{"id":36141,"date":"2024-04-05T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T10:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/?p=36141"},"modified":"2024-04-08T13:28:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T11:28:19","slug":"cat-warrior-on-the-prowl-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/en\/cat-warrior-on-the-prowl-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Cat Warrior on the Prowl in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"36141\" class=\"elementor elementor-36141\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1a3c0fb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1a3c0fb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2dbde19\" data-id=\"2dbde19\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2cfe79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b2cfe79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Picture source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, R.O.C. (Taiwan)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49de335 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49de335\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-49de335{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e1b59a7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5e1b59a7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-19d9939b\" data-id=\"19d9939b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-732a4f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"732a4f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-no-translation=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-13d7cae2\" data-id=\"13d7cae2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72e06145 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72e06145\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>What is happening?<\/h2><p>Taiwan\u2019s <strong>Vice President-elect Bi-Khim Hsiao<\/strong> (\u856d\u7f8e\u7434) completed <a href=\"https:\/\/en.mofa.gov.tw\/News_Content.aspx?n=1328&amp;s=116902\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>a four-stop visit <\/strong><\/a><strong>to Europe<\/strong>, meeting with legislators, government officials, civil society leaders, and academics in Prague, Brussels, Warsaw, and Vilnius. The visit marks the <strong>first time <\/strong>an incoming vice president of Taiwan had been invited to Europe before taking office, <strong>signaling the importance<\/strong> of expanding informal albeit substantial <strong>relations between Taiwan and European countries<\/strong> for both sides. Local<strong> think tanks<\/strong> facilitated the stops in Central Eastern Europe, whereas, in Brussels, Hsiao visited the <strong>European Parliament <\/strong>at the invitation of <strong>a cross-party group of MEPs<\/strong>. China <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.cn\/eng\/xwfw_665399\/s2510_665401\/2511_665403\/202403\/t20240319_11262678.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lambasted<\/a> the Vice President-elect (whom Beijing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/china-imposes-further-sanctions-taiwans-us-representative-2023-04-07\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sanctioned<\/a> in 2023) and her European interlocutors, calling the visit an \u201c<strong>egregious move<\/strong>.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><h2>What is the broader picture?<\/h2><p>In Taiwan\u2019s January 2024 presidential elections, the incumbent Vice President William Lai (\u8cf4\u6e05\u5fb7) and his running mate Bi-khim Hsiao of<strong> the Democratic Progressive Party <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/focustaiwan.tw\/politics\/202401140002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>won the race<\/strong><\/a> having garnered more than 40 per cent votes. With the presidential inauguration scheduled for May 20, Hsiao embarked on trips to the <a href=\"https:\/\/english.ftvnews.com.tw\/news\/2024313W09EA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United States<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.mofa.gov.tw\/News_Content.aspx?n=1328&amp;sms=273&amp;s=116902\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Europe<\/a> to<strong> lay the foundation for exchanges<\/strong> between the Lai administration and politicians from Taiwan\u2019s like-minded partner countries.<\/p><p>Importantly, Hsiao\u2019s visit to Europe had<strong> a more public profile<\/strong> than her engagements in Washington, DC. In three Central Eastern European capitals, she delivered speeches on the nexus of democracy and security, hosted by the Czech think tank <strong>Sinopsis<\/strong>, the Polish<strong> Casimir Pulaski Foundation<\/strong>, and the Lithuanian <strong>Vilnius University Institute of International Relations and Political Science<\/strong>. As <strong>parliamentary diplomacy <\/strong>is a <a href=\"https:\/\/english.cw.com.tw\/article\/article.action?id=3137\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">key tool for Taiwan<\/a> to circumvent its international isolation, Hsiao also met with <strong>Czech Senate president Milo\u0161 Vystr\u010dil <\/strong>and <strong>Lithuanian Seimas speaker Viktorija \u010cmilyt\u0117-Nielsen<\/strong>, while in Brussels, European Parliament First Vice-President Othmar Karas <a href=\"https:\/\/en.mofa.gov.tw\/News_Content.aspx?n=1328&amp;sms=273&amp;s=116899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">received<\/a> her on behalf of President Roberta Metsola. She also met with some cabinet-level politicians, including Czech finance minister Zbyn\u011bk Stanjura. The three countries Hsiao visited in Central Eastern Europe constitute of the \u201c<strong>vanguards<\/strong>\u201d of <a href=\"https:\/\/ceias.