Radio Taiwan International
Date: 18 July, 2019
By: Paula Chao

Former NATO secretary-general Anders Fogh Rasmussen has called on the new EU leadership to defend Taiwan.

Rasmussen recently published an article titled “Hong Kong showed China is a threat to democracy. Now Europe must defend Taiwan.” The article was published in the Guardian.

Rasmussen said “Beijing is bullying another democratic neighbor. The EU must stop ignoring authoritarianism for the sake of stability and cash.”

The former Danish prime minister urged the new EU leadership to “make a stand for democratic self-determination. It should start by meeting Taiwan’s leaders, and moving forward with an investment partnership; and it should no longer be silent when China takes an aggressive posture.” Rasmussen called Taiwan “one clear example of a Chinese liberal democratic project that has thrived in recent years.”    [FULL  STORY]