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HopeSpringsEternalToday 08:22 pm JST

Zelensky could never be trusted with NATO Membership

Putin could never be trusted with a ceasefire, unless backed by NATO membership for Ukraine.

HopeSpringsEternalToday 07:51 pm JST

and once again a proxy force to be used by the globalists against Russia.

No matter how many times the Kremlin apologists call it a proxy war, it will not magically become one. It is a unilateral war of conquest and vanity by Putin, and Putin alone.

HopeSpringsEternalToday 07:53 pm JST

Ukraine needs peaceful relations with all its neighbors, declaring Russia an enemy

Russia declared itself an enemy by stealing Crimea, then later conducting a full-scale invasion complete with war crimes.

Ukraine wants peaceful relations, but this is rather difficult when the dictatorship next door decides to attack you.

NATO Membership ensures the conflict will restart in the future

No, it doesn't. It ensures Putin won't attack in the future.

Predictably awful plan by Trump: allow Putin to keep the territory he has stolen, and suffer no repercussions for the murders/rapes/torture/child abductions/destruction that he has caused.

And, of course, embolden him to do it all again in the future.

quercetumToday 06:16 pm JST

The government may be a US induced democracy

The Korean people transitioned from dictatorship to democracy themselves.

One day, your beloved CCP will disappear in the same way.

Koreans men are the most authoritarian by nature, followed by the Japanese then the Chinese.

Any evidence for this, or are you just stirring the pot?

quercetumToday 06:31 pm JST

President Yoon making a mockery of democracy.

Wrong. The democratic institutions -- a vote by elected lawmakers in parliament -- are what removed the martial law and restored the situation.

Your usual attempts to denigrate democracy and push your beloved autocracy won't work.

HopeSpringsEternalToday 06:23 pm JST

Biden's folly in Ukraine

Looks like you spelled "Putin's" wrong.

I'd suggest many there who seek to avoid life under the CCP, find safer quarters abroad = cut deals while you can and thrive elsewhere.

And people will rightly ignore your advice that they should submit to a totalitarian dictatorship.

HopeSpringsEternalToday 06:34 pm JST

FDI is GONE, those are the cards

FDI has literally nothing to do with sovereignty. But since you mentioned it, FDI into Taiwan is doing fine.

FDI into China, however, is at 30-year lows. You see, aggressive, totalitarian dictatorships do not make good investment destinations.

https://www.straitstimes.com/business/foreign-direct-investment-to-china-slumps-to-30-year-low

JJEToday 02:57 pm JST

Important to observe Taiwan province has zero UN-recognition.

How many times have you tried this tired line now? I think you need some new material: the old stuff is very, very stale.

FosToday 04:46 pm JST

Funny how those US mercenaries, with less than two months to go, and being as irrelevant as ever, (see Austin, Blinken) trying hard to get a paycheck on those hedge funds boardroom, approving all sorts of arms orders.

Trump approved more arms sales to Taiwan than Biden. And with the amount of China hawks in his cabinet, you can bet those sales will continue.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_US_arms_sales_to_Taiwan#DonaldTrump(2017-01-20_%E2%80%93_2021-01-20)

deanzaZZRToday 04:47 pm JST

Too funny how the same sorry crew of China haters predictably bark at the predictable 'China bad' red meat article.

We're simply telling people the truth about China, in contrast to the sorry crew of CCP bootlickers that promote their brutal, totalitarian dystopia.

Also backed these days by the Kremlin mouthpieces... at least until Xi steals Russia's far East.

HopeSpringsEternalToday 05:41 pm JST

Boils down to practicality, Taiwan retaining status quo in perpetuity is simply not in the cards

And which cards are these exactly? Ones that you just made up?

WoodyLeeToday 07:55 pm JST

Several nations did it and still does as we read this article, google it.

No idea what this means.

WoodyLeeToday 07:46 pm JST

Peace is far better than any democracy

"Peace" via submission to a brutal, totalitarian system like the CCP is better than any democracy? I highly doubt many would agree with you.

