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Surprised China has not stepped in here and offered to provide the Haitian government with funding and security. Seems the perfect situation for them to establi
by wonderwonder 5y ago
Surprised China has not stepped in here and offered to provide the Haitian government with funding and security. Seems the perfect situation for them to establish a foothold similar to how they have done in Africa.
- rossdavidh 5y agoWayyyyy too close to the U.S.A. to do that. I am virtually certain it would result in a military response from the US.
- wonderwonder 5y agoI agree with you in general theory but not sure how it would play out in real life. China would claim they are stepping in to help a country that clearly needs it. Would the US be willing to go to war over that? Taiwan would be a Chinese colony the next day. Lots of complicating factors.
- rossdavidh 5y agoGiven that the U.S. has already been involved in Haiti, and that the President was arguably not legal (i.e. there is no current valid President), I have little doubt. The Taiwan precedent makes sense in the abstract, but militarily the prospect of potentially being in conflict over Taiwan makes it all the less likely the U.S. would let China get a foothold that close to it.