• About us
  • Columnists
  • Careers
  • Brand Partnerships
  • rightlog is now TFIPOST
TFI Official Merchandise
हिन्दी
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
TFIPOST
  • Politics
    • All
    • Analysis
    • Opinions
    • Trending
    Northeast, ULFA

    China and Pakistan are funding ULFA to create a Kashmir like situation in the Northeast

    Yogi Adityanath, Raza Academy, Muslim

    Has Yogi launched a counter academy to take on Raza Academy that exclusively trains Muslims for IAS exams?

    Nitish Kumar, Karpoori Thakur

    Nitish Kumar is planning to vacate the CM Chair, turns out he has already given a farewell speech

    Pakistan pilot United Nations

    No United Nations official will board any Pakistani plane because 30% of Pakistan’s pilots are fake

    • Analysis
    • Opinions
    • Trending
  • Economy
    • All
    • Business
    • Economy1
    • Finance
    Minimal investments in hospitality, tourism, and Auto sector but India’s FDI touches record high in just 2 quarters

    Minimal investments in hospitality, tourism, and Auto sector but India’s FDI touches record high in just 2 quarters

    Adani, Total, Reliance

    Adani leads India’s alternate energy revolution as Total SE makes a mammoth $2 Billion investment

    Bengaluru, IT Sector, tech

    Bengaluru leaves behind London and many other European cities to become the leading tech hub

    plan

    Is It Possible to Get Affordable Term Plan Quotes?

    • Business
    • Finance
  • Defense
    • All
    • Defence
    • Strategy
    • Weaponry
    india indian army ladakh drones

    Amid standoff with China, India puts the Ladakh region under drone surveillance. More Made-In-India drones to follow

    drdo

    For 6 decades DRDO was not up to the mark. Today it is making one missile after another. What really changed

    ghatak drone

    GHATAK- How India’s stealth combat drone programme promises to make it a military superpower

    Turkey, US, Russia

    Turkey may be sanctioned by US for using F-16s as target practice for Russian S-400s

    • Defence
    • Strategy
    • Weaponry
  • Geopolitics
    • All
    • Africa
    • Americas
    • Asia Pacific
    • Europe
    • South Asia
    • West Asia
    pakistani pilots pakistan imran khan

    Abandoned by Arabs and debt trapped by China, Imran Khan starts selling off parks in Pakistan to keep the country running

    Greece, Turkey, pakistan

    ‘We must counter the Turkey-Pakistan alliance,’ Greece urges India for military cooperation

    UK, India, G7

    Ahead of Biden presidency, UK invites India to G7 summit amid talks of expansion

    India, China, Al-Qaeda

    China stops India from heading Al-Qaeda sanctions committee that would have given it immense leverage over Pakistan

    • Africa
    • Americas
    • Asia Pacific
    • Europe
    • South Asia
    • West Asia
  • Knowledge
    • All
    • Culture
    • History
    • Indology
    sister nivedita

    Sister Nivedita – The friend of all

    Tanishq

    A stupid Ad and a dumb explanation: What Tanishq lost in last 48 hours?

    Coco island, islands, Nehru

    Nehru’s massive strategic blunder – How Nehru gave Coco Islands to Burma that China later grabbed

    Turkey, Hagia Sophia

    Hagia Sophia is not the only one: Turkey has a shameful history of desecration

    • Culture
    • History
    • Indology
  • Lounge
    • All
    • Books
    • Cinema
    • Food
    • Health
    • Satire
    • Sports
    • technology
    • Travel
    whatsapp signal brian acton

    He was forced to sell WhatsApp to Facebook. Now, he has come back with Signal to dethrone WhatsApp

    fan

    Here’s Why Finding the Right Ceiling Fan is Important

    coolie no. 1

    This is not even about nepotism; Coolie No. 1 remake is plain horrible and a huge insult to Govinda

    ajinkya rahane

    Ajinkya Rahane – One of the best test captains India NEVER had

    • Books
    • Cinema
    • Food
    • Health
    • Sports
    • technology
    • Travel
    • Satire
  • Newswire
No Result
View All Result
TFIPOST
  • Politics
    • All
    • Analysis
    • Opinions
    • Trending
    Northeast, ULFA

    China and Pakistan are funding ULFA to create a Kashmir like situation in the Northeast

    Yogi Adityanath, Raza Academy, Muslim

    Has Yogi launched a counter academy to take on Raza Academy that exclusively trains Muslims for IAS exams?

