Taiwan accuses Philippines of bowing to China
Taiwan protests Philippines' China deportation
MANILA - TAIWAN on Wednesday accused the Philippines of bowing to pressure from Beijing over the 'inhumane' deportation of alleged Taiwanese criminals to China, and warned of retaliatory action.
The 14 Taiwanese, along with 10 Chinese nationals, were arrested by Philippine authorities in December over alleged credit card fraud and all were deported to China last week.
Donald Lee, head of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, which represents the island's interests in the Philippines, said authorities ignored his request for the suspected fraudsters to be returned to Taiwan.
'Furthermore, no prior notification of deportation was given to my office, and the deportation itself proceeded secretly at midnight, which shows no due respect to the government of Taiwan,' Mr Lee told reporters.
'Succumbing to the pressure from the People's Republic of China, this deportation is very inhumane, unfair and null and void.' He said the move greatly impaired relations with the Philippines, and warned Taiwanese authorities could retaliate against the tens of thousands of Filipino workers in the island. 'How can the Philippine government expect Taiwan to provide the deserved legal rights and protection to the 80,000 OFWs (Filipino workers) in Taiwan?,' Mr Lee said.
Taiwan has already this week increased the screening period for Filipino people trying to enter the island to work, and threatened to bar them from entry completely. -- AFP
Even Western countries are practically on their knees now, our country is going lower, we are licking China's toes and saying it is tasty.
it affirms that those got big gun and money rules the world,regardless the method, UK of the past,US of the current and PRC in the future.
Originally posted by kengkia:it affirms that those got big gun and money rules the world,regardless the method, UK of the past,US of the current and PRC in the future.
yes... China is strong. Look at the PRCs in Japan, England, USA, Switzerland.
Please don't compare them with the majority of the PRCs you see in Singapore.
Look at the amount of PRCs flocking to buy the latest editions as well as the limited editions of brands such as Louis Vuitton.
Look at the no. of PRCs that graduated from Harvard.
However, I still feel that they should improve the way that they're conducting themselves..especially in Singapore