Taiwan’s VP calls for closer EU ties in rare address in Brussels
https://www.euronews.com/2025/11/07/taiwans-vice-president-calls-for-closer-eu-ties-in-address-to-lawmakers-in-brussels
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Taiwan’s VP calls for closer EU ties in rare address in Brussels
https://www.euronews.com/2025/11/07/taiwans-vice-president-calls-for-closer-eu-ties-in-address-to-lawmakers-in-brussels
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SS: In a bold address to European lawmakers in Brussels on November 7, 2025—organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China—Taiwan’s Vice President Hsiao Bi-khimh rallied for deepened EU security and trade partnerships, warning that “peace in the Taiwan Strait is essential to global stability” amid Beijing’s near-daily military drills, cyberattacks, and undersea cable sabotage targeting Taipei. Framing Taiwan’s resilience as a mirror to Europe’s defiance against Russian hybrid threats, Hsiao proposed a “reliable technology ecosystem rooted in trust, transparency, and democratic values” to counter China’s rare earth export chokepoints and supply-chain disruptions, especially critical given Taiwan’s semiconductor dominance that could eclipse Ukraine’s war in economic fallout. With the EU adhering to its “One China” policy yet opposing force in cross-strait disputes, Hsiao’s rare EU incursion—echoing a foiled 2024 Chinese intimidation plot against her—tests Brussels’ balancing act between $200B+ annual Taiwan trade and Beijing’s ire. As U.S. reliability wavers under Trump 2.0, does this outreach forge a transatlantic democratic bulwark against authoritarian coercion, or does it merely provoke escalation in a flashpoint where Europe’s tech lifeline hangs in the balance?
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