Atg: Taiwan buying allies?

Leader of the United Progressive Party (UPP) Baldwin Spencer has denied allegations by Prime Minister Lester Bird that the UPP received money from the Taiwanese government during the 1999 elections.

During the launch of the Antigua Labour Party (ALP) manifesto on Monday, Mr. Bird said, "During the last election, Baldwin Spencer and the UPP took $1 million from Taiwan to run the election and I call upon him to deny it.

"Therefore if they are elected what are they going to do? Are they going to turn around and move from the People's Republic of China and go to Taiwan and get us involved in international problems between the two countries? I say from a foreign affairs standpoint that will be a disaster," he said.

This sounds like what China did with Johnny Chung and Charlie Trie during the Clinton Administration, no?