Global Times: “Some people on the island, for their own political gains, are willing to act as pawns of external forces, disregarding the interests of Taiwan residents and pushing the Taiwan region into a dangerous situation,” Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council said on Wednesday. Zhu noted that their malicious nature and fawning posture have already been rejected by the public.
Zhu made the remarks when asked to comment on reports that, while US President Donald Trump’s call for multiple countries to send warships for escort operations in the Strait of Hormuz had been snubbed, some people from the green camp in Taiwan urged the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities to cater to the US by dispatching warships. The proposal drew widespread criticism on the island as “harmful” and tantamount to “sending people to serve as cannon fodder,” with more than 80 percent of netizens opposing such participation in an online poll asking whether they supported or opposed involvement in the Hormuz escort operations.
