‘We recognise China, and that Taiwan is part of China’ – Leo Varadkar clarifies Ireland’s position ahead of Davos meetings
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  • Pons_Aelius@kbin.social
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    9 months ago

    Which 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@lemmy.ml
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      9 months ago

      Then again, the CCP has never ruled Taiwan either…

      Oh yeah that’s like exactly the same situation.

      1. Send US military to “protect” one side in the Chinese civil war and occupy parts of China.
      2. Say you’re in favor of eventual peaceful reunification, but actually prevent it for decades.
      3. Break promise and claim the territory was never really part of China to begin with.
      4. Pretend you’re the victim and China is “expansionist”.
      5. World War 3?
      • xor@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        9 months ago

        Or, you know, you could actually respect the right to self determination of the Taiwanese people, rather than "America bad"ing your way to imperialism

        • possibly a cat@lemmy.ml
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          9 months ago

          The Taiwanese don’t hold the power, if you’re talking about the indigenous peoples. Taiwan wouldn’t be what it is now without imperialism in the first place. And the Chinese people in power don’t consider their island independent from the mainland, which they also lay claim to. It doesn’t seem like a clear-cut self-determination issue to me.