Muffled by China, Taiwan President Embraces Twitter as Megaphone
For her part, Ms. Cave said, "The president’s tweets are clearly crafted for an international audience." She added: "Most of her tweets are concerned with foreign affairs,
and given how little international media the president has done since she took office, it has become the primary vehicle to keep track of Taiwan’s international priorities and how the president sees cross-strait relations." Since her return to Twitter, Ms. Tsai has posted more than 100 times.
Alex Huang noted that Increasingly, we’re seeing interest from politicians in the U.S., Japan and other democracies.
It was believed to have been the first time an American president or president-elect had spoken with a leader of the island since at least 1979, when the
United States broke diplomatic ties with Taiwan, formally known as the Republic of China, as part of its recognition of the People’s Republic of China.
Despite exclusion, Taiwan is still committed to sharing expertise in health insurance, disease prevention & other health matters in Geneva Many recent
posts have dealt with attempts by China to isolate Taiwan, including Panama’s decision to sever diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favor of recognizing Beijing.
By CHRIS HORTONJULY 6, 2017
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Over the past year, China has doubled down on its campaign to reduce Taiwan’s presence on the world stage, whether by luring away its few remaining
diplomatic allies — most recently Panama — or blocking its participation in international organizations like Interpol and the World Health Organization.
"We also had Chinese people saying, ‘This has nothing to do with Taiwan.’" Last week, People’s Daily used Twitter to call attention to an article titled "Taiwan leader’s Twitter post
infuriates the public," in response to her message in which she thanked Japan, in Japanese, for its support of Taiwan’s bid to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.
