{"id":1052133,"date":"2021-11-24T13:28:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T18:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1052133"},"modified":"2021-11-24T13:28:32","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T18:28:32","slug":"china-joe-biden-invite-to-taiwan-for-democracy-summit-wimpy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-joe-biden-invite-to-taiwan-for-democracy-summit-wimpy\/","title":{"rendered":"China: Joe Biden Invite to Taiwan for Democracy Summit &#039;Wimpy&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-joe-biden-invite-to-taiwan-for-democracy-summit-wimpy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1052133&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-912479820-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The State Department announced this week it would host a \u201cSummit for Democracy\u201d online, featuring the sovereign nation of Taiwan among its participants. While the U.S. government does not recognize Taiwan as a country, China protested that it, the world\u2019s most prolific human rights abuser, was not invited.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese Communist Party, through its mass media propaganda arms, also called Taiwan\u2019s invitation both a \u201cmistake\u201d and \u201cwimpy.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Taiwan has been an independent, sovereign country for decades and has never been ruled by a government in Beijing. Despite this, the Chinese Communist Party insists the world treat Taiwan as a rogue Chinese province. To appease the communists, the United States has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/12\/15\/us-recognizes-communist-china-dec-15-1978-1060168\">not recognized<\/a> Taiwan\u2019s status as a country since the administration of President Jimmy Carter decided to recognize the violent communist regime of dictator Mao Zedong as legitimate.<\/p>\n<p>America\u2019s perception of Taiwan has become a point of increasing debate, and confusion, under the administration of President Joe Biden, who has made several unclear declarations regarding how he views the relationship between Washington and Taipei. Biden has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/10\/22\/backflip-white-house-contradicts-joe-bidens-promise-to-defend-taiwan\/\">repeatedly<\/a> stated this year that the United States has a commitment to defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion; on one occasion, he appeared to incorrectly compare America\u2019s relationship to Taiwan to its relationship with NATO nations, which it is treaty-bound to defend in the event of an attack. White House spokesmen have intervened in each occasion to insist that Biden\u2019s remarks do not actually change longstanding policy on Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s Summit for Democracy events will consist of \u201cvirtual summits\u201d in which, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/summit-for-democracy\/\">State Department<\/a>, participants will \u201cset forth an affirmative agenda for democratic renewal and to tackle the greatest threats faced by democracies today through collective action.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt will also showcase one of democracy\u2019s unique strengths: the ability to acknowledge its imperfections and confront them openly and transparently, so that we may, as the United States Constitution puts it, \u2018form a more perfect union.&#8217;\u201d the State Department announcement asserted.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department noted that participants will include \u201cleaders from government, civil society, and the private sector,\u201d leaving unclear which category it considers Taiwan\u2019s government to be participating in. It described the protocol for choosing participants as being based on \u201cgeographic representation, political context, and subject matter expertise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration appears to treat Taiwan as a country, however, because it appears on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/participant-list-the-summit-for-democracy\/\">list<\/a> of participants that does not include any other entities that are not uncontroversially considered states. While all other invitees listed are countries, some do not neatly adhere to the definition of a democracy. Nations facing longstanding questions regarding the freedom of their people \u2013 like Angola, Georgia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Pakistan \u2013 are scheduled to participate in the virtual summit.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan confirmed through its Ministry of Foreign Affairs that its government, and not merely civil society representatives, will attend the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany thanks to [Biden] for inviting #Taiwan to attend the Summit for Democracy,\u201d the official Twitter account of the foreign ministry confirmed, naming officials who will \u201cfly the flag for the country\u201d at the event.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.1456310679612\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Many thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> for inviting <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Taiwan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Taiwan<\/a> to attend the Summit for Democracy. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TECRO_USA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TECRO_USA<\/a> Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bikhim?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@bikhim<\/a> &amp; Digital Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/audreyt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@audreyt<\/a> will fly the flag\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddfc for the country &amp; its 23.5 million people at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/US?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#US<\/a>&#8216;\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8  inaugural gathering of global forces for good. We&#8217;re <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StrongerTogether?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StrongerTogether<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HmIaVngQEc\">https:\/\/t.co\/HmIaVngQEc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u5916\u4ea4\u90e8 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ROC (Taiwan) \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddfc (@MOFA_Taiwan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MOFA_Taiwan\/status\/1463438708124749828?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>China, through its&nbsp;<em>Global Times<\/em> propaganda outlet, complained that the summit was \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202111\/1239861.shtml\">wimpy<\/a>\u201d and that it was not invited, despite being one of the least democratic regimes on earth.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe act of listing the island among sovereign countries reflects the U.S. is turning this so-called democracy summit into another ideology-driven clique in its campaign to contain China,\u201d the <em>Global Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202111\/1239780.shtml\">complained<\/a> on Wednesday. \u201cAnd by excluding countries like China and Russia, more people will realize how American politicians use the so-called values to instigate confrontation, observers said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Its examples of \u201cobservers\u201d were all either Chinese regime officials or regime-approved \u201cexperts\u201d the&nbsp;<em>Global Times<\/em> regularly quotes to make its arguments.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Times<\/em> nonetheless acknowledged that nothing in the text of the various announcements regarding the summit overtly stated that Taiwan is a country.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe U.S. has been playing a crafty tactic on this matter, as the Biden administration did not specify the summit is for heads of state only, which means different levels of officials and executives from private sector or NGOs could also attend,\u201d the propaganda newspaper noted, citing an \u201cexpert.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More officially, the Chinese Foreign Ministry stated that it \u201cfirmly opposes\u201d Taiwanese participation in the event on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe solemnly urge the U.S. to abide by the one-China principle and the three China-U.S. joint communiqu\u00e9s, stop providing \u2018Taiwan independence\u2019 forces with any platform or bolstering and emboldening them,\u201d spokesman Zhao Lijian, who has falsely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2020\/03\/16\/china-accuses-u-s-army-lab-of-manufacturing-the-coronavirus\/\">accused<\/a> the U.S. Army of causing the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmprc.gov.cn\/mfa_eng\/xwfw_665399\/s2510_665401\/2511_665403\/t1919627.shtml\">told<\/a> reporters at a regular press briefing. \u201cThose offering platform [sic] to \u2018Taiwan independence\u2019 forces will find themselves in an embarrassing place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zhao repeated a violent threat that dictator Xi Jinping reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/11\/16\/worlds-worst-human-rights-criminal-xi-jinping-threatens-to-burn-biden-over-taiwan\/\">relayed<\/a> personally to Biden during their video conversation last week: \u201cThose playing with fire with \u2018Taiwan independence\u2019 forces will end up getting burned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Frances Martel on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1637839367589000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1xZ9qF8gkPD0iPE8F5_2Jk\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1637839367589000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2fa3a0oYmUDQkjH4detcuH\">Twitter.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The State Department announced this week it would host a \u201cSummit for Democracy\u201d online, featuring the sovereign nation of Taiwan among its participants. 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