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Significant defeat for the CCP who were hoping for a thawing in relations between Taiwan and China, as a result of potential Kuomintang victory.
International Taiwanese nationalist DPP win third term in office.
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Significant defeat for the CCP who were hoping for a thawing in relations between Taiwan and China, as a result of potential Kuomintang victory.
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Well, Xi knows he will have to make his move before Trump is elected. Now is ripe with Secretary of defense texting orders from the hospital and China Joe being dementia hitler
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China is gonna China really soon. It is quite scary we have so many boiling points globally in 2023-24. Wars, potential wars, culture wars, religious wars, ethnic cleansing, political wars, mass immigrations, homelessness and poverty, drug pandemics......if there was ever time for a reset....
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This. You'll be fucking happy or else
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There was been a huge scandal in the Chinese military recently exposing huge corruption. There was so much graft in their missiles department that they might not be military ready to actually wage any kind of war.
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Summary
- The DPP's William Lai is set to be Taiwan's next president, after his closest rival, the opposition Kuomintang, conceded defeat
- Lai has been labelled a troublemaker by China, who warned people against voting for him, while KMT had promised better ties with Beijing and peace in the Taiwan Strait
- A third party, the Taiwan People's Party, was on the ballot - but its leader has also now conceded to the DPP
- Taiwan is a democratic island that governs itself - but it is claimed by mainland China and has no international recognition as a country
- A total of 113 legislative seats are also being contested today
Sounds a little bit like the Ukraine situation.
Sorry, douchebags, when you give a country electoral autonomy, you don't get to control who they elect.
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Missed this thread, think this is an interesting one.
Douchebags like Russia and China don't get to dictate who people elect once autonomy has been given.
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I hadn’t seen that, great to hear. Just read a little into it, seems like quite a big deal. Seems like it was a pretty big purge of military top brass
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damn right.
that's our fucking job.
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Finland?
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Of all the things that Beijing is tone-deaf about, the biggest one has to be their inability to comprehend that the more threats they make, the more resolved the Taiwanese voters become against them.
www.cbsnews.com
China calls Taiwan's 2024 election a choice between peace and war. Here's what to know.
Taiwan is set to pick a new president in an election China says will see the democratically governed, U.S.-allied island choose between peace, and "war and decline."
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Yup. There reports that in one missile station inspection, the fuel was swapped out with water.
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Of all the things that Beijing is tone-deaf about, the biggest one has to be their inability to comprehend that the more threats they make, the more resolved the Taiwanese voters become against them.
China calls Taiwan's 2024 election a choice between peace and war. Here's what to know.
Taiwan is set to pick a new president in an election China says will see the democratically governed, U.S.-allied island choose between peace, and "war and decline."
These dumb ass CCP people - "Don't worry, it will be one country two systems." And "You better elect who we want you to elect!"
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This is basically how China functions for everything, corners are always cut, people just don’t think it extends to the military because of how secretive it is.
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i don't think anyone thinks of the chinese military as worth too much.
they're basically at the zerg rush level of military competence.
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U.S. does not support Taiwan independence, Biden says
By Steve Holland, Nandita Bose and Trevor HunnicuttWASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Saturday the United States does not support the independence of Taiwan, after Taiwanese voters rebuffed China and gave the ruling party a third presidential term.
Earlier in the day, the Taiwanese ruling Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) presidential candidate Lai Ching-te came to power, strongly rejecting Chinese pressure to spurn him, and pledged both to stand up to Beijing and seek talks.
"We do not support independence..." Biden said, when asked for reaction to Saturday's elections.
Hours ahead of the polls opening, Washington had warned "it would be unacceptable" for "any" country to interfere in the election.
Taiwan, a neighbouring island China claims as its own, has been a democratic success story since holding its first direct presidential election in 1996, the culmination of decades of struggle against authoritarian rule and martial law.
