{"id":140245,"date":"2025-11-11T13:42:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T13:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=140245"},"modified":"2025-11-11T13:42:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T13:42:30","slug":"milestone-or-stunt-taiwanese-debate-no-2-leaders-european-parliament-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=140245","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Milestone\u2019 or stunt? Taiwanese debate No 2 leader\u2019s European Parliament speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostA surprise appearance at the European Parliament by Taiwan\u2019s No 2 leader Hsiao Bi-khim has stirred debate at home over whether the move signals a substantial breakthrough in ties with Europe \u2013 or if it was just a risky publicity stunt.<br \/>\nSupporters hailed the event as a success for Taiwan\u2019s outreach to Europe, while critics called it little more than a rented hall performance.<br \/>\nIn a late-night statement on Friday, the office of William Lai Ching-te said the Taiwanese leader had personally&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/politics\/article\/3332381\/milestone-or-risky-stunt-taiwanese-debate-no-2-leaders-speech-european-parliament?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostA surprise appearance at the European Parliament by Taiwan\u2019s No 2 leader Hsiao Bi-khim has stirred debate at home over whether the move signals&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140245"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=140245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140245\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=140245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=140245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=140245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}