Taiwan pushes back after Xi seeks to win over Trump on World War Two narrative
Taipei says Beijing is distorting World War II history and warns the United States that the Republic of China, not the PRC, was its wartime ally.
- Taiwan is pushing back against Beijing's WWII narrative after Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump highlighted their wartime alliance at a summit last week, citing a White House fact sheet claiming the US and China "were allies in World War Two."
- Mainland Affairs Council Deputy Minister Shen Yu-chung argued Xi lacks standing to discuss the WWII alliance, stating it is "absurd to claim that the 'China' in the US-China alliance was the PRC" since the People's Republic of China did not exist then.
- Taiwan continues to convey messages to the US, ensuring Washington "correctly understands that during the entire World War Two process, the Republic of China was America's steadfast ally," Taiwan Deputy Foreign Minister Francois Wu added.
- Shen told a forum on Sunday that Taiwan faces "enormous propaganda resources" from Chinese communists, while the Kuomintang party noted President Lai Ching-te's government highlights the 1945 Republic of China to "compete for the narrative rights" against Beijing.
- Chen Fang-yu, an associate professor at Taipei's Soochow University, noted Taiwan faces challenges combating China's WWII narratives to a US audience, as Beijing's official history claims communist forces acted as the "backbone" of fighting, largely ignoring the Republic of China's contributions.
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Taiwan pushes back after Xi seeks to win over Trump on World War Two narrative
Taiwan is pushing back against what it sees as Beijing's efforts to rewrite the history of World War Two after Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump highlighted the wartime alliance between their countries at a summit last week.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) had no standing to discuss US-China relations in World War II (WWII), as the People’s Republic of China did not exist at that time, Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Deputy Minister Shen Yu-chung (沈有忠) said yesterday.Taipei would ensure that Washington has a clear und
Taiwan's representative to the United States, Yu Ta-wei, emphasized that Trump's statement was correct. While the US and China bravely joined hands during the war, it was the Republic of China government, not Xi Jinping, at that time, and this must be viewed objectively. Now, China's accusation that the US and China are confronting emerging militarism, and its implicit references to Japan and even the Philippines, including accusations of provoc…
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