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The US has been an ally of Taiwan since before the CCP existed.

• yccs27 3y ago
  "Being an ally" and "Ready to defend against China" are very different qualities.
  • qwytw 3y ago
    The main reason Taiwan is still independent is that US was willing to defend it for all those years.
• rowls66 3y ago
  Before the CCP existed, Taiwan was part of China, and was occupied for many years by Japan. After the Chinese civil war and the rise of the CCP, the defeated nationalist government moved to Taiwan. It is only then that any US alliance with Taiwan began.
  • throwaway2990 3y ago
    China had never ruled over the island. It called it a province for ~ 7 years before Japan took Taiwan and actually ruled over it. The US was allied with KMT after they took over from the Qing dynasty. And continued to be allies after CCP pushed KMT out. When China attacked Taiwan the U.S. stepped in.
  • menshiki 3y ago
    > Before the CCP existed, Taiwan was part of China This is simply not true.