quoted the latest news from Global Network . According to a report released by the Taiwanese media " United News Network ", in order to replace the M24 sniper rifle that has been used for 20 years, the "Secret Service Center" under the Taiwan security department ordered a batch of advanced sniper rifles and supporting equipment from the British military enterprise " Precision International " in 2021 to maintain the travel safety of Taiwan leaders. However, the military purchase case, which cost only 5.51 million NT$ , was recently stopped by the British government.
It is reported that the relevant departments in Taiwan plan to purchase two sniper rifles this time, and the bid was decided in June 2021. However, "Precision International" recently informed the Taiwan security department that since the British Foreign Ministry refused to sign an export license, "Precision International" requires the Taiwan authorities to terminate the contract on their own. However, when Taiwan's security department asked British companies to compensate for losses according to the content of the contract, it was rejected by the other party. At present, the two parties are still continuing to negotiate. Once this incident was exposed, it became another typical case of "mainland bullying Taiwan" under the misleading publicity of green media on the island.
However, after the green media took great pains to promote it, they did not get sympathy, but instead mocked the Tsai Ing-wen authorities. Because just when the Taiwan security department was arguing with British arms dealers for two sniper rifles, the Tsai Ing-wen authorities were still boasting about the so-called "national ships and national manufacturing", so many netizens on the island left messages to mock the Tsai Ing-wen authorities, who were "so terrible that they couldn't even make sniper rifles, and they actually wanted to build submarine ."
In fact, since the end of the "Taiwan Lock Military Exercise" not long ago, except for those extremely blind green camp loyal supporters, Taiwanese society has seen through the background of the Tsai Ing-wen administration. On weekdays, people clamor for "decisive battle against the beach" and to make a tough response on the "middle line of the strait", but when the Dongfeng missile passes over Taiwan, Taiwanese people still need to learn about the news from the Japanese media. The "protecting Taiwan" lies carefully compiled by the Tsai Ing-wen authorities in the past were exposed in this battle, so that whenever the Tsai Ing-wen authorities boasted about the public propaganda, a considerable number of netizens on the island mocked him.
And what really needs to be noted in this incident is that it is actually the British Foreign Office as a "security inspector". The two sniper rifles purchased by the Taiwan security department are not so much arms as security equipment, so they are far less sensitive than those of tank , rocket launcher , and fighter in nature. But even such a dull purchase order, which was decided in June last year, was able to allow the British Foreign Office to intervene in person, and there must be political reasons behind it.
The British Tras government is now an ant on the hot pan. There are too many difficult problems to deal with but cannot start. Tras himself has not shown more friendly attitude towards China, whether as the Minister of Foreign Affairs or the Prime Minister. Even when cross-strait relations continue to be tense, Tras still clamors that he will not allow the mainland to unilaterally change the status quo in the Taiwan Strait. Now, the British Foreign Ministry has directly intervened in arms sales to Taiwan, with its fundamental intention being to use this incident to send a friendly signal to us, fully demonstrating that the UK does not want to intervene too much in Taiwan's affairs, and at least it will not harm China's interests in arms sales.
And what Britain needs to get is nothing more economic returns. Today's Britain is not only in the dilemma of energy shortage, but inflation has also caused complaints from the British people. Even though Tras once held a tough attitude on the "China issue", it is ultimately "one time and another time", especially for an old-fashioned country like Britain that has experienced ups and downs and knows how to get along with a big country. This also just verifies that "using foreign countries to seek independence is a dead end", which is by no means an empty word.
