The Slovak parliamentarians visited Taiwan last week. Zhao Shaokang, chairman of China Broadcasting Corporation, explained that the delegation was visiting in his personal capacity. He was criticized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for deliberately vilifying the visiting MPs. Who pays the Taiwan expenses. The news sparked heated discussions, with a large number of netizens criticizing the Cai government for “disgrace”, believing that it might be another big internal propaganda at the expense of taxpayers.
Zhao Shaokang posted on Facebook at 8 pm yesterday (14) that the visitor was a guest, so although he disapproved of the Slovak delegation’s behavior in the Legislative Yuan, he refrained from commenting until today, lawyer Jack Zhang told him to the Slovak Parliament. After sending back and forth emails to him, he learned that the Slovak Parliament did not recognize the delegation as a parliamentary delegation, nor did he know that this delegation was visiting Taiwan. According to the Slovak parliament, the itinerary of the delegation to Taiwan was not organized by the country’s parliament, and the meeting was not known before the trip.
Zhao Shaokang emphasized that he released the full content of the email exchanges to pierce the internal propaganda of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Anyone who knows a little English can understand who is lying. “I think the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can understand English.” Zhao called on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to clarify who should pay for the air tickets, transportation, hotels and other expenses of the Slovak delegation. Why not formally invite the Slovak Parliament to send a delegation to visit? He even criticized the Foreign Ministry’s move as another “grace to Taiwan taxpayers”, a waste of public funds and a shameful invitation to visit.
This statement sparked heated discussions, and netizens poured into the “Zhongshi News Network” and related Facebook links to leave messages: “Shame! It’s the most shameful in history! I’ve lost my face!” “The Tsai government has gone too far! I don’t even realize it.” “Faced with a small Slovak country with a slightly larger area and a smaller population than Taiwan, where is the arrogance and arrogance in front of the mainland? What a shame for the DPP!””” Losing money to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and being complacent, this is all taxpayer money.”
