GregorGizeh ( @GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip ) 49•5 months agoPathetic. You’d think a country colonized by a foreign nation would be more sympathetic to their struggle for independence.
gnuhaut ( @gnuhaut@lemmy.ml ) 30•5 months agoWhat? Neither side represents the indigenous population of Taiwan.
bdonvr ( @bdonvr@thelemmy.club ) 23•5 months agoTaiwan is not colonized by the PRC.
jaeme ( @jaeme@lemmy.ml ) 10•5 months agoTaiwan seperatists keep losing!
There will be one China and Taiwan will be a respected part of that China.
naeap ( @naeap@sopuli.xyz ) 11•5 months agoSo, you think original china will take over the communist mainland again?
jaeme ( @jaeme@lemmy.ml ) 7•5 months agoThe “original China” of Chiang Kai Shek is a subservient lapdog to the imperial core. It is a nation born out of cowardice and corruption.
The PRC is the rightful government of China. Over 180 countries in the world recognize that fact. This isn’t some fight against “communism” but a righting of history.
Che Banana ( @Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml ) 3•5 months agoTaiwan numbah 1!
- Gabu ( @Gabu@lemmy.ml ) 2•5 months ago
Taiwan #1
Midnitte ( @Midnitte@beehaw.org ) 9•5 months agoSo what’s next, allowing China to also claim the Philippines?
gnuhaut ( @gnuhaut@lemmy.ml ) 26•5 months agoErr… the Philippines, the former US colony? Where currently new US military bases are being built? Which China has never ruled, attempted to rule, or said they want to rule?
You’re worried that China is going to claim the Philippines???
Pons_Aelius ( @Pons_Aelius@kbin.social ) 7•5 months agoWhich China has never ruled
True, the CCP claiming The Philippines would be seen as ridiculous by the rest of the world.
Then again, the CCP has never ruled Taiwan either…
gnuhaut ( @gnuhaut@lemmy.ml ) 15•5 months agoThen again, the CCP has never ruled Taiwan either…
Oh yeah that’s like exactly the same situation.
- Send US military to “protect” one side in the Chinese civil war and occupy parts of China.
- Say you’re in favor of eventual peaceful reunification, but actually prevent it for decades.
- Break promise and claim the territory was never really part of China to begin with.
- Pretend you’re the victim and China is “expansionist”.
- World War 3?
xor ( @xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English14•5 months agoOr, you know, you could actually respect the right to self determination of the Taiwanese people, rather than "America bad"ing your way to imperialism
Pons_Aelius ( @Pons_Aelius@kbin.social ) 6•5 months agoThat’s a great story you have there, you should pitch it to netflicks.
gnuhaut ( @gnuhaut@lemmy.ml ) 12•5 months agoGood idea. Maybe that’ll stop the at least some of uninformed comments here.
Pons_Aelius ( @Pons_Aelius@kbin.social ) 6•5 months agoDon’t put yourself down like that. It really was a good piece of fiction.
Count042 ( @Count042@lemmy.ml ) 11•5 months agoWhich part?
Post citations. The only fiction I see is what you’re trying to imply.
Back up your words.
Truck_kun ( @Truck_kun@beehaw.org ) English3•5 months agoThey wouldn’t claim the Philippines without a war.
But the Chinese government is trying to claim territorial waters, and their aggression toward all their neighbors is exactly why the Philippines have decided to work with the US and open new bases.
They may not claim it, but they are definitely the aggressor in the territory, and most of their neighbors do not view the Chinese government as ‘the good guys’; that’s not to say they view the US as ‘the good guys’ either, simply as the one that isn’t actively aggressive and could assist in their defense.
faintwhenfree ( @faintwhenfree@lemmus.org ) English3•5 months agoI wonder who’s downvoting this
CommanderCloon ( @CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml ) 19•5 months agoAnyone with even a smidge of knowledge about the actual situation of the Taiwan issue.
Contrary to what’s usually depicted, neither Taiwan nor China consider Taiwan as an independent country. Taiwan, or more accurately the Republic of China (ROC), claims sovereignty over this territory.
Both the ROC and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) consider Taiwan to be a province of China, it just happens that the ROC only has control over Taiwan while the PRC has control over China
bartolomeo ( @bartolomeo@suppo.fi ) 4•5 months agoThanks, that was a clear explanation.
apotheotic(she/they) ( @apotheotic@beehaw.org ) English6•5 months agoThis is disgusting, quite frankly. Taiwan has every right to be an independent state and it is one. Fuck right off.
- Gabu ( @Gabu@lemmy.ml ) 3•5 months ago
He must’ve mispoken - China is a part of Taiwan, as everyone knows.