The international diplomatic war over Taiwan’s status just escalated sharply
The international diplomatic war over Taiwan’s status just escalated sharply
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
People forget that the reason Taiwan's shifted to its current stance has been that the DPP has risen to power on the backs of rampant KMT corruption, not that Taiwanese people are in support of DPP foreign policy. Even so, the past election demonstrated that the majority of Taiwanese really don't want a DPP government... Unfortunately Lai is still head of state under the FPTP system, so here we are.
Both the KMT and TPP (which together received a majority of votes and would've won the election if not for the coalition negotiations failing to back a combined presidential ticket) support a more moderate stance with China.
In fact, today it's the DPP that's come under fire because of corruption. Recent bills that have passed through the Yuan have seen DPP members stealing bills before reading to avoid anti-corruption language from coming into effect and brawling other parties' legislators because of opposition. It's actually quite funny if you ever get the chance to watch proceedings.
Just an FYI, it’s best practice to actually type out the words the first time, then initialize them afterwards. If you never type them out, many people will have no idea what you’re talking about.
It just reads like every military dudebro’s deployment story.
“Ah yeah we had to FTP the RBO to the HEP, but before we could do that the ASO had to POI the BBU. And of course, that means we had to help the ASO set up their LKI before they could start the POI. All while EMGs were bearing down on us with their TGT-30’s. But once we got the LKI set up and the ASO was able to POI, the BBU went pretty quickly. So we got the RBO FTP’ed to the HEP in record time, and were back at the FOB by EOD.
Taipei Times saying the quiet part out loud "Beijing’s new set of judicial guidelines targeting Taiwan independence advocates and dozens of Chinese planes entering Taiwan’s real estate come after a visit to Taipei last week by two US deputy assistant secretaries of state"
I'm having trouble understanding your point. What is the "quiet part"? That representatives from a foreign government visited Taipei?
Dont forget that the death penalty is now on the table for "taiwanese separatism".
They do not touch on the real reasons for these amendments. One is to look tough and nationalistic to their domestic audience. Another is to inflict psychological fear in Taiwanese and those who support Taiwan internationally that the CCP could potentially be coming for us, not only in China, Hong Kong and Macau, but in 45 other countries as well.
Hey guys did you know the real reason is to look tough and nationalistic and not (among other reasons) the US attempt to have an unsinkable air craft carrier to project power
According to human rights NGO Safeguard Defender
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I wonder why this extends into the mainland. Could there be historical context?
When the CCP is planning another dramatic change of the status quo, they go out of their way to also pick a date when it will send a message.
For example, often when countries switch diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China, the announcement will be timed to pack a punch, such as Nauru making their announcement right after William Lai (賴清德) won the election. Similarly, there was no way the enormously complex live fire training exercises China launched to upend the status quo could have been planned in the tiny window of time from the-then US House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi’s announcement she was to visit Taiwan and her arrival. They had planned it long in advance, — her trip was merely an excuse. To this day, it is common to see the Chinese military gray zone menacing behavior that continues being traced to Pelosi’s visit, almost as if she were somehow to blame.
Hey trust me they've been planing this for a long time. And these misogynists of course blame girl queen Pelosi. Not like China denounced the visit in advance. Classic reversal of cause and effect.