Taiwan asserted its sovereignty Saturday after Donald Trump warned against Taiwanese self-determination following the American leader’s two-day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing.
Taiwan “is a sovereign and independent democratic nation, and is not subordinate to the People’s Republic of China,” Taiwan’s foreign ministry said in a statement.
The ministry’s remarks come as a swift rebuke against Trump, who said Friday that he was “not looking to have somebody go independent” when asked about whether the U.S. would come to Taiwan’s rescue in the event of an invasion by China.
You can’t just bully weaker Island nations near your coast just because their’s a history of political bad blood.
Cuba would enter the chat, but they have no electricity to log in with, because of the recent escalation of the US bullying them.
Cool so we agree that PRC and USA are both atrociously vile countries that shouldn’t be emulated? Right? Right??
Every country still trying to do colonialism and oppression in 2026 is vile and atrocious. That’s not even a real question.
What is it with Lemmy and the fucking purity tests? Folks all looking for some kind of a gotcha moment.
Oh sorry, this place is just so flooded with tankies that most of the time I see a post like that it’s because they’re about to start singing the PRC’s praises. It’s actually insane.
According to the article that has been posted a million times on Lemmy over the last week, they are the fastest growing solar market right now.
Yeah. But don’t worry because Biden banned importation of Chinese solar panels in his last month in office. I guess there were some more important things he should have done on his way out but at least we can sleep sound knowing that Chinese solar panels won’t harm us.
I don’t like the situation but that’s not what it is. It’s a civil war that never ended.
Is Korea a civil war that ended? How about the confederates in the US? The Maori in New Zealand? What’s would you say about Yugoslavia?
I think a lot of people see a difference between groups prancing about saying words, and the pragmatic situation.
I’m not saying anything about the ideal outcome for any of those situations I’ve listed. Just that they’ve been stable for long enough they fit a definition of “ended”, even if over time that situation does change a little and that internal civil wars have a habit of forming new nations even while some groups hold onto the past
The question is who gets to decide when the war is over. The answer: the belligerants. For decades they both said we are the real China, and we are at war. Taiwan (which is officially the Republic of China, which should illustrate the issue) has never said they are their own country.
And you should do some reading into what makes a country a country. Ciao.
Ahahaha. Fuck off. I’ve had plenty of friends from Taiwan where I’ve pointed out they were the Republic of China in their passport and I lived in China too so I’m far from ignorant on this. I’m just pointing out that you clearly have some biases. As do I to be fair but I didn’t give my personal position here, just pointed out that you’re pushing people in a slightly manipulative way in yours
China would ask “why not?” and “who’s gonna stop us?”
I you sre backed by strong nations than you are not weak