I find this whole Taiwan / China issue weird (little island / big island). I worked for a U.S. computer manufacturer in the 90’s that had manufacturing done in Taiwan. I used to travel to Taiwan frequently. I came to discover that the Taiwan manufacturing was actually done in China (the big island)… To me, they were in bed with each other
Stockjock1 on
I could be wrong, but I think Trump wants Taiwan to back off their independence rhetoric. I believe Trump feels that it’s pushing China towards trying to take control of the island nation militarily, an outcome that’s sure not to end well for most.
Alpha-Sierra-Charlie on
China is just East Taiwan.
Sure-Wishbone-4293 on
Taiwan, formally the Republic of China, is a sovereign, democratic state off the coast of communist China. The Chinese government falsely claims Taiwan as a “province” that belongs under Beijing’s rule, disparaging its legitimate government as a rogue “separatist” entity. As a result of China’s outsized geopolitical leverage, Taiwan is routinely excluded from basic activities of normal states, such as participation in the United Nations or bilateral negotiations with almost all of the world’s countries, including America.
America’s recognition of China means that the United States does not technically recognize Taiwan as a country, a policy established by leftist former President Jimmy Carter in 1979. While Washington does sell weapons to Taiwan, no president has ever held a conversation with a Taiwanese president since Carter’s policy went into effect. The closest contact between a Taiwanese and an American leader occurred in 2016, when then-President Tsai Ing-wen held a phone conversation with President Trump, who at the time had yet to be inaugurated into the presidency.
culman13 on
Wonder if this is just a small taste of Trump’s revenge for the thucydides trap comment last week
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I find this whole Taiwan / China issue weird (little island / big island). I worked for a U.S. computer manufacturer in the 90’s that had manufacturing done in Taiwan. I used to travel to Taiwan frequently. I came to discover that the Taiwan manufacturing was actually done in China (the big island)… To me, they were in bed with each other
I could be wrong, but I think Trump wants Taiwan to back off their independence rhetoric. I believe Trump feels that it’s pushing China towards trying to take control of the island nation militarily, an outcome that’s sure not to end well for most.
China is just East Taiwan.
Taiwan, formally the Republic of China, is a sovereign, democratic state off the coast of communist China. The Chinese government falsely claims Taiwan as a “province” that belongs under Beijing’s rule, disparaging its legitimate government as a rogue “separatist” entity. As a result of China’s outsized geopolitical leverage, Taiwan is routinely excluded from basic activities of normal states, such as participation in the United Nations or bilateral negotiations with almost all of the world’s countries, including America.
America’s recognition of China means that the United States does not technically recognize Taiwan as a country, a policy established by leftist former President Jimmy Carter in 1979. While Washington does sell weapons to Taiwan, no president has ever held a conversation with a Taiwanese president since Carter’s policy went into effect. The closest contact between a Taiwanese and an American leader occurred in 2016, when then-President Tsai Ing-wen held a phone conversation with President Trump, who at the time had yet to be inaugurated into the presidency.
Wonder if this is just a small taste of Trump’s revenge for the thucydides trap comment last week