KMT’s anti-Taiwan clique must be thwarted
By Chen Chi-nung 陳啟濃
Japanese Representative to Taiwan Hiroyasu Izumi on Friday last week posted a New Year’s message to Taiwan on Facebook, writing that in his first year in office, he has witnessed Taiwan’s democracy in action and expressing his gratitude to Taiwan for its adept handling of the COVID-19 pandemic within its borders.
The whole world will forever associate last year with Taiwan, he added.
Izumi’s heartfelt message is a far cry from the empty platitudes and formulaic language of diplomatese.
The Japanese are a notoriously fastidious people; such high praise from a nation of perfectionists is proof that President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) administration’s shepherding of the nation through the tempestuous pandemic has been second to none, including Japan.