Such as the vast majority of Taiwanese who oppose rule by the CCP; the 2 million or so who marched for their rights in Hong Kong; Ukrainians fighting Putin's invading hordes; the entirety of Central and Eastern Europe during the fall of communism in the 80s/90s; those who fought against Naziism and Fascism; those currently protesting against authoritarian backsliding in places like Georgia, etc., etc., etc...

HopeSpringsEternalToday 05:43 pm JST

re-unification with some autonomy.

The PRC has never ruled Taiwan so it could not be a "re-unification" if the PRC were in charge. If the PRC took Taiwan without the consent of the Taiwanese people (which they will never give), that would be an illegal annexation.

Of course, if the two countries became one under the rule of the ROC (Taiwan), it would be a re-unification, as the ROC used to rule the mainland too. As Lai Ching-te has stated, the "motherland" of anyone on the mainland over 75 is likely the ROC, as it could not be the PRC.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/07/asia/taiwan-china-motherland-history-hnk-intl/index.html

“Therefore, in terms of age, it is absolutely impossible for the People’s Republic of China to become the motherland of the people of the Republic of China. On the contrary, the Republic of China may actually be the motherland of citizens of the People’s Republic of China who are over 75 years old.”

FosToday 03:55 pm JST

Again, instead of dialogue and diplomacy the usual warmongering from a departing US administration

Taiwan has consistently offered dialog to the PRC to resolve their difference, but the PRC has refused unless Taiwan accepts that it's part of the PRC: a claim that is clearly nonsense.

As ever, the problem here is China.

ZaphodToday 05:45 pm JST

A country that the US does not recognize as a country?? How about putting the horse in front of the cart instead of behind it?

That is because China has said it would invade if Taiwan declares "official" independence (despite it already being de facto independent). Absent that threat, Taiwan would update its constitution in a heartbeat, and be fully recognized as the country that it has long been.

As ever, the problem here is China.

quercetumToday 07:19 pm JST

The CCP wins.

Funny how so many Chinese people want to escape this CCP "winner" any way they can, literally risking their lives to cross places like the Darien Gap, to enter such a "loser" as the US.

Funny how so many Hong Kongers fleeing the CCP's brutal crackdown chose free Taiwan as their destination of sanctuary.

Funny how you don't see Taiwanese, Americans, or more-or-less anyone else other than North Koreans risking their lives to enter Xi's utopian CCP paradise.

Clearly, many people, including your compatriots, do not share your love of the Emperor.

quercetumToday 06:12 pm JST

Its Simple. Taiwan is a province and not a country. If it were, the other countries would have included Taiwan.

Laughably false logic. The conclusion does not follow from the premise.

If Taiwan were a province of the PRC, it wouldn't have its own government, territory, political system, military, international relations, currency, internet and calling code, etc.

deanzaZZRToday 04:33 pm JST

PRC forces sweep across all of China

...never once ruling Taiwan, which eventually flourished into a separate, thriving, modern democracy.

And your history grades?

China representation in the UN corrected with UN Resolution 2758 in 1971.

Which said precisely nothing about Taiwan, as above.

Again, your reading comprehension appears to be the issue here.

FosToday 04:38 pm JST

Truth of the matter is the US administration

And here we are again with you attempting to blame the US for everything. The article says nothing about the US, and the US isn't even in the CPTPP.

deanzaZZRToday 03:45 pm JST

So your assertion is that the Republic of China was a permanent member of the UN Security Council based solely on ruling about 10 million Chinese post WW2 living on the island of Taiwan with a land mass about the same size as the USA state of Maryland?

No.

Because the PRC didn't even exist in 1945, when the ROC was a founding member of the UN, as I said.

I am afraid to see your grade in your Philosophy Logic course.

Just like your grade in reading comprehension.

deanzaZZRToday 01:26 pm JST

Wait, when the Taipei government sat on the UN Security Council behind a name plate that read 'China' it represented all of China but now that the legitimate Beijing government sits on the UN Security Council behind a name plate that reads 'China' it does not include the province of Taiwan? That's some twisted logic, friends.

