China is accusing Palau of taking funds from Taiwan that do not benefit the country and the people, but to line the pockets of few people a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said.
Mao made the remarks in response to a query on the recent reports that Taiwan increased its annual aid to Palau from US$18 million last year to US$25 million this year, and it also allocated nearly 281,000 U.S. dollars in direct cash gifts for Palau’s former president, incumbent political figures, and individual lawmakers.
“The report is yet another example of the Lai Ching-te authorities’ expensive dollar diplomacy using the hard-earned money of the people in Taiwan, which is a combination of corruption, fraudulence, bribery and power-for-money deals, to serve “Taiwan independence” separatism and their personal political agenda,” Mao said.
