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The U.S. doesn't even recognize Taiwan as an independent nation, so your remark is moot.

stale2002 4y ago
Its not moot, no. Because Taiwan has its own laws, taxes, border, and military, and this has been the case for 70 years. It is already independent because of those facts, no matter what words are written on a piece of paper. And, it is related, because china constantly makes threats to invade Taiwan.
- UltraViolence 4y ago
  The U.S. betrayed Taiwan 50 years ago by accepting China's rule over Taiwan and ceasing to recognize it as an independent nation. Threatening to try to dissuade the Chinese from invading is the only thing Biden can do. When Xi finally gives the "go" he'll make up some excuse not to intervene militarily. He'll slap sanctions on China, for sure , but those will merely be a pinprick.
  - stale2002 4y ago
    You are ignoring the point. The original post you were replying to was attacking China for it's threats to invade, and was defending sanctions. That point is valid. So yes, sanctions against china are justified, which was the original context, and they are justified because of the points about China threatening to invade. > is the only thing Biden can do Actually, the US can continue what we have been doing for a while, which is continue to sell more and more weapons to Taiwan. The more weapons we give to Taiwan, the more invaders will die in any invasion. Maximizing their ability to increase invader death numbers, by continuing to do this, is also a good plan.
  - philliphaydon 4y ago
    The US voted against replacing the ROC with PRC in the UN. The position of the US has never changed. It has always maintained that any unification must be peaceful and that Taiwan cannot be forced. It gets to decide for itself. Taiwan has changed in the last 100 years. Majority of the ROC is gone, those here now have no desire to be part of China, don't consider themselves as part of China or Chinese. They just want to continue to live their lives as they are now. The US does not consider Taiwan as part of China. The One China Policy states that they acknowledge the position of China that Taiwan is part of it. The equiv of me saying to you "i accept that you think the sky looks like the inside of a watermelon". All of this ignores that Mao and the CCP considered Taiwan an independent nation and nationality prior to Taiwan being handed to the ROC.

stale2002 4y ago

Its not moot, no. Because Taiwan has its own laws, taxes, border, and military, and this has been the case for 70 years. It is already independent because of those facts, no matter what words are written on a piece of paper. And, it is related, because china constantly makes threats to invade Taiwan.

UltraViolence 4y ago
The U.S. betrayed Taiwan 50 years ago by accepting China's rule over Taiwan and ceasing to recognize it as an independent nation. Threatening to try to dissuade the Chinese from invading is the only thing Biden can do. When Xi finally gives the "go" he'll make up some excuse not to intervene militarily. He'll slap sanctions on China, for sure , but those will merely be a pinprick.
- stale2002 4y ago
  You are ignoring the point. The original post you were replying to was attacking China for it's threats to invade, and was defending sanctions. That point is valid. So yes, sanctions against china are justified, which was the original context, and they are justified because of the points about China threatening to invade. > is the only thing Biden can do Actually, the US can continue what we have been doing for a while, which is continue to sell more and more weapons to Taiwan. The more weapons we give to Taiwan, the more invaders will die in any invasion. Maximizing their ability to increase invader death numbers, by continuing to do this, is also a good plan.
- philliphaydon 4y ago
  The US voted against replacing the ROC with PRC in the UN. The position of the US has never changed. It has always maintained that any unification must be peaceful and that Taiwan cannot be forced. It gets to decide for itself. Taiwan has changed in the last 100 years. Majority of the ROC is gone, those here now have no desire to be part of China, don't consider themselves as part of China or Chinese. They just want to continue to live their lives as they are now. The US does not consider Taiwan as part of China. The One China Policy states that they acknowledge the position of China that Taiwan is part of it. The equiv of me saying to you "i accept that you think the sky looks like the inside of a watermelon". All of this ignores that Mao and the CCP considered Taiwan an independent nation and nationality prior to Taiwan being handed to the ROC.