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The United States treads on Beijing’s red line and continues its military supply policy in Taiwan. This is the third supply in three years. Exactly fifty years have passed since US President Richard Nixon’s visit to China. That meeting between Nixon and Mao Dse Dong paved the way for stable diplomatic relations. Since then, one of the crucial issues has been the status of Taiwan.
The administration led by Joe Biden, however, pretends to forget the past and aims to create tension between the two sides of China. It is yet another demonstration that Washington uses diplomatic agreements only when it is clearly convenient.
Thus, the Beijing government is on alert. In recent weeks, a delegation of former US officials led by Admiral Michael Glenn Mullen has arrived in Taipei. A clear sign of support for Taiwan that Beijing has described as “useless”. Now, China is contesting the US State Department’s decision to authorize the supply of military equipment to Taiwan for $ 95 million.
For Beijing, arms sales to Taipei “seriously undermine the nation’s sovereignty, interests and development”. Beijing’s position was illustrated by Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian, according to which US assistance in Taiwan will end up damaging the bilateral China-US relationship and jeopardizing stability in the Strait. The spokesman thus urged Washington to cease trade with the island and to honor the commitments set out in the three joint China-US communiques.
What joint press releases is Zhao talking about? The reference is to the diplomatic correspondence that dates back to the time of Nixon’s visit to Beijing in 1972. In those joint communiques, which cover the period from 1972 to the early 1980s, the issue of the island’s sovereignty was first of all addressed of Taiwan.
In the Shanghai communiqué, issued at the end of Nixon’s visit, Beijing called the Taiwan question “crucial” to normalize relations with the United States. For China, Taiwan is “a province” and its “liberation” is an internal issue of China on which no interference is allowed.
In the same document, the United States recognized, however, that “all Chinese on both sides of the Taiwan Strait believe that there is only one China and that Taiwan is part of China and reaffirms its interest in a” peaceful resolution. ”
“The ultimate goal,” reads the February 1972 communiqué, is the withdrawal of all US forces and military installations from the island. The second joint statement dates back to 15 December 1978, the US “recognizes the government of the People’s Republic of China as the only legal government of China”. In this context, however, “the people of the United States will maintain commercial, cultural and other unofficial relations with the people of Taiwan”.
The issue of arms sales to Taiwan is the main theme of thethird joint communiqué between China and the United States, that of August 17,1982, which starts from the failure to resolve the issue of arms sales to Taiwan, due to “different positions “of Beijing and Washington.
This is the diplomatic context from which one should start.
Meanwhile, the United States continues its campaign to strengthen Taiwan’s military. With the decision of the US State Department to sell weapons to Taiwan, the line of the Taiwan relations act, with which Washington ensures that military items and services are made available to Taiwan to maintain a sufficient self-defense capacity, are continued.
The new military aid package would include training, planning, deployment and maintenance services for the Island’s Patriot air defense systems, the Pentagon has notified Congress.
“This proposed sale serves the national, economic and security interests of the United States by supporting the beneficiary’s efforts to modernize its military and maintain credible defensive capability,” the Pentagon statement said referring to Taiwan.
The United States, under the Taiwan relations act, feels bound by law to provide defense assistance to Taiwan, despite the absence of formal diplomatic relations between Washington and Taipei. This is the third military aid package announced by President Joe Biden’s administration to benefit the Island.
Same script as with Ukraine. Taiwans only advantage is that its an island and they don’t genocide their fellow Chinese.
But Taiwan’s worst nightmare is that half of its population is absolutely pro-China. They aren’t like the ukrops that sell themselves for a couple of hrivnias. These are hans and will fight to the end to remove the US puppets from power.
It’s really scary, because these “pro-China” actually include people who don’t advocate total confrontation with China.The ruling party hates those people, and they need to get votes through the “anti-China” slogan. It is the same script as with Ukraine. As long as they don’t sanction Russia , it will become a “pro-Russia”.
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let’s be clear on this … “pro-china”, does not mean pro-communist china … taiwan considers itself to be China, and the continental china under communist regime is just a temporary setup for them…
Chinese have been known for 1000’s of years to genocide their felllow Chinese though
Can you spell B U L L S H I T?
What a stupid comment. Were in 2022 not 1000bc, fucken morron!
Same with the europeans. With the aggravating conditions that they have genocided other populations too.
Or the americans who were conditions by jews to deny their own race.
Most pathedic comment of this post by an imperial mile,completely,certainly soros/cia p00f!
factcheck: for more than 20 centuries, the feudal china had been united and prosperous during half of them, while the west is splitted forever since the fall of rome.
Yes, same scenario, set up, so on.
The Yids can’t pose as Asians , this is the main advantage.
US criminal agenda is endless wars and the ultimate destruction of China and the planet. Things are not working out in Ukraine so the Anglo racists have to start another fratricidal war. Taiwan will be destroyed like Ukraine.
Don’t think so. Taiwan over time has become another puppet regime of the US. But the people there don’t want to align themselves with the US. They would rather choose to be friendly with China. If China decides to retake Taiwan they only have to take out the government. For the loyal army units they would have to create some sort of distraction and wear them out. Best case scenario they would peacefully surrender. But that is most likely not on the horizon. With US in fast decline now maybe it is just a matter of time that Taiwan will fold too and negotiate a special status for their island inside the Chinese political system. China only seeks control of Taiwan. They don’t need their people or the land or their natural resources. Taiwan is a key manufacturer of electronics which US is very dependent on. To have that as leverage, China could hurt the US very seriously if they had too, like for sanctioning China or the constant spread of false and fake news about China.
