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It is high time for Europe to stand with Taiwan given both face the same threats from authoritarian neighbours, the island's foreign minister said on Monday, seeking to find common cause with European democracies during a visit to Poland.

Taiwan, which China views as its own territory, has found an increasingly sympathetic ear in parts of central and eastern Europe since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, even though almost all European countries only maintain formal diplomatic ties with Beijing and not Taipei.

Addressing the Warsaw Security Forum, Taiwan Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said economic security was inseparable from national security.

"Today, authoritarian regimes, namely China, Russia, Iran and North Korea, have formed an axis of upheaval to challenge the rule-based international order. China is largely seen as the decisive enabler behind Russia's invasion of Ukraine," he said.

Europe faces threats from Russian hybrid operations, similar to what Taiwan faces from China, like cyber attacks and military exercises, Lin added.

"It is high time for Europe to stand with Taiwan, to forge a robust coalition for our shared values and halt the expansion of authoritarian regimes. Taiwan is ready to work with Europe; is Europe ready to work with Taiwan?"

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[–] remon@ani.social 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Ha, that's funny. I just read an article about Taiwan still being a major importer of Russian oil. Maybe they should stand with Europe?

[–] Tehdastehdas@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Insane to depend on fossil fuels (83%) on a sunny, windy island that could be easily blockaded by China. The cities are noisy and polluted because of all the internal combustion engines.

[–] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 2 points 6 days ago

They also rely on foreign coal for their electricity generation. That's not reasonable.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Europe as a whole is not threatened by authoritarian regime just specific countries. France, UK, Canada etc are all safe for it. I would be more scared of the internal risk of authoritarianism in the West and to be clear I oppose China taking control of Taiwan because they gave up Taiwan to Japan then Taiwan took it independence for Japan