Taiwan’s Foreign Affairs Ministry accused China’s state-run tabloid of defaming its minister’s diplomatic European visits by categorizing them as “monetary diplomacy” and “dividing Europe’s Chinese policy.” Jau-shieh Joseph Wu, the Taiwanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, visited Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Belgium for about a week in late October. The three countries have diplomatic relations with China, and Taipei has economic and cultural offices in them. During the trip, Wu received a Foreign VIP Laureates medal from the Czech senate, and successfully invited a committee of the European Parliament, the Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation, to visit Taiwan in early November. Disliking Taiwan’s diplomatic success, Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry and state-run Global Times publicly called Wu a Taiwan independence activist. Global Times even gave a false report about Wu’s European trip, on Oct. 27. Taiwan’s Statement Taiwan’s Foreign Affairs Ministry published …