    Nitish Kumar, Karpoori Thakur

    Nitish Kumar is planning to vacate the CM Chair, turns out he has already given a farewell speech

    Pakistan pilot United Nations

    No United Nations official will board any Pakistani plane because 30% of Pakistan’s pilots are fake

    • Analysis
    • Opinions
    • Trending
  • Economy
    • All
    • Business
    • Economy1
    • Finance
    Minimal investments in hospitality, tourism, and Auto sector but India’s FDI touches record high in just 2 quarters

    Minimal investments in hospitality, tourism, and Auto sector but India’s FDI touches record high in just 2 quarters

    Adani, Total, Reliance

    Adani leads India’s alternate energy revolution as Total SE makes a mammoth $2 Billion investment

    Bengaluru, IT Sector, tech

    Bengaluru leaves behind London and many other European cities to become the leading tech hub

    plan

    Is It Possible to Get Affordable Term Plan Quotes?

    • Business
    • Finance
  • Defense
    • All
    • Defence
    • Strategy
    • Weaponry
    india indian army ladakh drones

    Amid standoff with China, India puts the Ladakh region under drone surveillance. More Made-In-India drones to follow

    drdo

    For 6 decades DRDO was not up to the mark. Today it is making one missile after another. What really changed

    ghatak drone

    GHATAK- How India’s stealth combat drone programme promises to make it a military superpower

    Turkey, US, Russia

    Turkey may be sanctioned by US for using F-16s as target practice for Russian S-400s

    • Defence
    • Strategy
    • Weaponry
  • Geopolitics
    • All
    • Africa
    • Americas
    • Asia Pacific
    • Europe
    • South Asia
    • West Asia
    pakistani pilots pakistan imran khan

    Abandoned by Arabs and debt trapped by China, Imran Khan starts selling off parks in Pakistan to keep the country running

    Greece, Turkey, pakistan

    ‘We must counter the Turkey-Pakistan alliance,’ Greece urges India for military cooperation

    UK, India, G7

    Ahead of Biden presidency, UK invites India to G7 summit amid talks of expansion

    India, China, Al-Qaeda

    China stops India from heading Al-Qaeda sanctions committee that would have given it immense leverage over Pakistan

    • Africa
    • Americas
    • Asia Pacific
    • Europe
    • South Asia
    • West Asia
  • Knowledge
    • All
    • Culture
    • History
    • Indology
    sister nivedita

    Sister Nivedita – The friend of all

    Tanishq

    A stupid Ad and a dumb explanation: What Tanishq lost in last 48 hours?

    Coco island, islands, Nehru

    Nehru’s massive strategic blunder – How Nehru gave Coco Islands to Burma that China later grabbed

    Turkey, Hagia Sophia

    Hagia Sophia is not the only one: Turkey has a shameful history of desecration

    • Culture
    • History
    • Indology
  • Lounge
    • All
    • Books
    • Cinema
    • Food
    • Health
    • Satire
    • Sports
    • technology
    • Travel
    whatsapp signal brian acton

    He was forced to sell WhatsApp to Facebook. Now, he has come back with Signal to dethrone WhatsApp

    fan

    Here’s Why Finding the Right Ceiling Fan is Important

    coolie no. 1

    This is not even about nepotism; Coolie No. 1 remake is plain horrible and a huge insult to Govinda

    ajinkya rahane

    Ajinkya Rahane – One of the best test captains India NEVER had

    • Books
    • Cinema
    • Food
    • Health
    • Sports
    • technology
    • Travel
    • Satire
  • Newswire
No Result
View All Result
TFIPOST
No Result
View All Result
  Newswire
Global LNG demand will be driven by Asia-Pacific: ICRA 33 mins ago
How the situation turned ugly at Red Fort (Ld) 1 hour ago
New RBI proposal for NBFC funding in IPOs to help primary issues in restoring sanity (Opinion) 1 hour ago
Nidhi Jha joins TV show ‘Aye Mere Humsafar’ 1 hour ago
England’s Bairstow ‘raring to go’ in Tests vs India after rest 1 hour ago
Only 5K beneficiaries vaccinated on R-Day, 20 lakh so far 1 hour ago
Next
Prev

“Love amidst Corona,” the secret love affair of India and Taiwan and why it matters

Akshay Narang
by Akshay Narang
10 October 2020
in Asia Pacific
1
India, Taiwan, China, Tsai Ing-wen, Modi, Taiwan National Day

(PC: Taiwan News)

276
SHARES
702
VIEWS
Sharre via FacebookShare via Twitter

The 109th National Day of Taiwan was all about the blossoming Indo-Taiwanese ties despite Beijing’s objections to the growing proximity between India and Taiwan. There are several signals coming from Taiwan’s top leadership and India’s ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) which make it clear that New Delhi and Taipei are coming much closer to each other.

India and Taiwan might share an unofficial relationship. But the way India and Taiwan have come closer shows that the two nations are preparing for a giant leap in bilateral ties. New Delhi itself seems to have used Taiwan’s National Day for swinging its diplomatic line. India is fast-moving from being a country that used to care about Beijing’s sensitivities to one which no longer finds it necessary to reiterate the ‘One China Principle’.