The United States is Taiwan's most important international backer and arms supplier despite the lack of formal diplomatic ties with the island.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken congratulated Lai Ching-te on his victory and said the United States "is committed to maintaining cross-strait peace and stability, and the peaceful resolution of differences, free from coercion and pressure."He said the U.S.looks forward to working with Lai and leaders of all parties in Taiwan to advance their "longstanding unofficial relationship, consistent with the U.S. one China policy."
The Biden administration has feared that the election, transition and new administration would escalate conflict with Beijing.
Biden has worked to smooth relations with China, including agreeing to talk through differences on security matters at a California summit with President Xi Jinping in November.
Taiwan's government expects China to attempt to put pressure on its incoming president after the vote, including staging military maneuvers near the island this spring, two senior government officials said. China has never renounced the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control.
In a show of support for the government, Biden plans to dispatch an unofficial delegation to the self-governed island, according to a senior Biden administration official.
The delegation is likely to include some former high-ranking American officials, according to the official, who said the names have not been finalized. Similar delegations have been sent to Taiwan in the past.
China was angered in 2016 when then-President-elect Donald Trump spoke by phone with President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan, the first such conversation between U.S. and Taiwan leaders since President Jimmy Carter switched diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China in 1979.
Reporting by Steve Holland, Nandita Bose and Trevor Hunnicutt in Washington; Editing by Diane Craft
https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-us-does-not-support-taiwan-independence-2024-01-13/
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China is not that stupid. The elections may have set back their plans for reunification but they're not going to throw everything away when they have time on their side. Put it this way. My parents live in Taiwan and they're from the old school generation which holds that the only good China is a nuked into radioactive cinders China. They're in no hurry to leave since they know China isn't going to try anything silly in their lifetime.
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Good, let China sit there and throw a tantrum like a cranky baby.
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Disappointed. Not that I expect us to get in a scuffle here. Been to Taiwan four times and was engaged to a girl from there. Wa ai nee Taiwan.. Wa ai neeU.S. does not support Taiwan independence, Biden says
By Steve Holland, Nandita Bose and Trevor Hunnicutt
WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Saturday the United States does not support the independence of Taiwan, after Taiwanese voters rebuffed China and gave the ruling party a third presidential term.
Earlier in the day, the Taiwanese ruling Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) presidential candidate Lai Ching-te came to power, strongly rejecting Chinese pressure to spurn him, and pledged both to stand up to Beijing and seek talks.
"We do not support independence..." Biden said, when asked for reaction to Saturday's elections.
Hours ahead of the polls opening, Washington had warned "it would be unacceptable" for "any" country to interfere in the election.
Taiwan, a neighbouring island China claims as its own, has been a democratic success story since holding its first direct presidential election in 1996, the culmination of decades of struggle against authoritarian rule and martial law.
The United States is Taiwan's most important international backer and arms supplier despite the lack of formal diplomatic ties with the island.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken congratulated Lai Ching-te on his victory and said the United States "is committed to maintaining cross-strait peace and stability, and the peaceful resolution of differences, free from coercion and pressure."He said the U.S.looks forward to working with Lai and leaders of all parties in Taiwan to advance their "longstanding unofficial relationship, consistent with the U.S. one China policy."
The Biden administration has feared that the election, transition and new administration would escalate conflict with Beijing.
Biden has worked to smooth relations with China, including agreeing to talk through differences on security matters at a California summit with President Xi Jinping in November.
Taiwan's government expects China to attempt to put pressure on its incoming president after the vote, including staging military maneuvers near the island this spring, two senior government officials said. China has never renounced the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control.
In a show of support for the government, Biden plans to dispatch an unofficial delegation to the self-governed island, according to a senior Biden administration official.
The delegation is likely to include some former high-ranking American officials, according to the official, who said the names have not been finalized. Similar delegations have been sent to Taiwan in the past.
China was angered in 2016 when then-President-elect Donald Trump spoke by phone with President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan, the first such conversation between U.S. and Taiwan leaders since President Jimmy Carter switched diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China in 1979.
Reporting by Steve Holland, Nandita Bose and Trevor Hunnicutt in Washington; Editing by Diane Craft
https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-us-does-not-support-taiwan-independence-2024-01-13/
