MicroWaveApr 15, 2024

China’s Xi Jinping says ‘no force’ can stop ‘reunion’ with Taiwan - National | Globalnews.ca

https://lemmy.world/post/14318392

China’s Xi Jinping says ‘no force’ can stop ‘reunion’ with Taiwan - Lemmy.World

Amid heightened tensions between China and Taiwan, Chinese President Xi Jinping told a former Taiwanese president who supports unification that the countries “belong” together. “Differences in systems cannot change the fact that both sides of the Taiwan Straits belong to the same country and nation,” Xi said. “External interference cannot stop the historical trend of reunion of the country and family,” Xi said, in comments reported by Taiwanese media and published by Reuters. … Beijing claims the independent island of Taiwan is a Chinese province and has threatened to use force to achieve unification. China frequently sends warplanes and naval vessels to circle the small island democracy and has been mounting an increasing number of military drills over recent years.

Show threadSylverApr 15, 2024

Why does Xi think he gets any say? He’s showing his full hand already, and it’s actually pathetic. Already saying that it will have to be taken by force. So he’s admitting that the people of Taiwan, if given a choice, may not choose to join China. Let’s give everyone a vote guaranteed by international overwatch, none of those mainland representatives.

This is just another dictator having a whiny shitstorm threatening to take territory by force just because they want their historical empire.

Show threadNeuromancerApr 15, 2024
Because the world has said Taiwan is part of China. That’s why. The world needs to recognize Taiwan as its own nation. Everyone wanted that cheap labor in China and ignored Taiwan.
Show threadAvid AmoebaApr 15, 2024
That sweet cheap labor tho …
Show threadNeuromancerApr 15, 2024
That’s been the problem. We built a hostile nation by using cheap labor, giving them technology and now act surprised when they turn aggressive. American companies have some weird notion that countries will advanced pass being cheaper labor and will be actively competing against you
Show threadAvid Amoeba
That notion has always been just a nice fantasy that lets decision makers, who have any thoughts beyond maximizing profit, to lay those thoughts to rest and proceed with maximizing profits. The ones that never had those thoughts didn’t need this tool. Of course that’s also been sold to the rest of us, non-decisionmakers, so we don’t get in the way of that profit maximization.
Apr 15, 2024 at 4:01pmWeb