That Taiwan has used the occasion of its National Day to warm up to India becomes clear from what Lai Ching-te, the Vice President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) has to say. He tweeted, “Proud to see our flag fly high and be recognized all over the world. We thank the people from so many countries who today expressed congratulations and support. Especially our Indian friends. Namaste! #TaiwanNationalDay #JaiHind #MilkTeaAlliance.”

Proud to see our flag fly high and be recognized all over the world. We thank the people from so many countries who today expressed congratulations and support. Especially our Indian friends. Namaste!#TaiwanNationalDay #JaiHind #MilkTeaAlliance pic.twitter.com/cOllMWJdtG

— 賴清德Lai Ching-te (@ChingteLai) October 10, 2020

Another top Taiwanese leader, Wang Ting-yu, Co-chair of the Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee in Taiwan’s Parliament tweeted, “Thank you to our Indian friends for the kind wishes! The people of Taiwan admire your spirit, your fearlessness and your determination to stand up for what is right.”

Thank you to our Indian friends for the kind wishes! The people of Taiwan admire your spirit, your fearlessness and your determination to stand up for what is right. 🇹🇼🇮🇳 https://t.co/GfOGrC9qKg

— 🇹🇼🤝🇮🇳 王定宇 Wang Ting-yu (@MPWangTingyu) October 10, 2020

And it isn’t as if Taiwanese leaders are rallying behind India for no reason. India might not have opened up top-level exchanges with Taiwan as of yet. But New Delhi has certainly taken the hints coming from Taipei such as Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s gesture of wishing India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on his birthday earlier this year. India has responded with gestures from its own end.

Happy birthday to prime minister of India @narendramodi. Wishing you good health, happiness, & continued success in your leadership of the great nation of India.

— 蔡英文 Tsai Ing-wen (@iingwen) September 18, 2020

Therefore, when the Chinese embassy shot a letter to Indian media and called upon it to not refer to Taiwan as a “nation” and also follow the “One China” policy ahead of Taiwan’s National Day, the people of India literally poked the paper Dragon in the eye.

On the occasion of Taiwan’s National Day, China woke up to an even bigger shock. Posters wishing Taiwan a happy National Day were spotted outside the Chinese Embassy and also across the high security diplomatic area of Chanakyapuri, New Delhi by ruling BJP’s leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga. This is where most of the Embassies and High Commissions are located in New Delhi. In New Delhi, India is letting the world know that it stands up for Taiwan.

#BREAKING: Posters wishing #Taiwan a happy National Day come up outside Embassy of #China in New Delhi, India. Posters put by India’s ruling party BJP leader @tajinderbagga. Chinese embassy had earlier threatened Indian media with a diktat to not cover National Day. @MOFA_Taiwan pic.twitter.com/VNpUl4rG1x

— Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) October 9, 2020

#TaiwanNationalDay @MOFA_Taiwan pic.twitter.com/drAafHl46q

— Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga (@TajinderBagga) October 9, 2020

By the end of the day, National Taiwan Day became the top trend in India with several Indian nationals, politicians and journalists wishing the Island nation on its 109th National Day.

The growing Indo-Taiwanese relationship is increasingly becoming a strategic vantage point for both the nations against China. Therefore, Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation (TAEF) and India’s National Maritime Foundation (NMF) also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Thursday just a couple of days before the National Day of Taiwan. The MoU sought to deepen Indo-Taiwanese cooperation in maritime affairs and regional development.

India is therefore certainly moving a lot closer to Taiwan, which is why New Delhi has been looking to dilute the ‘One China Principle’ in a subtle away, rather than reaffirming it as per Beijing’s wishes. This could as well form the launchpad for recognising Taiwan in the background of deteriorating ties between India and the People’s Republic of China.

In fact, India has been dropping hints of forging closer ties with Taiwan for the past few months. When Tsai Ing-wen won a second consecutive Presidential term recently, two BJP MPs, Meenakshi Lekhi and Rahul Kaswan attended her swearing-in ceremony. Taipei itself has been looking to strengthen ties with India. Recently, world’s biggest contract electronics manufacturer, the Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn announced that the company is planning “further investments” in India.

Such Taiwanese initiatives are, of course, a deliberate attempt to irk China. Taiwan has a lot to gain out of India from forming a shared interest to keep Chinese military expansionism at bay to gaining greater recognition at intergovernmental and multilateral bodies like the World Health Organisation (WHO). New Delhi itself wants to weigh down Beijing in every possible way and therefore Taiwan has to be at the centre of India’s scheme of things.