The usual false logic, and half-truths, I see. No matter how many times you try this line, Taiwan is not a province of the PRC.

Again, you know all the below, but for the benefit of others who may not:

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When the ROC originally joined the UN as a founding member in 1945, the PRC didn't even exist, and there was only "one country." When UN recognition switched to the PRC in 1971 there had been a split following the civil war, so there were two claimants to "China" at that time (but not now).

Resolution 2758, which implemented the switch, did not include Taiwan. Japan, the US, the EU and many others fully understand this fact, and do not endorse the PRC's fallacious claims.

https://en.mofa.gov.tw/News_Content.aspx?n=1329&sms=272&s=118344

Taiwan should unquestionably be allowed into this pact: it would be a net positive for all members.

Malaysia and Singapore (which are, I believe, the two outliers that do not agree) should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves.

HopeSpringsEternalToday 01:10 pm JST

Economic reality = CHINA Market is FAR LARGER

Doesn't matter. China is nowhere near to fulfilling the terms, due to its economic aggression, stealing, forced labor, market manipulation, subsidies, environmental degradation, etc.

China won't be joining any time soon under the CCP.

Let's step into "Kremlin Fantasy Land" for a moment, and imagine that its claims are actually true...

Would that make Putin's invasion of Ukraine okay? Would that make the murder/rape/torture of Ukrainian people okay? Would that make the child abductions okay? Would that make the destruction of homes, businesses and infrastructure okay?

Would all that suddenly become acceptable under international law, and give Russia carte blanche to ignore the Geneva Convention? Of course not.

Whichever way you look at it, Putin's actions are wrong and he bears full responsibility.

JJEToday 10:59 am JST

Refusing to address the underpinning causes of the conflict, or admit they exist at all, doesn't change the fact they do.

Pushing erroneous claims and attempting to portray them as "underpinning causes of the conflict" doesn't change the fact that they are erroneous.

falseflagsteveToday 10:05 am JST

Im not pro Putin. Because I comment on the facts rather than wishful thinking some decide I am pro this war. In fact I’m a pacifist and want this and all wars to end.

And what if this war were to end on the aggressor's terms, with Ukraine losing sovereignty and its people subjugated under Moscow's sway? Would that be acceptable to you?

It certainly would not be to me. I believe that wanton aggression must be forcefully stopped, lest the aggressors continue their rampage -- and the lessons of history suggest that they will: c.f. the Munich Agreement, 2014 Crimea annexation, etc.

You are obviously entitled to hold any opinion you choose, but to me, the "best" outcome for a pacifist would be for the aggressor to be stopped, pay reparations, and face justice. The costs for any other would-be aggressors would then hopefully be so great that they are deterred, and future wars averted.

dobre vam zajebavaToday 09:53 am JST

Go back in 2014 and start with reasons why this conflict started.

BurgerlandToday 09:54 am JST

Washington / Brussels generated misinformation.

The "provocations" asserted by Russia -- and amplified daily by the pro-Kremlin posters on JT -- are utterly false. They are a contemptible fig-leaf to try to mask Putin's war of conquest and vanity.

I say again, this war -- not "special military operation" -- is the fault of Putin, and Putin alone.

Kusatsu (Gunma Prefecture) is number one for me. Manza, which is close by, is also fantastic.

Gero and Yugawara are favorites too.

All in flagrant contravention of the Geneva Convention, which prohibits attacks on civilian infrastructure.

Yet more war crimes to add to Putin's collection. He is trying to outdo his hero, Stalin, in the savagery stakes.

falseflagsteveToday 08:43 am JST

Ukraine and the West were warned of the repercussions of using long range weapons from the West.

Ukraine is defending itself from a unilateral, unprovoked, illegal war of conquest by a murderous dictatorship that denies its sovereign right to exist. It may use weapons from the West, or anywhere else to repel the invaders.

The pro-Kremlin mob will try to gaslight every day on here, as they always do, but the blame for all this lies with Putin, and Putin alone.

リッチToday 07:17 am JST

the government is spending more and more with the west on weapons that they will never use.

