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submitted 7 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

By calling for conquest, Xi has made an enemy of the Taiwan’s tribes, which rightfully say their ancestors inhabited the island long before the dawn of the Chinese era.

After the election of Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te in January, political leaders from Beijing to Washington all asserted he’d lean toward what they called “Taiwan’s independence.” And for this presupposed tendency, the Chinese Communist Party and state-controlled media labeled Lai a “destroyer of peace,” vowing that the little island nation’s “reunification” with China was looming.

As a sort of preemptive measure, after Lai’s victory, U.S.-president Joe Biden said that Washington wouldn’t support any sort of declaration of independence, highlighting that his administration seeks to maintain the status quo between the two nations. Biden thereby reiterated the U.S.’s One-China Policy, which “acknowledges” Beijing’s assertion that Taiwan is a part of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) without agreeing to this claim.

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[-] Erdgeist@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Interesting. Doesn't that make Han Chinese, who identify as Taiwanese, as colonizers? I'm happy to support whatever is against CCP but I don't want to have another Israel/Palestine situation in this planet..

[-] NateNate60@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago

Not all colonialism situations are equal. The Israel and Palestine situation is just a particularly messy one. In Taiwan, the colonialism has already happened. The indigenous population is already assimilated with the society of their colonisers. Indigenous rights are a topic of discussion in Taiwanese politics but it isn't as hot of an issue as Palestinian rights in Israel.

The campaign for indigenous rights in Taiwan is one that is willing to "play ball" and work within the bounds of the island's political system, and their strategy is largely effective in terms of securing those rights.

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