President Tsai Ing-wen visited allies in Central America and stopped in the United States. It is rumored that she will meet with the Speaker of the US House of Representatives McCarthy, which has attracted international attention.

French media recently reported several articles, and scholars pointed out in exclusive interviews that Taiwan is becoming more and more prominent in the international arena, and is creating a new unofficial diplomacy.

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[Central News Agency] President Tsai Ing-wen visited Central American allies and stopped in the United States. It is rumored that she will meet with the Speaker of the US House of Representatives McCarthy, which has attracted international attention.

French media recently reported several articles, and scholars pointed out in exclusive interviews that Taiwan is becoming more and more prominent in the international arena, and is creating a new unofficial diplomacy.

On the 29th, President Tsai launched the "Democratic Partners for Common Prosperity Tour", visiting Central American friends Guatemala and Belize, and stopping in New York and Los Angeles respectively.

When President Tsai returned home, it was rumored that she would meet with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California. Beijing threatened to take "retaliation" actions.

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French media focused on President Tsai's diplomatic trip on the 29th and 30th, publishing a number of analysis and interviews.

"Taiwan is innovating in unofficial diplomacy," said Barthelemy Courmont, head of the Indo-Pacific program at the French Institute for International Relations and Strategies (IRIS), in a report by Le Figaro.

Kuhmon said that Taiwan's diplomatic partners are gradually decreasing, but on the contrary, "unofficial support" other than traditional diplomatic recognition is increasing.

President Tsai's turnaround in the United States has increased Taiwan's visibility. Even though the United States has not formally recognized Taiwan, the relationship between the two has grown closer, especially after former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan last August.

Kuhmon analyzed that President Tsai will meet with McCarthy this time. "Western countries, Japan, South Korea and other democratic countries are increasingly supporting Taiwan and entering into wrestling with Beijing. On the one hand, Taiwan seems to be disappearing from the international arena. increasingly conspicuous and inevitable".

Beijing is trying to "strangle" Taiwan's diplomatic relations. Kuhmon pointed out that Beijing restarted "check diplomacy" in 2016 to buy several countries, but the cost of the policy is high. It is estimated that China will spend 2 billion to 3 billion US dollars in aid every year.

Kuhmon said that Taiwan does not compete in check diplomacy, but instead develops "truly innovative capabilities in unofficial diplomacy", such as Taiwan and France's frequent parliamentary diplomacy for decades.

Both the upper and lower houses of France have set up friendly Taiwan groups, "messages can be transmitted without direct dialogue."

“Taiwan’s innovation also comes through heavily publicizing its difficult but democratic status quo. On paper, the island is excluded from all international organisations; in the eyes of the United Nations, Taiwan has not existed since 1971. Taiwan now makes a lot of use of this predicament to demonstrate all The unfair fate and China's oppression".

Kuhmon told the French media that instead of using force to fight against totalitarian Beijing, "Taiwan instead emphasizes the excellence of its democratic political system. The more China exerts political and military pressure, the more Taiwan must demonstrate organizational transparency, anti-corruption, press freedom, etc. ".

According to indicators, Taiwan is one of the most democratic countries in the world.

"Taipei does not hesitate to use same-sex marriage laws and positive environmental policies to exist on the international stage. This is a very effective public foreign policy."

He said that even though Taiwan and France do not have official diplomatic relations, bilateral political, cultural and trade exchanges and dialogues are close and important, and "there is indeed the ability to bypass the lack of diplomatic relations."

France 24 (France 24) broadcast a 45-minute televised debate on the evening of the 29th, inviting Andre Gattolin, vice chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, and Elvire Fabry of the European think tank "Jacques Delors Institute" (Jacques Delors Institute) Fabry, Communist regime scholar Thierry Wolton, and Chinese economics scholar Jean-Paul Tchang discuss the meaning and impact of President Tsai's "turnaround" in the United States.

There is no doubt that Taiwan’s international visibility is better than ever. French Asia expert Valerie Niquet also emphasized in an interview published on the Belgian French newspaper Le Soir on the 30th that China is constantly trying to seize Taiwan’s diplomatic relations.

She said: "But it is meaningless. Taiwan's diplomatic visibility is increasing, and democratic countries regard it as one of them. Therefore, the congressional delegation has never stopped visiting Taiwan. This is a "new normal" that used to be afraid of anger. In China, this kind of mission is almost impossible.”

President Tsai's visit to Central America and former President Ma Ying-jeou's visit to China have also aroused international debate on the meaning behind it.

Ni Yaling said that Beijing launched a "seduction strategy" through Ma Ying-jeou's visit, showing that it will benefit from courting China; the Kuomintang wants to show that if they are in power, the Taiwan Strait will be peaceful and the connection with China will be regained.

However, China's strategy has failed, and the current situation in Hong Kong has made Taiwanese see clearly.

The more China threatens, the more alienated the people of Taiwan will be. Opposition to the "unification" of the CCP has become the consensus of the majority.

At the same time, she emphasized, "We cannot say 'reunification', because Taiwan has never belonged to the People's Republic of China. Time is not on Beijing's side. The more Taiwan's democracy deepens, the less it wants to move closer to China."

Ni Yaling said at the end of the interview, "Compared to the Chinese regime that is obsessed with the past and the old power model, Taiwan's democratic model seems to have more future in the end."