After Russia launched a "special military operation" against Ukraine , in order to please the United States, the Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party authorities responded actively and operated in a high profile. Without any plan, they quickly announced that they would join the list of sanctions against Russia. Not only that, Joseph Wu, the often eloquent head of Taiwan’s foreign affairs, also went to Western-controlled social platforms to “condemn” Russia to “snake up hot spots” and increase Taiwan’s exposure.
Russia has not much contact with Taiwan island , which is located in a corner of China, and there are no more conflicts and festivals. However, in order to please their American masters, the Democratic Progressive Party authorities claimed that Taiwan has the same political system and the same ideals as democratic countries in the Western camp, and in a short period of time they frequently launched challenges to Russia. Russia has long been dissatisfied with Taiwan's snobbish behavior and took timely measures to take countermeasures against the Taiwan authorities. It has now taken three major steps.
The first step is that Taiwan, as a region of China, was included in the "unfriendly list" recently announced by Russian officials.
The second step was to summon the so-called "representatives" of Taiwan stationed in Russia, and the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs severely reprimanded them in person.
The third step is that Russia is studying retaliatory measures against the so-called "sanctions" of the Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party authorities.
We not only have to ask why Russia wants to counterattack Taiwan, why Russia summoned Taiwan's so-called "representative" in Russia to reprimand him face to face, and what countermeasures will Russia take against Taiwan?
1. Why does Russia include Taiwan on the countermeasures list?
It turns out that the Taiwan authorities’ intentions to follow and cooperate with the United States are too obvious, they follow the United States too closely, and their measures to sanction Russia are too clumsy.
first followed the United States to deceive the situation between Russia and Ukraine, fearing that the Russia-Ukraine war would not start. At that time, Tsai Ing-wen claimed that Taiwan "feels the same" for Ukraine; then, Russia took decisive action against Ukraine. Tsai Ing-wen found that the situation was not good, and everyone was worried Is today’s situation in Ukraine the same as tomorrow’s situation in Taiwan? At this time, Tsai Ing-wen began to talk about how Taiwan and Ukraine are different.
The United States had just announced sanctions against Russia, and the "Foreign Affairs Department" of the Taiwan authorities responded non-stop, issuing an emergency statement in a timely manner, saying: As a member of the democratic camp of the international community, Taiwan has adopted military means to resolve the Ukrainian issue in response to Russia's bullying. It expresses great regret for this approach and will firmly defend universal values; for this reason, Taiwan has decided to participate in the international community's economic sanctions against Russia to help the situation in Ukraine restore peace as soon as possible.
The people on the island cannot stand the Tsai Ing-wen administration’s behavior of currying favor with gangsters and bullying poor people. Most of the public comments on this incident on the island focused on the Tsai Ing-wen government’s ignorance of the sky and the earth. Some people say that Taiwan is older and has no status in the world. How can it be qualified to join the United States and Britain in sanctioning Russia? Isn't this asking for embarrassment? Some say that Putin is not even afraid of the Western society led by the United States’ condemnation and sanctions against Russia. How can he care about Taiwan, an insignificant frog in the well? Others say that even if Taiwan cooperates because of political pressure from the United States, it does not need to be so high. Doesn’t Tsai Ing-wen still think she has not enough enemies?
As the saying goes, if there is a first grade of junior high school, there will be a fifteenth grade of junior high school. It is disrespectful to come and go without reciprocating. The island of Taiwan, which cannot be reached with eight poles, is unkind to Russia in trouble and directly adds insult to injury. Russia, facing many crises, will definitely be unjust to Taiwan and give Taiwan a trump card in return.
2. Why did Russia summon Taiwan’s “representative” to Russia?
In order to expand Taiwan's so-called international space, the Democratic Progressive Party authorities are looking for opportunities and ways to create possible opportunities to show their face and speak out in the international community. Seeing the opportunity to hype up the so-called "international visibility", he frequently and proactively "speculates on hot topics". The most active one among them is Wu Zhaoxie, who is included in the list of "Taiwan independence" die-hards.
