Would Germany and the EU Support Taiwan in a Chinese Invasion? | TaiwanPlus Point EP20

Don't put all the eggs in one Russian basket. That's an example for us.

Don't put all our eggs in the Chinese basket. You know why? Because they are going to play

basketball, basketball with your eggs Will Taiwan benefit substantially

from the EU support of our democracy and values, for example.

Well, I have to be honest, I still have doubts.

I think that the EU did a relatively good job in including responses to the Russia threat in the

strategic compass. However, there is a very clear lack of unity when it comes to addressing the China threat.

Today on TaiwanPlus Point we have an interview with Taiwan's Representative to Germany Shieh Jhy-wey. We get his

views on Germany's changing strategic outlook towards Taiwan and China, as well as what he thinks Taiwan's

priority should be during the highest tensions in 40 years. Let's take a look.

On Nancy Pelosi's trip Germany was one of the most forthright

countries in Europe, essentially calling for China to de-escalate its threats, and then following

that with the military drills to de-escalate tensions around Taiwan.

Were you surprised? I'm not surprised. I'm not surprised at all. I'm delighted.

Since the invasion Ukraine war, Russian invasion war against

Ukraine, people have to rethink, also have to rethink the way, how they treat someone, the way they

behave themselves in front of China. That also, also played a role.

But what I want to say is that the tension is that the world wants to

work with the world of freedom. They want to work much, much more closer together with

each other in a very, very globalized sense. Under Angela Merkel's government, this is

probably not something that would have happened. Is that correct? I can only say I have noticed even under the

governments of Merkel in the last six years I have noticed that the direction

in terms of relations to Taiwan is getting better and better. Although you didn't bother you, the outsider

didn't hear a lot about that. I signed 12 memorandums, laid out content or

arrangement with Germany during these six months. 12 memorandums.

They condemned comments and so on. And every one of them

wouldn't have been, wouldn't have been there without the assistance without the support of the Minister of

Foreign Affairs of Germany. We have been making changes, talking about the future

of Taiwan, talking about ways to treat Taiwan with more justice and so on.

And now you have seen the results. How how far does that support go though?

Are we talking you know, diplomatically? We've definitely seen that economically.

We can see that if China were to attack Taiwan, would we see military support from Germany, from the EU?

To be realistic, I would I would want to say yes. But the answer is no.

Not for now. Not for now. But they are, there has been now

an awareness the importance of Taiwan as a democracy, but an

honest democracy, as a supplier of chips, very important with TSMC

and Taiwan playing a key role in the first island chain.

That means today in the Indo-Pacific Strategic Alliance.

Russia's war with Ukraine. It's, of course, the biggest war since World War II.