Taiwan, US seek to counter Beijing

Taipei Times
Date: Sep 26, 2020
By: Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter

The logo of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is pictured at the ministry in Taipei in an undated photograph.
Photo: Lu Yi-hsuan, Taipei Times

China’s foreign influence campaigns have damaged democratic institutions, but Taiwan will continue to work with the US and like-minded partners to counter Beijing, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday.

The ministry made the statement in response to a speech by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison on Wednesday.

Pompeo warned about Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influence campaigns targeting US states.

For example, he said that Wisconsin Senate President Roger Roth earlier this year received a letter from Wu Ting (吳婷) — wife of Chinese Consul General in Chicago Zhao Jian (趙建) — asking him to pass a draft resolution praising China’s response to COVID-19.
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