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The anger towards Apple in this thread is misdirected. The US government's official stance recognizes "that there is but one China and Taiwan is part of China"

The anger towards Apple in this thread is misdirected. The US government's official stance recognizes "that there is but one China and Taiwan is part of China" and that "the United States does not support Taiwan independence" From: https://www.state.gov/u-s-relations-with-taiwan/ https://www.state.gov/u-s-relations-with-taiwan/ Why should Apple be expected to take a political stance at odds with the official Chinese and US government policies?

philliphaydon 7y ago
The only way the US was allowed to trade with China is if it accepted the one China policy. The US is FORCED to not accept Taiwan. Taiwan is not part of China. Period.
rangibaby 7y ago
You forgot the first part of the US statement: “The United States acknowledges that all Chinese on either side of the Taiwan Strait maintain there is but one China and that Taiwan is a part of China.”
paulddraper 7y ago
> Why should Apple be expected to take a political stance It is really a political stance to have Unicode Emoji 1.0 as a feature?
alliao 7y ago
I'll quote the full text "the United States recognized the Government of the People’s Republic of China as the sole legal government of China, acknowledging the Chinese position that there is but one China and Taiwan is part of China." I'll put the emphasis on "Chinese position"
surajama 7y ago
The US's relationship with Taiwan is much more nuanced than that. Taiwan-US relations are actually at the closest they've ever been. For example: 1. US sells $8B of fighter jets to Taiwan (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/08/approves-8bn-sale-66-16-fighters-taiwan-190821002905496.html https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/08/approves-8bn-sale-66-...) 2. US passes the TAIPEI act, which outlines the US's strategy in dissuading Taiwan's few remaining diplomatic allies from switching recognition to China. (https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/3406/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22taiwan%22%5D%7D&r=1 https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/340...) 3. Visa free travel in the US for Taiwanese citizens (https://www.export.gov/article?id=Taiwan-Visa-Requirements https://www.export.gov/article?id=Taiwan-Visa-Requirements) The US might officially not recognize Taiwan as a country, but would it sell $8B of military equipment to a country it truly believed to be China?

philliphaydon 7y ago

The only way the US was allowed to trade with China is if it accepted the one China policy. The US is FORCED to not accept Taiwan. Taiwan is not part of China. Period.

rangibaby 7y ago

You forgot the first part of the US statement: “The United States acknowledges that all Chinese on either side of the Taiwan Strait maintain there is but one China and that Taiwan is a part of China.”

paulddraper 7y ago

> Why should Apple be expected to take a political stance It is really a political stance to have Unicode Emoji 1.0 as a feature?

alliao 7y ago

I'll quote the full text "the United States recognized the Government of the People’s Republic of China as the sole legal government of China, acknowledging the Chinese position that there is but one China and Taiwan is part of China." I'll put the emphasis on "Chinese position"

surajama 7y ago

The US's relationship with Taiwan is much more nuanced than that. Taiwan-US relations are actually at the closest they've ever been. For example: 1. US sells $8B of fighter jets to Taiwan (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/08/approves-8bn-sale-66-16-fighters-taiwan-190821002905496.html https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/08/approves-8bn-sale-66-...) 2. US passes the TAIPEI act, which outlines the US's strategy in dissuading Taiwan's few remaining diplomatic allies from switching recognition to China. (https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/3406/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22taiwan%22%5D%7D&r=1 https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/340...) 3. Visa free travel in the US for Taiwanese citizens (https://www.export.gov/article?id=Taiwan-Visa-Requirements https://www.export.gov/article?id=Taiwan-Visa-Requirements) The US might officially not recognize Taiwan as a country, but would it sell $8B of military equipment to a country it truly believed to be China?