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Liz Truss has set out her belief that western democracies should toughen their stance on Beijing. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA Media

 

Ex-PM, who is trying to revive career, says she will ‘show solidarity’ with Taiwan after Nancy Pelosi visit sparked furore

 

Ben Quinn, Kiran Stacey, and Helen Sullivan in Taipei


Liz Truss is to visit Taiwan next week, where she will deliver a speech likely to anger Beijing and potentially upset the UK government’s careful approach to China relations.

 

The former prime minister said on Tuesday: “Taiwan is a beacon of freedom and democracy. I’m looking forward to showing solidarity with the Taiwanese people in person in the face of increasingly aggressive behaviour and rhetoric from the regime in Beijing.”

 

Truss’s office said on Tuesday she was also expected to meet senior members of the Taiwanese government.

 

When the US House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, visited Taiwan last year, China claimed it had put its army on “high alert” and announced targeted military operations including missile tests.

 

Full story: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/may/09/liz-truss-to-visit-taiwan-and-give-speech-that-could-upset-uks-china-strategy

 

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2 hours ago, nglodnig said:

Well, she's got a great track record - shortest-term PM EVER! 

 

who is trying to revive career, says she will ‘show solidarity’  yeah but upsetting everybody. What a study of incompetence she is.

Upsetting China, not everyone.

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30 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Someone has to show some backbone against the disgraceful Chinese regime.

 

Well done Liz. Don't let the misogyny bring you down.

As Mort Sahl once said of a famous female actor: It's possible to dislike her for herself.

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29 minutes ago, placeholder said:

That said, I do recall the vitriol poured upon Nancy Pelosi by right wingers when she went to Taiwan.

The same left wingers criticizing Truss for speaking out against China were fully supportive of Pelosi in that instance. Weird huh?

 

It's almost like they have double standards or something...

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5 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Where did that off topic swerve come from?

 

 

Don't waste your time trying to understand the incomprehensible

(Note to self: Take your own advice)

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2 hours ago, arithai12 said:

Sorry, can you elaborate on how her visit constitutes "standing up to the chinese regime"? What exactly will she have achieved except spending large amounts of public money, a few minutes of her face on the news, and forcing more military tensions? Do you believe that such individual visits by "strong women" (???) make an iota of difference in China's policy towards Taiwan?

 

 

 

As the government spokesman noted she's going there as a private citizen. As a mere private citizen, is she eligible for government funding of her trip?

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1 hour ago, placeholder said:

As the government spokesman noted she's going there as a private citizen. As a mere private citizen, is she eligible for government funding of her trip?

Fingers crossed she finds her self seeking ‘consular assistance’ while traveling as a ‘private citizen’.

 

 

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2 hours ago, placeholder said:

As the government spokesman noted she's going there as a private citizen. As a mere private citizen, is she eligible for government funding of her trip?

Or is she taking the Johnson approach and renting herself out as a 'keynote speaker' while she is meant to be working on behalf of her constituents?

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