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submitted 6 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

Summary

Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated in his New Year’s speech that Taiwan’s “reunification” with China is inevitable.

China has escalated military activity around Taiwan, including frequent incursions near the island and sanctions on U.S.-linked companies over arms sales to Taipei.

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te rejected Beijing's claims, stating Taiwan’s future can only be decided by its people.

Lai also criticized China’s restrictions on travel and education exchanges with Taiwan, calling for dignified, reciprocal relations based on goodwill and equality.

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[-] Nougat@fedia.io 37 points 6 months ago

Okay, West Taiwan.

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 34 points 6 months ago

Sounds rather rapey when you put it that way, doesn't it?

[-] Eldritch@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago

Very. But I still expect to see plenty of hypocritical leninists ignoring or defending this. Telling us that Daddy Xi is only killing them for their own good. And that if they just lay back and took it that they would learn to enjoy it.

Not that it's ever made sense that they defend certain capitalists. While denouncing capitalism and other capitalist governments.

[-] socsa@piefed.social 21 points 6 months ago

Definitely not something an imperialist would say.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 7 points 6 months ago

Oh is the PRC going to surrender to the ROC? Because Taiwan was never part of the PRC. For there to be reunification, the PRC would have to give mainland China back to the ROC.

[-] skvlp@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago

Taiwan has never been your territory, Xi Smallping-energy.

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

So the coup is finally over?

[-] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub 4 points 6 months ago

I wouldn’t want to be getting into a shooting war after seeing what Russia has got itself into. Fuck, Russia lost its fleet to a country without a navy.

Does Xi think he can keep a land army supplied in the era of drones taking out surface combatants?

[-] RalphWolf@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago

How did this work out for Hong Kong?

[-] ghostface@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago

The difference being several, one hong Kong is inside of China with its territorial boundaries being only legal and social. Two hong kong actually believed the laws and structure they put in place would hold while Taiwan is under no such illusion

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago
[-] Doom@ttrpg.network 1 points 6 months ago

Lol thought it was already a part of China poohpants

[-] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 6 months ago

Totally not imperialism trust me bro.

[-] Jamablaya@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

I mean....It ain't? Taiwan, the Kuomintang, were literally the imperialists. Taiwan was always China but China changed and....yeah modern china should probably leave Taiwan alone because it's literally the old chinese government but 100 years later, but they won't, their government actually thinks in millenia

[-] el_bhm@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

At some point Poland held Moscow for a year. We need to get it back I guess. We like to think in milenia as well.

[-] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 6 months ago

If Fascist China thinks the EU and US will give up their largest producer of semiconductors then they're severely mistaken

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

What do you think they would do to stop it?

[-] Zetta@mander.xyz 0 points 6 months ago

The us would probably enter war to stop it, Taiwan is pretty valuable to us

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

“Us” being? Taiwan didn’t send me a Christmas card.

[-] candybrie@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

Bet they made the processor you used to write that comment.

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

War is necessary… so I can text grandma? Do ya’ll not hear yourselves?

[-] etuomaala@sopuli.xyz 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

How would you keep the imperialists from stealing land?

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago
[-] etuomaala@sopuli.xyz 0 points 6 months ago

No, not even a little bit.

I'm talking about imperialists stealing land. What land was stolen by the Taiwanese during the White Terror?

For example, the Soviet Union would have stolen Finland if they could, but Finland was (still is) heavily armed and it would not have been worth the Soviets' trouble. This is a clear example that when it comes to imperialists like the Soviet Union, the threat of war is necessary to prevent it. This isn't about starting war. It's about preventing it.

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Is America not imperialist? Why is it not okay when they do it, but okay when we do?

Maybe imperialism is bad when anyone does it.

[-] etuomaala@sopuli.xyz 0 points 6 months ago

I never defended American Imperialism.

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

America is defending Taiwan, ipso facto, you did.

[-] etuomaala@sopuli.xyz 0 points 6 months ago

I'm sorry, but I have to give up on you.

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago

It’s fine. None of this matters.

[-] etuomaala@sopuli.xyz 0 points 6 months ago

That attitude explains everything.

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[-] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 months ago

It's gross how they always refer to these things as "reunifying".

[-] comfy@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Why isn't that an appropriate term? It was part of China's (Qing) territory from 1684 until the Japanese occupations, and is only disunified because of an unresolved civil war. Taiwan (officially the "Republic of China") considers themself to be China. So why wouldn't their combination be the reunification of China?

[-] GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

Get your authoritarian ass outta here😂

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Uh,

From 1949 to 1987, the KMT ruled Taiwan as an authoritarian one-party state after the February 28 incident.

[-] mohammed_alibi@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

So its no longer an authoritarian government for 38 years now. Thanks for pointing that out!

In the mean time Xi is serving his 3rd term in PRC right now, or 4th? Ignoring the rules set up by his predecessors. And you think that's better?

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

Even the UN 🇺🇳 doesn’t recognize Taiwan 🇹🇼.

[-] mohammed_alibi@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

Because China holds a veto power. What's your point? China won't allow Taiwan to join a club that China's partially in control of. In other news, water is wet.

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world -2 points 6 months ago

Interesting, the ROC doesn’t hold veto power? How can China join the club, if Taiwan is the rightful government representing all the Chinese people?

[-] Cyberjin@lemmy.world -2 points 6 months ago

He been saying stuff like this for many years.. especially China's red lines "don't visit Taiwan or else.." and nothing happens.

Gotta keep up moral and focus away from things like their economy that's going down 👎

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