Taiwans Vizepräsident fordert in einer seltenen Ansprache in Brüssel engere EU-Beziehungen

SS: In a bold address to European lawmakers in Brussels on November 7, 2025—organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China—Taiwan’s Vice President Hsiao Bi-khimh rallied for deepened EU security and trade partnerships, warning that „peace in the Taiwan Strait is essential to global stability“ amid Beijing’s near-daily military drills, cyberattacks, and undersea cable sabotage targeting Taipei. Framing Taiwan’s resilience as a mirror to Europe’s defiance against Russian hybrid threats, Hsiao proposed a „reliable technology ecosystem rooted in trust, transparency, and democratic values“ to counter China’s rare earth export chokepoints and supply-chain disruptions, especially critical given Taiwan’s semiconductor dominance that could eclipse Ukraine’s war in economic fallout. With the EU adhering to its „One China“ policy yet opposing force in cross-strait disputes, Hsiao’s rare EU incursion—echoing a foiled 2024 Chinese intimidation plot against her—tests Brussels‘ balancing act between $200B+ annual Taiwan trade and Beijing’s ire. As U.S. reliability wavers under Trump 2.0, does this outreach forge a transatlantic democratic bulwark against authoritarian coercion, or does it merely provoke escalation in a flashpoint where Europe’s tech lifeline hangs in the balance?