By HoonTing 雲程On Dec. 19 last year, China’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) Minister Liu Jieyi (劉結一) was interviewed by the People’s Daily. These are the reasons the US neglected Taiwan for many years, creating further confusion over Taiwan’s status. Those in charge were either trying to protect their own private interests or were very naive. China rose on the back of US financial aid, but is now trying to bully governments and civil society in other countries in various destructive ways. US academic circles have been too slow to respond and some people are even falling back on outdated arguments to protect Beijing.

Source: Taipei Times January 15, 2020 09:08 UTC