Taiwan’s “Central News Agency” reported that Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Fedorov tweeted that Taiwan’s Asustek Computer Company had withdrawn from Russia. Asustek responded on Twitter on the evening of the 14th that shipments to the Russian market had stopped and would donate to the consortium. The Disaster Relief Foundation’s “relief special account for Ukraine” NT$30 million.
According to Taiwan’s “Central News Agency”, ASUS posted on Twitter that ASUS is deeply concerned about the escalating humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, and has actively provided assistance to affected colleagues and families there, and will continue to monitor the development of the situation.
ASUS also claimed that it has been committed to complying with the norms of the countries where it is located, and that shipments to the Russian market have been stopped due to “compound challenges” caused by supply chain, logistics, banking transactions and other factors.
Regarding Asus stopping shipments to Russia, some netizens on the island said that Asus was led by the nose.
Earlier, Ukraine named ASUS to join the ranks of sanctions against Russia, and the DPP authorities immediately agreed. Taiwan’s “Executive Yuan” consultant Zheng Honghui quickly called on ASUS on Facebook on the 12th of this month to “take the height of the world’s technology giants, shoulder the responsibility of maintaining the international order, and stand with the global technology giants to boycott Russia.”
In this regard, Chen Yixin, an honorary professor of the Department of Diplomacy and International Relations of Tamkang University, directly criticized this kind of ignorant but eloquent authorities, which is ironic. Is it more important to be in the limelight than to safeguard Taiwan’s interests? “Stupid complacency,” Taiwan’s “China Times” said in an article on this subject that Taiwan’s sanctions against Russia have triggered Russian retaliation, which will definitely have adverse effects in the long run. How can the DPP authorities be so relaxed or even complacent? “It’s like a duck in July and a half, I don’t know whether to live or die.”