Chinese Government Seeks to Depict Itself as Assisting Repatriation of Taiwanese in Middle East
The Chinese government has claimed that it assisted the return of 93 Taiwanese stranded in the Middle East after the outbreak of war there. This is a familiar narrative from the Chinese government, which often seeks to depict the Taiwanese government as inept and weak when it comes to natural disasters, geopolitical tensions, or other emergencies. In claiming to facilitate the return of Taiwanese home in a way that the Taiwanese government cannot, the Chinese government would also be seeking to project a sense of global influence...
