Beijing put me and my entire family on its sanctions list in 2021. The two people standing next to me have been making Beijing uncomfortable for thirty-one years.
@FreddyLim fronts @chthonictw, #Taiwan's biggest metal band. After 8 years as MP, he is now 🇹🇼 Ambassador to Finland. @Doris0919 plays bass and runs the band, and has carried Taiwan's case to audiences no foreign ministry will ever reach.
In Helsinki today I gave the keynote on what Lithuania has learned holding NATO's eastern flank, then took the panel Frontline Democracies: Geopolitical Resilience in an Era of Authoritarian Pressure with Freddy, with Atte Harjanne of the Finnish parliament, who sits on its defence committee and is a captain in the Finnish reserve, and with Luke de Pulford, who built Inter-parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) from a handful members in 2020 into well over 300 legislators across 45 Parliaments today, and which I co-chair. The occasion was the joint annual conference of the World and European Federations of Taiwanese Associations.
Why it matters. #Vilnius and #Taipei are not two separate stories. russia and China are one problem working two fronts, and whichever of us folds first makes taking the other one cheaper.
Taiwan and Ukraine are the structural safety pins of global stability. Pull them and the whole transatlantic system unzips.
Two fronts. One war. 🤘🇱🇹🇹🇼
#Taiwan #IPAC #2fronts1war @ipacglobal
How can the world take the United Nations seriously when representatives from Taiwan, a democracy of 23.5 million people, are not even allowed to enter the building?
Taiwan’s No. 2 official is making a rare visit to Europe for a conference, a move that defies China’s push to diplomatically isolate the democratic island. https://t.co/0VNEFMhGry
1 million followers! This milestone is all thanks to our friends around the world who stand with #Taiwan. With such enduring support for Taiwan's freedom, we remain deeply committed to safeguarding regional peace & contributing even more to the world.
As we celebrate #FathersDay in #Taiwan today, we wish all dads and father figures a wonderful day with their loved ones. Thank you for the care, support, and dedication you give to your families and communities every day.