Former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo known for being the most pro-Taiwan official to hold the post, visited Taiwan for the fourth time, attending Formosa Republican Association's "Towards Permanent World Peace: The Shared Mission of the US and Taiwan" forum. He reaffirmed his belief in Taiwan’s democracy, liberty, human rights and independence. Throughout his time as secretary of state,
Poeple of Taiwan worry that US Senator Marco Rubio might not be as supportive. Pompeo told forum attendees that US national strategy and foreign diplomacy is determined by the president — the secretary of state merely executes it. In other words, policy on containing China or supporting Taiwan would be made by President Trump, not Rubio, and President Trump's thoughts on strategy and policy are not likely to change significantly from his previous term.
During his first stint in the White House, Trump established “strategic clarity,” ending the previous era of “strategic ambiguity,” he said. Although strategic ambiguity had its historical uses, it also created risks, leading oppressors such as China to believe they could act without consequences. Ending it was necessary.
In his next term, Trump is likely to continue his strategic clarity policy by maintaining cooperation with allies in the Indo-Pacific region — Japan, Australia, the Philippines, India and others — to deter Chinese aggression, "Taiwan is free and independent" is the message must be conveyed to Beijing clearly.
Chinese tyrant Xi(習近平) wants Taiwan to believe itself to be isolated without support. We, US and Taiwan and all the allies together, must make Xi realize that he is wrong.
Pompeo believes in the value of universal human rights. In a state like China — which requires its citizens to bow to the government and forbids dissenting opinions — people are merely a tool to be used by the government. Such a distorted system cannot become the global norm.
To resist the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) evil, a country like Taiwan — a free, independent and democratic nation that upholds universal human rights, where sovereignty rests in the hands of the public — must receive support.
Pompeo believes Taiwan is a democratic beacon in the fight against an authoritarian China. He firmly believes that it is Taiwan that can change China — not vice versa. With each democratic election and each forum like the one , Taiwan guides China toward the path of democracy.
Taiwan must demonstrate its resolve to defend independence and safeguard the values of freedom, democracy and human rights — this would allow it to naturally attract the united support of mainstream democratic countries around the globe.
Pompeo’s words should be a wake-up call and a marker illuminating a path for Taiwan’s future. Before it can receive international support, Taiwan must develop self-reliance. By becoming a beacon of democratic values leading the fight against the CCP’s oppression, Taiwan would earn worldwide support and gain the potential to reach new heights.
Pompeo has complete faith in Taiwan’s future. He visited the nation three times as former US secretary of state, but he is certain that one day an incumbent US secretary will visit Taiwan, maybe Rubio will.
