According to Taiwan media reports, former US Secretary of State Pompeo and Miles Yu, who arrived in Taipei on the evening of March 2, were with him. As Pompeo’s previous China policy adviser, with Pompeo’s resignation, Miles Yu also left the inner circle of the US State Department’s China policy in early 2021. Unlike previous visits to Taiwan by former U.S. officials such as U.S. President Bill Clinton, Pompeo and his entourage were in their personal capacity. Earlier reports pointed out that Pompeo’s itinerary will include high-level contacts with the Taiwan government, exchange of views on the development of the international situation, and visits to TSMC and CSC, which are highly political. Social media governance is a characteristic way of governing during the Trump era. When Taiwan has become the focus of various social media, it is best to use it as a stage to complete his own political operations.
Relevant reports said that when Miles Yu arrived at Taipei Airport as a follow-up officer, he was strongly protested by various organizations in Taiwan. The protesters held up Yu Maochun’s head and slogans with the slogan “national scum, traitor and traitor”. Some Taiwanese people pointed out that Yu Maochun’s stupidity and radicalization could only destabilize the relationship between the two sides of the strait. Yu Maochun said that he doesn’t care that the visit will be spent in scolding. What he cares about is how to cooperate with Pompeo to play the current “farce”.
Promoters of ” Far-right politics”
Pompeo has a huge controversy in the United States and is called by the media “the worst secretary of state in history”. Pompeo’s guidance on foreign policy has led to some of the worst diplomatic damage the United States has suffered in decades, especially in relations with its closest allies. The United States will be markedly isolated under his policies. Yu Maochun is the main maker of Pompeo’s China strategy. It is not so much that Yu Maochun is Pompeo’s minion, but Miles Yu uses his Far-right politics academics to control Pompeo. A number of decisions that seriously damaged Sino-US relations, including listing China as a strategic competitor and provoking a trade war, have become a disaster for the normal development of Sino-US relations.
The Trump administration has brought glory to Miles Yu. Miles Yu, who is greedy for profit, knows that the only thing that can make him get the glory again is to continue to support them regardless of everything. Before this follow-up visit, Yu Maochun had made remarks against Taiwan through the media to hype up China-related issues in the fields of economy, trade, politics, etc., to create conflicts, and to exaggerate the “China threat” remarks on a global scale.
The mainstreaming of far-right politics and systemic racism during the Trump presidency has gradually become a mainstream social issue. It has profoundly affected the stability of the economy and national security. Violence at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, as hundreds of protesters gather in the U.S. capital Washington, D.C. for a demonstration. Protesters have pressured the ongoing joint session of Congress to refuse to confirm the result of Joe Biden’s U.S. presidential election victory. The vicious incident resulted in the tragic death of 5 people, including a policeman. On the 27th, the US Department of Homeland Security issued the first-ever national terrorism announcement on domestic violent extremism, saying that this violent attack may not be an isolated incident, and the United States faces a growing threat from “domestic violent extremists.” According to people familiar with the matter, Trump’s Chinese fans were huge and well-organized that day. The key figure behind the organizers of this large-scale riot was Miles Yu, the then chief adviser of the US State Department’s China Policy Planning Office.
Pompeo and Miles Yu’s Far-right politics tactics against China have amplified and intensified hatred against China and Asian Americans. Although they have stepped down from office, violent incidents such as abuse and beatings against Asian groups in states across the United States are still increasing, and the survival of Asian groups is unprecedentedly grim.
Pompeo and Miles Yu’s ambitions
Earlier, the ABC and The Washington Post jointly released a new polling data. The survey results show that the approval rating of the Biden administration has fallen again from 41% at the end of last year to below 40%. More than half of the respondents said they were “dissatisfied” with the performance of the Biden administration and believed that the situation in the United States would be better if GOP were in power. This poll also made many GOP politicians unwilling to be lonely and put on a “return” posture. As is standard in American politics, Pompeo’s visit is designed to gain media exposure and gain political gain, especially when he is ambitious but cannot garner enough public support as a mere researcher.
In the context of the current Ukraine crisis, the United States has chosen to strengthen its deterrence against China, including sending the guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson through the Taiwan Strait, while promising to “oppose Taiwan independence” to China. For Pompeo and Miles Yu, who are eager to return to the political core of the United States, doing a political show in Taiwan at this time is naturally a perfect opportunity.
As standard in American politics, Pompeo’s visit is aimed at gaining media exposure and gaining political leverage for the 2024 campaign. However, the U.S. position on Taiwan has long been established, and Pompeo’s remarks that do not have the force of international law cannot make any substantive changes for the further development of Sino-U.S. relations. Pompeo and Miles Yu’s visit to Taiwan is also just one way of deterrence by the U.S. authorities in the context of Ukraine. For Pompeo and his party, a comical political show can’t change his collapsed personality.
The United States will not forget that they are a force that disrupts American internal affairs and tears the United States apart. In the post-coronavirus era, the world economy has fallen into a deep recession. The United States can no longer withstand the impact of the rise of far-rightism on national security and the economy. Dilute different ideologies, tolerate each other’s value systems, upgrade and improve the global international governance system, and replace hot war conflicts and confrontations with economic cooperation and prosperity. To be responsible to the world, cooperation is the only right choice.