The Communist Chinese Party (CCP) itself understands the perils of Indo-Taiwanese friendship and therefore it has once again pressed its mouthpiece, Global Times into service. Irked by the proximity between New Delhi and Taipei, the CCP mouthpiece tweeted, “Hanging up posters arranged by India BJP leader celebrating the “national day” of Taiwan island outside Chinese Embassy in New Delhi is an act of playing with fire, and will only worsen the already soured China-India ties.”

Hanging up posters arranged by India BJP leader celebrating the “national day” of Taiwan island outside Chinese Embassy in New Delhi is an act of playing with fire, and will only worsen the already soured China-India ties, Chinese analysts warned. https://t.co/onNM80JNWh pic.twitter.com/fjGfkySkuh

— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) October 10, 2020

But here is the real deal. India has stopped caring about the People’s Republic of China or its never-ending sensitivities. New Delhi has no qualms about standing up for the cause of Taiwanese independence and recognition. Beijing will have to wake up to the harsh reality of its arch-foes, India and Taiwan befriending each other in face of paper Dragon’s endless threats and objections.

Tags: ChinaModiTaiwanTaiwan National DayTsai Ing-wen
Share276TweetSend
Previous Post

China has ventured in a landmine ridden Pakistan, one wrong step and it will be blown to pieces

Next Post

Ram Vilas Paswan – Many times he proved that he was the real kingmaker of India

Akshay Narang

Akshay Narang

Patriot, Political Analyst, Amateur Historian

Comments 1

  1. Avatar ErickSubverter says:
    3 months ago

    This is best geo politics sites ever

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

I agree to the Terms of use and Privacy Policy.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

  • Most Read
  • Latest
Xi Jinping, coronavirus, Shinzo Abe, china, Japan, coornavirus, COVID-19, Wuhan Virus

‘Pack up and get out of there,’ Japan to spend $2.2 billion to get Japanese companies to exit China

9 April 2020
ajay devgn karan johar

The man who bullied the Bully – How Ajay Devgn made Karan Johar’s monopoly a joke and forced him to apologize

22 June 2020
Huawei, China, Trump, USA, Xi Jinping

‘Our survival is at stake now,’ Chinese Telecom giant Huawei crumbles after US ban on Semiconductor exports

19 May 2020
T-Series Sonu Nigam Divya Khosla Kumar Bhushan Kumar

T-Series forced to take down Atif Aslam’s video, Divya Khosla trolled. T-Series has a bad day in office

25 June 2020
Northeast, ULFA

China and Pakistan are funding ULFA to create a Kashmir like situation in the Northeast

26 January 2021
pakistani pilots pakistan imran khan

Abandoned by Arabs and debt trapped by China, Imran Khan starts selling off parks in Pakistan to keep the country running

26 January 2021
Yogi Adityanath, Raza Academy, Muslim

Has Yogi launched a counter academy to take on Raza Academy that exclusively trains Muslims for IAS exams?

26 January 2021
Nitish Kumar, Karpoori Thakur

Nitish Kumar is planning to vacate the CM Chair, turns out he has already given a farewell speech

26 January 2021

Popular This Week

China, vaccines, India
Trending

China finally admits that it lost the vaccine war to India

by Yash Joshi
22 January 2021
Ravneet Singh Bittu, Congress
Trending

The Congress leader who promised a bloodbath in support of farmers gets beaten black and blue by farmers

by Sanbeer Singh Ranhotra
25 January 2021
Nusrat Jahan, TMC, Prashant Kishor
Trending

Prashant Kishor meticulously created the myth of Hindu Bride Nusrat Jahan, she destroyed it with just one tweet

by Yash Joshi
24 January 2021
PM Modi, Shah Faesal
Trending

Shah Faesal beats the most seasoned Bhakts in worshipping Prime Minister Modi

by Sanbeer Singh Ranhotra
23 January 2021
Tandav, social media, ali abbas zafar
Trending

As Tandav director issues a sorry excuse of an apology, its stars share memes on social media

by Abhinav Singh
20 January 2021

©2021 TFI Media Private Limited

  • Terms of use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Sitemap
No Result
View All Result
  • Politics
    • Analysis
    • Opinions
    • Trending
  • Economy
    • Business
    • Finance
  • Defense
    • Defence
    • Strategy
    • Weaponry
  • Geopolitics
    • Africa
    • Americas
    • Asia Pacific
    • Europe
    • South Asia
    • West Asia
  • Knowledge
    • Culture
    • History
    • Indology
  • Lounge
    • Books
    • Cinema
    • Food
    • Health
    • Sports
    • technology
    • Travel
    • Satire
  • Newswire
TFI Official Merchandise
हिन्दी
  • About us
  • Columnists
  • Careers
  • Brand Partnerships
  • rightlog is now TFIPOST

©2021 TFI Media Private Limited