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How does an “EU” style arrangement make sense between two countries, one of which is extremely large the other extremely small?
by pyuser583 2y ago
How does an “EU” style arrangement make sense between two countries, one of which is extremely large the other extremely small?
- worstspotgain 2y agoIt makes sense because it functions as a bridge to eventual reunification. And the EU includes e.g. Luxembourg and Germany. The arrangement transfers some matters to unified control while retaining country sovereignty.
- bobthepanda 2y agoThe thing is that in EU they are two of 27. Being 1 of 4 is not so good, particularly when 1 is so big and the other two (Macau, HK) are defanged, and a federal devolution to the provinces of China is not in the cards.
- worstspotgain 2y agoWell no one is doubting that the federal portion of the framework would be mainland-dominated, just like Germany has way more seats in the EU parliament than Luxembourg. But Taiwanese democracy (and military control) would be unaffected.
- bobthepanda 2y ago1. There is no scenario in which the PRC would relinquish military control 2. Germany makes up 18% of the EU’s population. The PRC makes up 98% of the combined populations of Taiwan, PRC, HK and Macau. That is quite the difference in lopsided power balance.
- worstspotgain 2y agoThe PRC wouldn't have to relinquish military control, or really any control for that matter. The "Union" is basically the portion of control that Taiwan has already ceded to China. The key is that Taiwan retains the rest for the time being.
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