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.

  • Pat_Riot@lemmy.today
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    40
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    edit-2
    3 days ago

    Cuba would enter the chat, but they have no electricity to log in with, because of the recent escalation of the US bullying them.

      • Pat_Riot@lemmy.today
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        2 days ago

        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.

        • butwhyishischinabook@anarchist.nexus
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          edit-2
          2 days ago

          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.

    • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      3 days ago

      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.

      • bthest@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        edit-2
        2 days ago

        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.