North East Asian states usually don't get Indians for low end jobs, for example Japan prefer Vietnamese and Filipino. Taiwan should be follow this trend.
It sound like the current government is going to lose the next election and they just want to make trouble for the more mainland friendly party after they lost power.
There is a difference which official gets appointed to handle it, China is appointed while EU just votes them in even if they are unqualified to handle it.
India was richer when it was in smaller states, when the British took over they allow some of the states to be independent from India. India never stayed united for long until 1948.