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CEEtaiwan_paper_final_PRINT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/ceias.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CEEtaiwan_paper_final_PRINT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Dumpling Alliance<\/strong><\/a>, characterized by a highly increased activity level in both political and economic relations with Taiwan over the past three to five years.<\/p><p><strong>China<\/strong> responded to the visit with <strong>harsh criticism<\/strong>. The Chinese Embassy in Prague <a href=\"http:\/\/cz.china-embassy.gov.cn\/cze\/xwdt\/202403\/t20240319_11262724.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a> on the Czech government to \u201cimmediately stop the egregious moves that undermine the national credibility of the Czech Republic and its relations with China.\u201d While the Mission of the PRC to the EU, the Chinese Embassy in Warsaw, and the Office of the Chinese Charg\u00e9 d&#8217;Affaires in Lithuania did not issue any statements related to Hsiao\u2019s visit, <strong>Chinese state-affiliated media published reports<\/strong> related to the Taiwanese VP-elect\u2019s trip. Subordinate to the propaganda department of the CCP committee of the city of Shenzhen, Straight News (\u76f4\u65b0\u805e) published an <a href=\"https:\/\/baijiahao.baidu.com\/s?id=1794016780826926980&amp;wfr=spider&amp;for=pc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> seeking to <strong>discredit Milo\u0161 Vystr\u010dil, <\/strong>one of the \u201cperennially corrupt politicians who cheer on the DPP authorities.\u201d The outlet <strong>rehashed previous disinformation narratives <\/strong>about his alleged graft, claiming he received USD 4 mln before his 2020 Taiwan visit from the Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This claim was <a href=\"https:\/\/zpravy.aktualne.cz\/domaci\/four-million-dollars-for-vystrcil-chinese-attempt-at-dispara\/r~1808fbea245111eb95caac1f6b220ee8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debunked<\/a> as a Chinese effort at <strong>character assassination<\/strong> almost four years ago. A Swiss-based entity with ties to China, notably the United Front Work Department\u2019s propaganda arm, also <strong>sought to <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jamestown.org\/program\/how-the-ccp-mobilized-a-cross-border-disinformation-campaign-against-the-czech-senate-speaker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>influence<\/strong><\/a><strong> Czech outlets<\/strong> to run this story to discredit Vystr\u010dil.<\/p><h2>\u00a0<\/h2><h2>Why does it matter?<\/h2><p>Diversification of Taiwan\u2019s international relations has been a critical tenet of Taipei\u2019s foreign policy under President Tsai Ing-wen (\u8521\u82f1\u6587). The Tsai administration dedicated considerable resources to implementing the<strong> New Southbound Policy<\/strong>, its flagship foreign policy instrument, and, more recently,<strong> expanding ties between Taiwan and Europe. <\/strong>Taiwan experts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pism.pl\/publications\/taiwan-seeks-continuity-after-the-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">commented<\/a> that Lai&#8217;s electoral victory will translate into <strong>continuity <\/strong>in the country\u2019s foreign policy posture. Hsiao\u2019s visit confirms this trajectory. The visit sends a pivotal signal to Europe, and Central Eastern European countries in particular, that the new administration will continue to regard them as <strong>critical partners in normative and pragmatic terms<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p><p>Tsai\u2019s visit to Europe also showcases <strong>the importance of multi-track diplomacy<\/strong> in engaging Taiwan. Due to its complicated (or, more aptly, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/international\/archive\/2019\/07\/taiwans-status-geopolitical-absurdity\/593371\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">absurd<\/a>\u201d) international status, Taiwan\u2019s officials often cannot engage directly with their overseas counterparts. The people-centric legislative diplomacy enables a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/j.ctv1trhsnf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>more obscure strategy<\/strong><\/a>\u201d of semi-official engagements, which allows the country to avoid immediately triggering CCP\u2019s backlash and resistance. Additionally, think tanks can be crucial in facilitating Taiwan\u2019s external engagements. Track 1.5 dialogues allow government officials to participate in dialogue with Taiwanese stakeholders in a personal capacity, effectively facilitating \u201c<strong>back channel<\/strong>\u201d diplomacy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Picture source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, R.O.C. (Taiwan) Obr\u00e1zek Zdroj: Ministerstvo zahrani\u010dn\u00edch v\u011bc\u00ed, R.O.C. (Tchaj -wan) What is happening? Taiwan\u2019s Vice President-elect Bi-Khim Hsiao (\u856d\u7f8e\u7434) completed a four-stop visit to Europe, meeting with legislators, government officials, civil society leaders, and academics in Prague, Brussels, Warsaw, and Vilnius. 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