting the strategic center of the United States from Europe and the Middle East to China during his term in office. He said that the U.S. government adopts a global strategy to counter the CCP and connects democratic or like-minded countries around the world, in which Taiwan plays a very important role.
As for the Chinese Communist Party’s temptation to seize Taiwan’s diplomatic allies and suppress its international living space, Yu Maochun suggested that Taiwan can do the opposite and win over friendly countries such as Lithuania and the Czech Republic to establish diplomatic relations. As long as one country really does this, I believe other countries will do the same. follow up.
On January 31, 2024, Lai Yizhong, CEO of the Vision Foundation. (Song Bilong/The Epoch Times)
Lai Yizhong, CEO of the Vision Foundation, said that the impact of foreign policy changes in the Trump era continues to this day. The 2017 National Security Strategy redefined U.S.-China relations and declassified the U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy before leaving office, identifying China as a “changer of the status quo.” “power”, therefore the United States and many countries from the Asia-Pacific to the Indo-Pacific have begun to publish their own Indo-Pacific strategies. The Biden administration has internationalized security across the Taiwan Strait and has brought many countries into this agenda. They can no longer regard their respective regions as handling matters independently. This is also the difference between the situation in the Taiwan Strait and the past.
On January 31, 2024, Yu Zongji, former dean of the School of Political Warfare at the National Defense University. (Song Bilong/The Epoch Times)
Yu Zongji, consultant to the Peace Conference and former dean of the Institute of Political Science and War, mentioned that after Xi Jinping took office in 2012, he tried to change the dynamic balance between the United States and China and Taiwan in the past. Taiwan should think about how to strengthen its national defense force and form international alliances to make the CCP fearful. He believes that when the Taiwan Relations Act was formulated in the past, there was no gray area strategy. However, as the CCP now adopts intrusion, soft blockade, and compressed living space to force Taiwan to come to the negotiating table, which gradually encroaches and changes the status quo, Taiwan should consider a breakthrough. Diplomatic dilemmas, and the United States and neighboring countries developing integrated strategies to deter the CCP.
On January 31, 2024, Dr. Yu Maochun gave a lecture. (Song Bilong/The Epoch Times)
Dong Siqi, deputy executive director of a Taiwanese think tank, said that as the global paradigm changes, countries around the world are clearly aware of the serious threat posed by the CCP to other democratic countries. Because Taiwan adheres to democracy, the U.S. government, from President Trump to President Biden, has received worldwide attention for its support for Taiwan’s democracy. He quoted Yu Maochun as saying that “Taiwan’s votes are the biggest weapon to provoke China.” He pointed out that this means that Taiwan’s democracy is very powerful, especially since Taiwan has long been on the front line facing the CCP. It is worth watching from all over the world.
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2024-02-01 07:11:15
