Cheng Li-wun’s visit to China, expected to take place in April, would be the first by a sitting leader of Taiwan’s main opposition party in a decade.
The leader of Taiwan’s largest opposition party is set to visit China in April after accepting an invite from Chinese President Xi Jinping.
In a statement on Monday, Kuomintang (KMT) said its chairperson, Cheng Li-wun, was “grateful” for the invitation and had “gladly” accepted it.
Cheng “expressed hope that the two parties (the KMT and China’s Communist Party) would work together to promote the peaceful development of cross-strait relations, strengthen cross-strait exchanges and cooperation, secure peace in the Taiwan Strait, and enhance the well-being of the people,” her party said.
There is a non-zero chance China has bots or staff on western media and social spaces with pro China positions to shape the battlefield for the hostile annexation of Taiwan. Taiwan is already an independent state, it does not require China’s permission to exist. There is no reason to engage with hem and help them learn how to be more convincing. Every argument you make is practice for the propaganda machine. Engagement provides training for hostile actors. Please don’t engage, don’t train their AI to better convince you of an alternate history written by the Chinese government.
Bot or not, the response was very unhinged and went from persuading to basically talking about brimstone and ashes. The effort in the poke was almost worth it