Asia News
Date: 10/29/2020

Zhu Fenglian, from the Taiwan Affairs Bureau, was slamming the new US arms sale in Taipei when she was asked an embarrassing question. Caught off guard, it took her several minutes to respond with “pre-packaged” answers. Taiwanese politician notes that Beijing has not yet considered the quasi war scenario, and its press officers cannot act independently.

Beijing (AsiaNews) – Yesterday, a reporter’s question unnerves Zhu Fenglian, spokeswoman for Taiwan Affairs Office of the Chinese State Council, if China and Taiwan are in a state of "quasi war".

The official was answering a series of questions about the US approval of a new arms package for the island, the second in a week, worth a total of US$ 4.2 billion dollars.

The issue began with Chao Chien-min, dean of social sciences at Chinese Culture University in Taipei, who had said that China and Taiwan had entered a “quasi-war status”.

When asked about it, Zhu kept flipping through her notes in silence for 30 seconds before awkwardly asking reporters to move on to other questions first.    [FULL  STORY]