{"id":1257842,"date":"2022-01-31T09:39:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T14:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1257842"},"modified":"2022-01-31T09:39:21","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T14:39:21","slug":"british-parliamentarians-plan-taiwan-trip-in-defiance-of-communist-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/british-parliamentarians-plan-taiwan-trip-in-defiance-of-communist-china\/","title":{"rendered":"British Parliamentarians Plan Taiwan Trip in Defiance of Communist China"},"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%2Fbritish-parliamentarians-plan-taiwan-trip-in-defiance-of-communist-china%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=1257842&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\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1164775737-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">British MPs from the foreign affairs parliamentary committee plan to visit Taiwan in February in open defiance of Communist China\u2019s demand that other nations not engage with the country.<\/p>\n<p>The UK Parliament\u2019s foreign affairs committee is planning a state visit to Taiwan in late February, following in the footsteps of politicians from several other Western nations such as the United States, Lithuania, and France \u2013 who have visited in solidarity with the island nation.<\/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><em>The Telegraph<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/world-news\/2022\/01\/28\/british-mps-risk-wrath-china-planned-trip-taiwan\/\">reports<\/a> that Labour MP Chris Bryant who is on the foreign affairs committee confirmed that the committee will be \u201cgoing to Taiwan in two weeks\u2019 time\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The UK\u2019s move to visit Taiwan will be likely to anger Communist China, who insists Western nations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/08\/exclusive-lithuania-wont-let-china-decide-our-fate-like-stalin\/\">adhere<\/a> to the so-called \u2018One China\u2019 policy which states demands that others accept Beijing\u2019s narrative that Taiwan is a part of the People\u2019s Republic of China that merely needs to be \u201creunified\u201d with the mainland. This is despite Taiwan having its own distinct government, culture, currency, and military, as well as the fact that the communist government never ruled over the island.<\/p>\n<p>British parliamentarians have been outspoken critics of the repressive regime of the Chinese Communist Party with British MPs in April 2021&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/04\/23\/china-is-committing-genocide-in-xinjiang-say-conservative-mps-landmark-vote\/\">approving a&nbsp;motion<\/a>&nbsp;in the House of Commons that declared there is a state-sponsored genocide occurring against the Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China\u2019s Xinjiang region. Yet, Prime Minister Boris Johnson\u2019s government abstained from the vote.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The United Kingdom has also seen relations sour&nbsp;over Mr Johnson\u2019s decision to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2020\/07\/14\/uk-bans-new-huawei-5g-equipment-from-2021-full-ban-from-5g-by-2027\/\"> ban Chinese telecom Huawei<\/a> from British 5G networks over concerns of Chinese espionage.<\/p>\n<p>The British government has also been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/uk\/uk-criticises-hong-kong-arrests-latest-attempt-stifle-dissent-2021-09-08\/\">critical<\/a> of&nbsp;Beijing\u2019s suppression of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, which the UK has branded as a breach of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2020\/01\/01\/22-years-later-how-china-destroyed-legacy-hong-kong-handover\/\">Sino-British Joint Declaration<\/a>&nbsp;signed in 1984. The Joint Declaration is a&nbsp;legally binding United Nations document that was intended to&nbsp;protect freedom and autonomy in Hong Kong from communist rule for 50 years after the UK gave up control of its former colony to the Chinese in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/business\/2022\/01\/29\/rishi-sunak-bids-reset-china-relations-boost-trade\/\">reports<\/a> have emerged that the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak is seeking to reset relations with the CCP in order to increase economic ties. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has long sought to foster an economic relationship with the communist country and has even declared himself a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/02\/22\/fervent-sinophile-boris-johnson-pushes-for-china-trade-deal-despite-genocide-objections\/\">fervent Sionophile<\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Exclusive Video: UK Parliamentarians Declare China Is Committing Genocide in Xinjiang <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DhEYOFgVhB\">https:\/\/t.co\/DhEYOFgVhB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1385552278954840064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The European Union nation of Lithuania has also clashed with China over the Taiwan issue over the past year after the Baltic state opened a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/18\/defying-beijing-warnings-taiwan-opens-embassy-in-lithuania\/\">de-facto embassy<\/a> in Vilnius bearing the name \u2018Taiwan\u2019 rather than Beijing\u2019s preferred \u2018Chinese Taipei\u2019 in November of last year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>This outraged China causing them to officially downgrade diplomatic relations with the NATO nation and also impose a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/22\/german-companies-are-bending-to-beijings-will-says-lithuanian-mp\/\">blockade on Lithuanian products and materials<\/a> into China \u2013 prompting the EU to launch a World Trade Organization <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/29\/eu-launches-wto-case-against-communist-china-over-lithuania-blockade\/\">dispute<\/a> against the Chinese government.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/07\/22\/exclusive-we-will-not-be-intimidated-by-china-says-lithuanian-mp\/\">exclusive interview<\/a> with&nbsp;Breitbart London last year, Lithuanian MP Dovil\u0117 \u0160akalien\u0117, who was a member of the Baltic delegation that traveled to Taiwan in November, said Lithuania will stand strong with Taiwan regardless of China\u2019s intimidation tactics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should not be intimidated by China\u2026 we should not be afraid of developing relations with another country because somebody is threatening us\u201d, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been friendly with Taiwan for many years, on the parliamentary and governmental level, and I think that for all the world, or at least the free world, Hong Kong was a horrible lesson and I think that it was an eye-opener for Taiwan as well. They saw what it means to become unified with China, it means death by strangling\u201d, \u0160akalien\u0117 continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we, as a small country, which is neighbored by bloody authoritarian regimes, we understand Taiwan, because, on your own, you can be easy prey\u201d, the Lithuanian MP said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lithuanian MP Dovil\u0117 \u0160akalien\u0117 told Breitbart London that her country \u201cdoes not respond well to threats\u2026 we\u2019ve been used to threats for more than half a century (under Soviet Rule).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are small but we are tough,&#8221; she said.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Db5W0tlliV\">https:\/\/t.co\/Db5W0tlliV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1426176713537458180?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British MPs from the foreign affairs parliamentary committee plan to visit Taiwan in February in open defiance of Communist China\u2019s demand that other nations not engage with the country. 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