Sorry, but Taiwan claimed dominion of the whole of China for decades, pretending they aren't part of China is disingenuous. The time for that argument passed when Taiwan was not declared an independent state when we recognized the CCP as the official representatives of China. Attempting to change that perception is more like trying to rewrite history and ignore reality.
China will Chew on Taiwan for about 3 weeks then move on japan. All of that will buy us about two months to Arm up and Organize a response force ( Hopefully including Canada ,Australia ,New Zealand ,The UK , South Korea ,...
Sorry, but Taiwan claimed dominion of the whole of China for decades, pretending they aren't part of China is disingenuous. The time for that argument passed when Taiwan was not declared an independent state when we recognized the CCP as the official representatives of China. Attempting to change that perception is more like trying to rewrite history and ignore reality.
Well, for now. Not sure what your point is here. So we have a bunch of Chinese arguing over what kind of government they should have... Um, okay, why is that my problem.
Still goes to the point that China is very sensitive about their national sovereignty. You really need to read about Chinese history. Make it easy for you, just start with the Opium Wars and work your way up, and you'll see why China gets worked up when we support Muslim Terrorists in Xingjian, or parade the corrupt Dalai Llama around (will that ****** just die already?) or treat the Fulan Gong Cult like it's a legitimate religious movement.
No, the KMT did. So this isn't a national fight, it's a political fight between the CCP and KMT, which the CCP won a long time ago. They'd have taken Taiwan back in the 1950's if we hadn't kept propping it up.
Would they, though?
China's influence in the region is growing because they are providing economic assistance to poor countries like Myanmar and Thailand, not through military aggression. Meanwhile, it's the US that has been sending troops to invade sovereign countries and insert ourselves in other people's conflicts.
China hasn't waged an aggressive war since 1979. And even that was pretty limited, only lasted a few weeks.
China will Chew on Taiwan for about 3 weeks then move on japan. All of that will buy us about two months to Arm up and Organize a response force ( Hopefully including Canada ,Australia ,New Zealand ,The UK , South Korea ,...
What do you base that on? Heck, if China was going to make a move on someone, they could make a move on the Koreas. North Korea is a joke and South Korea, not much of a threat.
They won't. China is not Nazi Germany. It's not the USSR.
Heck, it's not even making claims on Outer Mongolia, which historically HAS been part of China
Sorry, but Taiwan claimed dominion of the whole of China for decades, pretending they aren't part of China is disingenuous. The time for that argument passed when Taiwan was not declared an independent state when we recognized the CCP as the official representatives of China. Attempting to change that perception is more like trying to rewrite history and ignore reality.
More to the point, China has shown restraint. They'd have had no problem overrunning Hong Kong and Macau after the Communists won. Like the UK or Portugal were in any position to stop them with their collapsing empires. They didn't. They quietly waited for the treaty leases to run out, and still allows them specific amounts of autonomy as "Special Administrative Districts". Other regions like Tibet, Inner Mongolia, Guangxi, and yes, Xinjiang (where the Uyghurs live) are also Autonomous Zones where the local people have special rights.
Works on the assumption that Xi or even the CCP is the problem here.
In an alternative history where the KMT won the Chinese Civil War, they'd make the same claims.
Heck, we take the position that the Muslims (Uyghurs) are terrorists. We even had Uyghurs locked up at Gitmo. Of the 31 people still locked up at Gitmo because we have no idea what to do with them, FIVE of them are Uyghurs from China. We can't turn them over to China, they'll be executed, and we can't find a third country willing to take them that can promise us they'll stay out of trouble.
Their complaint should have been with the Ming Dynasty (Da Ming Chao), who were the ones who took Taiwan from the Dutch. When the Ming were overthrown by the Qing, the Ming remnants ruled Taiwan for a while until the Qing took over. (Sound familiar). Then the Japanese took Taiwan from the Qing in 1895 and returned it to the KMT in 1946.
Today, 97% of the population of Taiwan are ethnic Han Chinese. Only 2.28% are indigenous Taiwanese.
China has maybe 10% of our nuclear arsenal, but that's still enough to inflict significant destruction. And there's no guarantee that Russia wouldn't come to China's defense in a nuclear confrontation.
Works on the assumption that Xi or even the CCP is the problem here.
In an alternative history where the KMT won the Chinese Civil War, they'd make the same claims.
Heck, we take the position that the Muslims (Uyghurs) are terrorists. We even had Uyghurs locked up at Gitmo. Of the 31 people still locked up at Gitmo because we have no idea what to do with them, FIVE of them are Uyghurs from China. We can't turn them over to China, they'll be executed, and we can't find a third country willing to take them that can promise us they'll stay out of trouble.
China has maybe 10% of our nuclear arsenal, but that's still enough to inflict significant destruction. And there's no guarantee that Russia wouldn't come to China's defense in a nuclear confrontation.
Since I started dating my current girlfriend from China, I've been watching a lot of Chinese Media. In many ways, they are more like us that most of you imagine.
In other ways, they are different. For instance, you can be cited for smoking in public. And when I asked her about this, she said, "yes, this is perfectly normal."
Would I want to live there? Not really. But most Chinese are fine with the way things are over there.