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You're being disingenuous. Look at the articles mentioned in the quote. "Taiwan Relations Act, the three U.S.-China Joint Communiques, and the Six Assurances".

You're being disingenuous. Look at the articles mentioned in the quote. "Taiwan Relations Act, the three U.S.-China Joint Communiques, and the Six Assurances". In particular: "The United States would not formally recognize Chinese sovereignty over Taiwan"[1]. So the US supports a "One China policy", "does not support Taiwanese independence" and "does not formally recognize Chinese sovereignty over Taiwan." And it will supply Taiwan with weapons to defend itself, giving defacto independence. And, as you quote, the US opposed any unilateral changes to the status quo. Confusing? Yes. Yet you're misleading people with your post, frankly speaking, if you telling people to "Just read the defence department's website". Morally, China is trying to remove Taiwan's defacto independence, for reasons that completely ignore any idea of self-determination, whereas the US is supplying Taiwan with the weapons to choose. There's nothing stopping Taiwan's democratic government and its people from choosing to give China control, since there are pro PRC parties in Taiwan, and even so--they have decided to resist PRC control. You can, of course, argue the US should not give Taiwan the right of self-determination, that it should stay out of the affairs of other countries, since there are obviously economic reasons in addition to moral; but nonetheless issues of self-determination are at the heart--since the people and their well-being are always at the heart. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Assurances https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Assurances

yogthos 4y ago
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- tarkin2 4y ago
  The US's position is more complex. You're trying to dumb it down to mislead. (You might want to look up defacto if you don't think they have defacto independence from the PRC) If the people of Florida want Russian-backed independence, as the people of Taiwan want US-backed independence then sure, go for it, my friend.
  - yogthos 4y ago
    US position is frankly irrelevant. What matters is the international law, the UN position, and the fact that US acknowledges the UN as an institution. US has no unilateral right to interfere in affairs of other countries any more than other countries. >If the people of Florida want Russian-backed independence, as the people of Taiwan want US-backed independence then sure, go for it, my friend. Do you believe even for a second that US would allow China or Russia to do in Florida what US is doing in Taiwan? Some of us are old enough to remember the Russiagate freakout.
    - tarkin2 4y ago
      When the US supplies weapons then the US's position is far from irrelevant. The US, in line with most other countries, doesn't recognise Taiwanese independence. It also doesn't recognise China's sovereignty. You say the US has no right to interfere with others business. If you see that someone wants protection and is vulnerable so you have no right to interfere? If you see someone being killed by a neighbour do you have no right to interfere? Of course, it could be a lie: that the Taiwanese people want to desolve the status quo and give the PRC complete control. Have you bothered to find out what the Tiawanese people want? Or has your sychophantic slavery to the PRC ruled that out?
jonnycomputer 4y ago
Yes, the question of self-determination is almost always forgotten.
- yogthos 4y ago
  There can be no question of self determination when US pours billions of dollars into shaping politics in Taiwan.
  - jonnycomputer 4y ago
    oh, no? then who has the right of determination? you can't strip the right of a people's self-determination just because you don't like who spends money in the country. you sound like an apologist for fascism
    - yogthos 4y ago
      You evidently don't understand the concept of self determination. If your politics are hijacked by the world hegemon, that's called indoctrination. Meanwhile, fascism is something US has been actively cultivating since WW2 https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/10/16/the-u-s-did-not-defeat-fascism-in-wwii-it-discretely-internationalized-it/ https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/10/16/the-u-s-did-not-defe...
      - jonnycomputer 4y ago
        You haven't answered the question. Who, in your view, has the right to determine the future of Taiwan?
        yogthos 4y ago
        The legitimate government of China which Taiwan is a province of.
        HDThoreaun 4y ago

yogthos 4y ago

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tarkin2 4y ago
The US's position is more complex. You're trying to dumb it down to mislead. (You might want to look up defacto if you don't think they have defacto independence from the PRC) If the people of Florida want Russian-backed independence, as the people of Taiwan want US-backed independence then sure, go for it, my friend.
- yogthos 4y ago
  US position is frankly irrelevant. What matters is the international law, the UN position, and the fact that US acknowledges the UN as an institution. US has no unilateral right to interfere in affairs of other countries any more than other countries. >If the people of Florida want Russian-backed independence, as the people of Taiwan want US-backed independence then sure, go for it, my friend. Do you believe even for a second that US would allow China or Russia to do in Florida what US is doing in Taiwan? Some of us are old enough to remember the Russiagate freakout.
  - tarkin2 4y ago
    When the US supplies weapons then the US's position is far from irrelevant. The US, in line with most other countries, doesn't recognise Taiwanese independence. It also doesn't recognise China's sovereignty. You say the US has no right to interfere with others business. If you see that someone wants protection and is vulnerable so you have no right to interfere? If you see someone being killed by a neighbour do you have no right to interfere? Of course, it could be a lie: that the Taiwanese people want to desolve the status quo and give the PRC complete control. Have you bothered to find out what the Tiawanese people want? Or has your sychophantic slavery to the PRC ruled that out?

jonnycomputer 4y ago

Yes, the question of self-determination is almost always forgotten.

yogthos 4y ago
There can be no question of self determination when US pours billions of dollars into shaping politics in Taiwan.
- jonnycomputer 4y ago
  oh, no? then who has the right of determination? you can't strip the right of a people's self-determination just because you don't like who spends money in the country. you sound like an apologist for fascism
  - yogthos 4y ago
    You evidently don't understand the concept of self determination. If your politics are hijacked by the world hegemon, that's called indoctrination. Meanwhile, fascism is something US has been actively cultivating since WW2 https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/10/16/the-u-s-did-not-defeat-fascism-in-wwii-it-discretely-internationalized-it/ https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/10/16/the-u-s-did-not-defe...
    - jonnycomputer 4y ago
      You haven't answered the question. Who, in your view, has the right to determine the future of Taiwan?
      - yogthos 4y ago
        The legitimate government of China which Taiwan is a province of.
        HDThoreaun 4y ago