Opposition Kuomintang (KMT) chair-elect Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) said on Friday that she hopes Taiwan can "make as many friends as possible," when asked to elaborate on her recent remarks that "Vladimir Putin is not a dictator" because he was elected, during an interview with Deutsche Welle (DW).
Incoming KMT chair doubles down on ‘grass was green’ remarks - Focus Taiwan
In the context of discussing cross-strait relations during the DW interview, Cheng criticized President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), saying “their words and actions could very well turn Taiwan into a second Ukraine.”
When Tsou then asked her whether it was Putin who decided to start the war in Ukraine, Cheng replied, “Of course not.”
“The core reason the war broke out and continues today is NATO’s repeated eastward expansion,” Cheng said.
Cheng contended that if Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and allied countries had long ago abandoned plans to let Ukraine join NATO, “none of this would have happened.”
Eyebrow raising to hear this coming from the KMT given their long history with the US.
The US has dropped the KMT like last year’s toy. The DPP is their new favorite toy to play with in Taiwan. Turns out once the US stops funding a party they suddenly become much more rational about geopolitical issues.
Eyebrow raising to hear this coming from the KMT given their long history with the US.
The US has dropped the KMT like last year’s toy. The DPP is their new favorite toy to play with in Taiwan. Turns out once the US stops funding a party they suddenly become much more rational about geopolitical issues.