2021/03/17 11:29 China s ambassador to France Lu Shaye (Chinese Embassy to France photo) China s ambassador to France Lu Shaye (Chinese Embassy to France photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Chinese Ambassador to France Lu Shaye (盧沙野) on Tuesday (March 16) addressed reports that he had sent a harshly worded letter to pressure members of the French Senate to cancel their upcoming trip to Taiwan, arguing that he was merely protecting China s territorial integrity. On Monday, La Lettre A reported that Lu had written a letter to French Senator Alain Richard, who chairs the Senate s France-Taiwan Friendship Group, asking the organization to cancel its planned trip to Taiwan this summer. The letter asked Richard to avoid any form of official contact with the Taiwanese authorities, as this could threaten the status quo between Beijing and Taipei.
China’s Ambassador to France Pressures French Senator to Cancel Visit to Taiwan March 17, 2021 Updated: March 17, 2021
French media revealed on March 15 that China’s ambassador to France, Lu Shaye, pressured a French lawmaker to cancel a planned official visit to Taiwan. In response, Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the move and called out the Chinese regime’s “wolf warrior” diplomacy.
According to French newspaper La Lettre A, Lu learned from the French Senate website
that Senator Alain Richard, chairman of France-Taiwan Friendship Group, was planning to lead a parliamentary delegation to visit Taiwan in the summer to learn how the Taiwanese government successfully handled the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021/03/16 14:02 Alain Richard, French senator and chairman of France-Taiwan Friendship Group (Wikimedia Commons photo) Alain Richard, French senator and chairman of France-Taiwan Friendship Group (Wikimedia Commons photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Chinese ambassador to France Lu Shaye (盧沙野) reportedly sent a harshly worded letter to French Senator Alain Richard in February to warn against going forward with a plan to organize a visit to Taiwan this summer. In a report published on Monday (March 15), La Lettre A revealed that Richard, who chairs the French Senate s France-Taiwan Friendship Group, had on Feb. 18 received a long letter from Lu condemning the organization s planned visit to Taiwan to discuss its effective COVID-19 prevention measures.