This isn't a weapons deal: it's a cross-service agreement.

And I hope the weapons that are made are never used. That means their deterrence effect was sufficient to prevent a devastating, actual war.

deanzaZZRToday 01:52 pm JST

Add in the billions of dollars invested in the Mainland by Taiwanese

Investment that has now fallen to a thirty-year low, due largely to Xi's aggressive policies and mismanagement of China's economy.

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/5068348

Taiwan is wisely diversifying away from the totalitarian monster next door.

LegrandeToday 01:58 pm JST

Paranoid much? If everyone followed this neurotic mindset the earth would be reduced to ashes in seconds.

It's not being "paranoid" or "neurotic" when the PRC government's official policy is to annex Taiwan, including via the use of force.

FosToday 11:42 am JST

How many wars China has fought in the last 40 years?

How many countries are threatening to annex Taiwan by force?

One - China.

deanzaZZRToday 10:28 am JST

Fact check:

This quote is lifted directly from the Shanghai Communique. Your effort to obfuscate seems desperate.

Per OssanAmerica's post, you're still twisting things, as you don't embolden the "acknowledges" part. I cover all this above.

Constitution of the Republic of China which has never given up claims to the whole territory of China

And I cover this above: the reason is the PRC's threat of invasion.

The PRC/China now serves that role at the UN representing all of China which includes the island of Taiwan.

No, it doesn't include Taiwan. Again, we've covered this many times.

Resolution 2758 does not mention Taiwan at all, but is nevertheless used by the PRC to fallaciously assert ownership. The EU has even recently confirmed its support for Taiwan, and denounced the PRC's fallacy.

https://en.mofa.gov.tw/News_Content.aspx?n=1329&sms=272&s=118344

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So, here is a real fact check:

The PRC claims Taiwan, and will not renounce the use of force to annex it.

Taiwan does not claim mainland China, and is not threatening the PRC.

The US, Japan, EU, and many others acknowledge the PRC's position regarding Taiwan, but don't endorse it.

ChabbawangaToday 10:16 am JST

Will there be a war over Taiwan?

The US is certainly doing their best to provoke ok.

The US isn't the one threatening to annex Taiwan by force.

That would be China.

deanzaZZRToday 08:21 am JST

That is an interesting way to put it now Uncle Sam because back in 1972 you signed off on a document with this language.

   The U.S. side declared: The United States acknowledges that all Chinese on either side of the Taiwan Strait maintain there is but one China and that Taiwan is a part of China.

You already know all the below, and I realize that you are just posting the usual misleading stuff you always do, but for the benefit of others who want to know the truth, here it is:

The Shanghai Communiqué recognized that both the ROC and PRC claimed the entirety of "China" at that time. And that was the situation. It does not, and never did, mean that the US believes that Taiwan is part of the PRC.

And now, over fifty years later, the situation has changed. Taiwan's government no longer lays claim to the mainland, as it has stated many times:

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https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2024/10/11/2003825108

“And the Republic of China and the People’s Republic of China [PRC] are not subordinate to each other.”

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And the US still does not support the PRC's position: it only acknowledges that the PRC holds that position.

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https://www.us-taiwan.org/resources/faq-the-united-states-one-china-policy-is-not-the-same-as-the-prc-one-china-principle/

The United States’ “One China Policy” does not recognize Taiwan as part of the PRC.

The U.S. has never recognized Taiwan as a part of the PRC. The U.S. merely acknowledges that the PRC holds the position that Taiwan is part of the PRC.

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(And if you're going to try the usual "well, why doesn't Taiwan change its constitution?" line, it's because Xi has said he would invade if that happens. It's not worth updating a piece of paper and risking war when you already have independence.)

FosToday 06:12 pm JST

Fantasy world, and sheer hypocrisy, typical of Washington lawmakers. US has almost 800 military bases...

FosToday 06:20 pm JST

In that time, the the US administration...

The article is about Japan and China, not the US. You can keep trying to blame the US for everything if you wish, but you will just look desperate.