China ended formal high-level communication with Taiwan's government in 2016 after the island's voters elected Tsai Ing-wen, whom Beijing considers a separatist, as president.“The greatest threat is that China wants to cut off Taiwan's international network….So whenever the Israelis say something about Taiwan, or Israeli newspapers or journalists comment on Taiwan or interview me, the Chinese come down very hard on the Israelis.The purpose or objective of the Chinese diplomatic action is try to cut off Taiwan from international support or connections with other countries.”“Israel happens to be a fully functioning democracy, a mature democracy, and a country that shares the same values as Taiwan…therefore, China will try to cut Israel off of Taiwan's list of supporters on the international stage,” he added.Wu noted in the interview that he hopes in the event of any escalation with China, that democratic nations such as Israel would continue to show strong support for Taiwan and that other Western powers would back the country with the necessary weapons to protect itself.“We hope that there's no war in between Taiwan or in China or in any other parts of the world…but if war is to happen…we hope that Israel and the U.S. will continue to show support to Taiwan by saying that aggression is unacceptable.”“Freedom, democracy and the protection of human rights…these are the most fundamental values that Israel and Taiwan countries share with each other,” he said."