(Observer Network News)
Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu and Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen, one sells agricultural and fishery products in the mainland and the other spends money in the so-called "diplomatic diplomatic countries". The public opinion on the island compared the two: they went out, and they were also NT$900 million, one was competing for orders in the mainland, and the other was scattering coins abroad.
Han Kuo-yu (left) and Tsai Ing-wen (right) (data photo)
According to Taiwan's "China Times Electronic News" website on March 27, Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu recently went to Hong Kong, Macao and southern coastal cities in the mainland to compete for orders. On the first day of his visit to Xiamen on the 26th, he signed 15,000 tons of agricultural and fishery products, worth about NT$930 million.
Tsai Ing-wen launched the so-called "marine democracy journey" on the 21st and visited the "friendly countries" in the South Pacific. Not only did I send 8 tons of multi-function patrol boats to visit Palau for the first stop, but recently, I also assisted Solomon Islands in the construction of sports venues, with a total price of about 28 million US dollars, which is equivalent to NT$900 million.
March 26, Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu and his party visited the Xiamen Cruise Center and Municipal Planning Hall. (Photo source/Visual China)
Han Kuo-yu led the Kaohsiung City economic and trade visiting group, and signed 5 contracts with Xiamen enterprises on the 26th, with a total value of approximately 930 million. In addition to the previous orders signed by Hong Kong, Macao and Shenzhen of NT$4.4 billion, Han Kuo-yu has accumulated orders of over NT$5 billion in the Hong Kong, Macao, Shenzhen and Xiamen Bank, which is now over NT$5 billion, which can be said to be a full return.
However, Tsai Ing-wen's "invested funds" to Palau, Nauru , and Marshall Islands were reported before the trip that the Solomon Islands and their "diplomatic relations" may be "shaken". When the Prime Minister of the Institute visited Taiwan last year, Taiwan also promised to provide funds for it to build the main sports venue of the 2023 Pacific Games, which was criticized by the outside world for "financial diplomacy."
Taiwan's "Ministry of Foreign Affairs" also confirmed that the two sides have signed a memorandum of cooperation on March 15, and Taiwan will assist the construction of sports venues in the Solomon Islands through "commercial loans".
In addition, when Tsai Ing-wen visited the Marshall Islands on the 26th, she also signed the "Memorandum of Understanding the Revolving Fund for Women's Entrepreneurship Micro-loan Revolving Fund" and agreed to establish a US$2 million Women's Entrepreneurship Micro-loan Revolving Fund, of which the Taiwan side invested a US$1 million loan quota.
Moreover, from 2015 to 2017, Taiwan was also exposed to funding between 30,000 and 50,000 US dollars each year for it to set off fireworks during the independence commemoration.
Tsai Ing-wen's visit is coming to an end. (Photo source/Taiwan United News Network)
Regarding the question of "spend money to buy diplomacy", Tsai Ing-wen argued that Taiwan's development has reached a certain level and should pay attention to fulfilling its obligations to the international community, "we must invest relatively in helping other countries in the world in need." "If Taiwanese people regard this as spending money," then they are "not the Taiwanese people she knows and accepts."
is also 900 million. One seeks cooperation in the mainland, and the other goes abroad to spread coins. Netizens on the island have mocked Tsai Ing-wen, "Isn't it ruthless to spend money?"
The Tsai authorities have lost five "diplomatic countries" since they came to power. Last year, after El Salvador announced that they had "severed diplomatic relations" with Taiwan, public opinion on the island has been worried about encountering a "tide of diplomatic relations". In response, former Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou once said that the Tsai administration denied the current situation of " 1992 Consensus " causing cross-strait confrontation. He called on Tsai Ing-wen, "Return to the '1992 Consensus', many things will be different."
