Just just held in Erict, Maryland, near . Washington, . The biggest eye-catching point is that after three years of departure, the Kuomintang came to attend the meeting separately and took the opportunity to communicate with the U.S. officials and all walks of life. The content focuses on the concepts and policies of the Kuomintang candidates for the 2020 election in Taiwan, as well as the Kuomintang’s position and policies on major issues.
This time, the Kuomintang delegation was composed in a short period of time with the approval and promotion of Party Chairman Wu Dunyi. After receiving the invitation from the organizer, Wu Dunyi said that he would never be absent, and soon formed a delegation of five seniors, including Kuomintang "legislators" Jiang Qichen and Xu Yuren, members of Han Kuo-yu's "National Political Advisory Group": Hwang Jiezheng, associate professor at Tamkang University, former "Deputy Defense Minister" Chen Yongkang, and Tian Zai-yi, former special commissioner of the " National Security Bureau ", in the United States. This move is regarded by observers here as the Kuomintang’s move to make up for the lack of communication with the United States when the Taiwan election is approaching.
The Kuomintang has not dispatched personnel in Washington for more than three years since it lost power in Taiwan. Except for the occasional visits by former Kuomintang officials, public opinion representatives and scholars from the United States, the Chinese Kuomintang does not represent the sustainability of its top leaders in the United States. Compared with the DPP's efforts to not give up setting up a representative office in the United States even in the difficult times under the stage and the glorious times after taking office, the KMT's deep work on the United States has lagged behind its political opponents. Although the US government said it would not interfere in the Taiwan election, the preferences of US people towards Tsai Ing-wen on various occasions are obvious. Kuomintang people also admitted that the US side had some concerns because it did not understand Han Kuo-yu enough.
This time, the Kuomintang delegation authorized by Wu Dunyi and Han Kuo-yu came to clarify, explain and explain to the US side the position and policies of Han Kuo-yu and the KMT on major issues of concern to the US side, especially its political views and policies on Taiwan's defense and cross-strait issues. Huang Jiezheng told the media on the 7th that the message they brought was: Please rest assured in the United States! Taiwan has three political party rotations, and no ruling team has a bad relationship with the United States. Past experience shows that the United States has no reason to worry. If Taiwan revolves in party rotation in 2020, it will harm the interests of the United States.
Huang Jiezheng pointed out that the biggest difference in the Kuomintang’s position is that when the confrontation between the United States and China becomes increasingly fierce, the Kuomintang will think that security and stability in the Taiwan Strait not only depends on good US-Taiwan relations, but more importantly, is it beneficial to Taiwan to have zero contact over the past three years? The best protection of Taiwan’s interests is to maintain good relations with the United States but completely interrupt the institutionalized contact between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, or to maintain good relations with the United States while reducing the risk coefficient in the Taiwan Strait? For its own interests, the US side must also consider which political party can better reduce the risks between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. He said: "When pro-US is not a problem, what remains is how to deal with cross-strait relations."
In terms of Taiwan's defense concept, the main point declared by the Kuomintang delegation this time is: the risk of military conflicts in the Taiwan Strait is high. What Taiwan really needs is not only to purchase advanced weapons and equipment, but more importantly, to strengthen itself, build more solid combat power, and try to make the mainland avoid the option of military reunification.
According to Tian Zaiyi's estimates, the 66 F-16V fighter jets sold by the United States to Taiwan recently will not be delivered until the second half of 2023 at the earliest, and will have to wait until the first half of 2024 later.
At a press conference held on the 7th, when asked what would happen if Tsai Ing-wen was in power for another four years, Huang Jiezheng said: "We just want to find the answer, so we must win this time. Because if we lose, it is unimaginable. With the current cross-strait situation for another four years, the risk is too great." He pointed out that many people in Taiwan expect that if there is war in the Taiwan Strait, the United States will come to help. "The United States must be helpful and quick, but it may not be helpful." Huang Jiezheng said, which can be seen from the US polls and the preparation of the US military. The latest move of the United States to abandon the Syrian Kurds also makes people feel that the United States' turn is fast and caught off guard. "It is an iron law for the United States to act in its own interests."
Jiang Qichen said that the Kuomintang’s policies have always been relatively pragmatic.The handling of foreign policy and cross-strait relations cannot be wishful thinking. Taiwan cannot give up the initiative role it can play, rely entirely on others, choose only one side, and create an opposition with the other side. He said: "The time and space environment change. We will not be so naive that if we return to power, we will feel that it will be the same as eight years ago. If we return to power, we will first consider how to repair cross-strait relations and reduce risks. That is the priority."
In order to alleviate the US's concern about whether Han Kuo-yu will engage in political consultations with the other side, and are unwilling to be labeled as "pro-China and selling Taiwan" by political opponents, Huang Jiezheng repeatedly stated on behalf of Han Kuo-yu and the Kuomintang that the environment facing Taiwan is very different from 2015 and 2008. The Kuomintang is not so naive that if we return to power, the cross-strait will engage in political consultations and establish a peace agreement. However, the first step the Kuomintang needs to do is to reduce the risk of cross-strait conflict and prevent the situation from deteriorating further. He said that if the Kuomintang wins the election, it has full confidence that mainland residents in will have personal travel to Taiwan, group travel, and regular cross-strait exchanges will have practical actions to restore. The first step is to alleviate the pressure of people's exchanges and business exchanges; have absolute confidence, at least the two sides of the Taiwan Strait will communicate on a business basis, and the telephone will be communicated, and it will not be read back like now.
reporter asked: Is the Kuomintang delegation coming to speed up the work of the United States? Is it still too late to make up for the loss of the sheep, or does it feel like it is too late? Huang Jiezheng responded to three points: First, he acknowledged that the DPP has made great efforts in its work on the United States, and the Kuomintang did not put the same efforts in the past; Second, Taiwan-US relations will not change the United States' own concern about its interests in Taiwan and the Asia-Pacific because of which political party does more. The United States' relations will remain unchanged from its own interests. Third, the Kuomintang has no mentality of making up for the failure, only a latecomer.
Jiang Qichen said that during the election period, the communication between the Kuomintang and the United States will continue to be updated at any time. Huang Jiezheng said that after this group, other groups of the Kuomintang will come one after another; as for whether Han Kuo-yu visits the United States, it is up to Han himself to decide whether and when to visit the United States based on the opinions and actual situation of all parties.
Source: Hong Kong China Review News Agency
Original title: "The National Taiwan University election is approaching, the Kuomintang is coming to the United States to make up for the failure? 》
Author: Yu Donghui
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