He recently said on a social platform that Russia's "special military operation" against Ukraine was a "barbaric war." Recently, he boasted in an interview with Czech media, describing being included in Russia's "unfriendly list" "Making "Taiwan deeply proud."
Wu Zhaoxie is a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water. When the mainland listed him as a "Taiwan independence" die-hard, he brazenly said that he was very proud to be on this list. Now that the Taiwan authorities have been included in the unfriendly list by the Russian government, Wu Zhaoxie wiped off his thick skin and said, "Taiwan is deeply proud." Probably in the mouth of "Taiwan independence" activist Wu Zhaoxie, in addition to saying that he feels deeply free, no matter how helpless and humiliating he is, he cannot tell the outside world. He can only make a fool of himself and say that he is proud and glorious.
He only suffered a lot for the "representative" of the Taiwan authorities in Russia. When Wu Zhaoxie shouted proudly to Tsai Ing-wen at home, the "representative" of the Taiwan authorities in Russia suffered for him and was humiliated by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
3. What countermeasures will Russia take against Taiwan?
When Taiwan was just put on Russia's unfriendly list, Taiwan's foreign affairs department spokesman Ou Jiangan claimed that Russia was not Taiwan's main importer of industrial materials, and Taiwan's oil or natural gas procurement sources were diverse and did not rely on Russia. Therefore, "Russia This announcement will have limited impact on Taiwan’s overall economy and trade.” Su Tseng-chang, the head of Taiwan's administrative agency, also spoke harshly, claiming that Taiwan imposed sanctions on Russia and that Russia's reaction was normal. In response to this, netizens on the island criticized the DPP authorities at that time for being "a tough talker" and "consoling themselves even though a moth is rushing to the flame."
According to statistics from Taiwan's economic department, the bilateral trade volume between Taiwan and Russia last year was more than 6.3 billion US dollars. Taiwan's exports to Russia were 1.318 billion US dollars and imports were 5 billion US dollars. Russia accounts for 0.76% of Taiwan's total trade volume, accounting for less than 1%.
In this regard, some netizens asked, based on the amount of Taiwan's exports to Russia, "What are the sanctions? A ban on playing Tetris?" and said that this is nothing more than "the internal propaganda of ideology sanctions"!
It may be difficult for Russia to counter the United States economically, but it is more than enough to counter the minions that follow the United States. Russia's specific measures to counter Taiwan have not yet been announced, but some experts are worried that if Russia makes some adjustments in the supply of special gas , it will be enough to completely collapse Taiwan's electronic chip manufacturing industry.
TSMC is the world's leading enterprise and core enterprise in the production of electronic chips. From the perspective of market share, according to the most conservative estimates, TSMC already controls 56% of the high-end chip market and is expected to exceed 80% of the market share in the future. Such production scale and unique status determine that TSMC has a very large demand for special gases and has very high quality standards. In electronic chip manufacturing, almost the entire production process is inseparable from the extensive use of various special gases. Most of these special gases were imported from Russia and Ukraine. Once imports from Russia are stopped, it may have a very serious impact on Taiwan's chip manufacturing industry.
Nowadays, the situation of the Russia-Ukraine war is very clear. The final result will inevitably be that Ukraine becomes a card in the hands of Russia. Then the initiative in the production and sales of special gases will also be firmly in the hands of Russia. It’s just that Taiwanese politicians may not know much about special gases, and they may not know anything about international politics and international situations. They just follow the United States and act blindly, feeling good about themselves. When Russia's sword of sanctions hits their necks with a click, Taiwanese politicians may not even be able to cry.
4. How does the mainland view Russia’s countermeasures against Taiwan?
The list of unfriendly countries and regions released by Russia recently includes Taiwan. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian once answered relevant questions at a regular press conference, saying that why Taiwan was included in this list, everyone on earth understands that Taiwan If sanctioned, it will be at its own fault.
This is like two buffaloes fighting each other. The Taiwanese authorities think they are a big guy and insist on getting in the middle. They don’t look at who they are, whether they have the qualifications and the strength. If they don’t get hurt by the fight, they won’t be squeezed. Bian, it doesn’t know how high the sky is and how high it is.
As the saying goes, I am a gengniu
