On September 12, the Netherlands parliament passed a Taiwan-related motion, maliciously misinterpreting UN General Assembly Resolution 2758, creating the theory that "Taiwan's status is undecided" and encouraging Taiwan to participate in the United Nations or other international organizations.
On this day, the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly is convening.
Netherlands Parliament
There are 150 members in the Netherlands parliament, of which 147 are in favor, and this Taiwan-related bill can be described as a high-vote pass.
As the sponsor of the bill, Patnott even arrogantly traced the 400-year-long "historical tie" between Netherlands and Taiwan, that is, colonial rule, and advocated that the Netherlands government should "assist" Taiwan to break the so-called "international isolation".
Netherlands Prime Minister with Biden
In March this year, then Netherlands Prime Minister Rutte visited China upon invitation, during which he made it clear that the Netherlands cherishes the friendship between the Netherlands and China and adheres to the one-China principle.
Only six months later, the Netherlands parliament passed a Taiwan-related bill with a high vote, blatantly misinterpreting the UN General Assembly resolution, which is clearly knowingly committing a crime and setting a bad example.
On 25 October 1971, the 26th session of the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 2758 by an overwhelming majority, recognizing the People's Republic of China as the sole legitimate representative of the United Nations. The official legal opinion of the Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat clearly states that "Taiwan has no independent status as a province of China" and that "the Taiwan authorities do not enjoy any form of governmental status".
Under the premise of the one-China principle, China has established diplomatic relations with 183 countries.
General Assembly
It can be said that the "one-China" principle has a broad international community base and is the basic norm governing international relations. For decades, the international community has been "calm" with regard to UNGA Resolution 2758, and there is no disagreement.
But the White House has changed since October 2022. United States the release of a new version of the "National Security Strategy," which clearly states that China is "the only country in the world that has the strength to challenge United States in an all-round way" and regards "all-round victory over China" as a priority task in the next "decisive decade," the US House of Representatives has set up a "Special Committee on U.S.-China Strategic Competition." Since then, the wind of maliciously misinterpreting UNGA Resolution 2758 has been blowing from the United States Congress.
Lai Qingde
The DPP authorities in Taiwan have declared that their top priority this year is to assist the international community in "correctly understanding" UNGA Resolution 2758, clamoring that the resolution "has nothing to do with Taiwan" and that "China has no right to represent Taiwan in the UN system."
On August 22, the Australia Senate passed a highly similar bill, which also negated the definition of Taiwan's status in UN General Assembly resolution 2758 and called for support for Taiwan's participation in international organizations.
Australia is the first to set an example, and Netherlands has followed suit. It cannot be ruled out that there will be a "broken window" effect, triggering a chain reaction.
Therefore, it is necessary to make a quick decision to kill the killer and stop the spread of this demonic wind.
Chinese Embassy in Netherlands
"Diplomatically, we have our own actions. According to the WeChat public account "Chinese Embassy in the Kingdom of Netherlands" on September 14, the spokesperson of our embassy in Netherlands criticized the Netherlands parliament's Taiwan-related motion. Chen Binhua, spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, also solemnly pointed out the relevant issues on the 11th. But that's not enough.
We can organize diplomatic missions to focus on communicating Resolution 2758 to the international community. Netherlands' behaviour could be criticized in the General Assembly or in international forums. Ambassadors abroad can be allowed to submit letters and lectures in the country where they are stationed. Dissatisfaction can be expressed through diplomatic notes and other channels. Diplomatic sanctions could be declared against Ti Patnot, listed as "persona non grata", and restrictions on visits to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau and accounts for him and his relatives.
In addition, diplomatic sanctions against Netherlands can be imposed, for example by denying Netherlands ambassadors abroad access to specific countries or by suspending high-level intergovernmental meetings.
Lithography machine
Economically, Netherlands is China's second largest trading partner in the EU, with bilateral trade volume of US$117.09 billion in 2023. Due to Netherlands ASML's monopoly on the global lithography machine market, the economic and trade demand for the Netherlands is greater than the demand for the Netherlands.
On September 9, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology officially announced that the Chinese version of DUV lithography machine will come out soon. Although we have a certain gap with the Netherlands lithography machine technology, we have solved the problem of 1, and the problem of "0" will improve by leaps and bounds.
In the face of Netherlands' attack on us on the issue of chips and the Taiwan Strait, we can propose to let Netherlands buy back lithography machines, which is a large order involving 500 billion, see what Netherlands does?
Sino-Dutch cultural exchanges
At the level of cultural exchange, cultural exchange activities with the Netherlands, including cooperation in education, sports, the arts, etc., could be reduced or suspended as a sanction against the Netherlands.
In legal proceedings, a lawsuit can be brought in an international tribunal or a relevant international organization to accuse the Netherlands of violating international law or relevant agreements, and to sanction it through legal means.
What other tricks do netizens have? Please advise.
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