US criminal agenda is endless wars and the ultimate destruction of China and the planet. Things are not working out in Ukraine so the Anglo racists have to start another fratricidal war. Taiwan will be destroyed like Ukraine.
the yankfascists and their european sluts only pick on smaller countries,they twist other weaker countries and threaten them at the u.n the world yes world,the west is not the whole world are sick and tired of these degenerates and their zio euro slavesperhaps they would like to take on north korea,which they raised to the ground killing millions and using chemical weapons,the dprk are real soldiers and the hollywood heroes would run away pissing themselves if they took on a
Unlike Russia, China will Blitzkrieg Taiwan. They are studying the tactics and foreign reactions to such events.
Formosa is a small island and can not be resupplied as NATO vultures did in Ukraine. Also if PLA takes out the power grid and 7 air bases, Taiwan is finished.
They seem to be very reluctant to use their military so at best we can say it is an unknow. Based on the few border skirmishes with India, I am not impressed.
That is true, the PLA has not fought even a limited war since the Vietnam invasion of 1979, but keep in mind that China has over 1.4 billion people against 23 million in Taiwan. However, the Chinese will avoid a war so as not to kill fellow Han. But Taiwan is unfinished business for the PRC and eventually one way or another, it will be reintegrated. Taiwan like Ukraine is western patsy aimed as a tool to destroy China, but that is a idiotic fantasy. China is now too big to be sent back to the opium colonial era. The PLA is being vastly modernized and is learning fast from the Ukraine conflict. If Russia fails in Ukraine, which is not likely, then China knows that it will be the next NATO target as the US and its lapdogs have openly stated today. The War in Ukraine is now linked to China’s survival too and it will not let Russia down as is quite obvious now.
The same has been said for over 70 years and still the Commies are afraid of attacking Taiwan.
Same was said about Russia and today Ukraine is in ruins.
Russia is the laughing stock of the world right now.
To the brainless shite piles as you..maybe
Your a treacherous american sponsored scum.
It only cares about its own cakewhole with italiano designer strap on! (soros) These minions have no place in society,they would end up really butt hurt!
Your the laughing stock of the world,as if your tranny inspired degenerate pieces of sht got what it takes to earn the respect of only chicken hearted cowards ye sloth!
Commies were good enough to ram it right up your strongest yankees ass of yesteryears, no ifs not buts,and they will absolutely wipe the floor off you homosexual sodomised fully owned by trannys of this centurys without question,the truth is you are too old,vile and weak today!
The West would also want to isolate China but it cannot wage a war in 2 fronts. This would really hammer their economies and would seal China-Russian partnership. Perhaps a proxy will be used to antagonize it. Not much can be done by Taiwan with its several islands so it will need to creatively open fronts and forward positions not normally available.
taiwan is part of china like tibet and hong kong,not like mexico,hawai alaska,the yanks think they own the world and their depraved poodles do their dirty work.how has such a depraved entity without culture or moral back bone managed to survive so long? they have destroyed and persecuted the true americans the native peoples and the whole of latin america they should bug off out of cuba and guantanamo bay also and go to hell
U been eating too much xi poo poo?
There are whispers of rumors of China’s rage over the biolabs and the linkage to covid-19 and as Biden encourages conventional wars with bizarre rules anything can happen this may be an unintended consequence of the Russia conflict and there could be a security pact including more nations as a consequence. Peace in Ukraine would probably result in the complete humiliation of the western forces and an inability to remain in power in Ukraine.
China and Russia should start donating weapons to the rest of NATO enemies, like Iran, Cuba and Venezuela and NK.
Although many weapons are sold, none of them can be used to stop the enemy. It is just that the ruling party can use it as policy propaganda.
What Taiwan really needs are weapons that stop the enemy when they want to cross the strait, not weapons that fight in the city after the enemy has crossed the strait. However, most of the weapons acquired in recent years are the latter.
Taiwan should not spend its taxpayers money on weapons.
These weapons are useless. Its just a kickback scheme for the local comprador leadership.
Time for China to grow a pair and face up to the Yanks, like Russia have done.
When it is delivered, China should immediately destroy it with missiles. The Evil Empire, USA, can’t say anything because they support isrealhell doing the same in Syria
It would be fun if China started using the same logic as Israel. When the yankees starts barking, they can just answer “we followed in Israel’s footsteps”.
NATO regimes occupied many countries including Palestine, Syria, Libya, Iraq, South Korea, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia while Ukraine and Georgia were on the line. The NATO regimes are brutal regimes to take countries by force. I was wonder, why Russia does not act.
The longer China waits, the more heavy weapons they will have to face. In the long run it is better to move while they are in a dominant military position than wait until they’re up against long range missile defense systems. Refuse to be subjugated and FOREVER subservient to the Pigs in Davos China: move when YOU decide.
You assume that US is selling them something of any military advantage? Think again. US produces mostly offensive weapons. They have no real defense. Everything they sell to Taiwan can’t be that good for defending themselves. But that is anyway not what China has in mind. They will diminish US influence in Asia and start from there. I think they will force a diplomatic reunification by giving them a special status if they accept to be governed by China. China mostly wants to have influence on Taiwan’s exports as they could become very important tools against all so called western countries that always had bullied and intimidated the rest of the world, especially China and Russia.
Think Mexico, Cuba and Venezuela is in need if some military upgrades.
amerikans are evil inferior nazis
Can’t wait for the empire of lies to impose sanctions on China….That will be funny.
China just needs to wait a few more years. Once the US Empire Collapses, Taiwan will fall in line. The key to winning a war with Taiwan, is not military, but ECONOMIC. An island can be blockaded with sufficient military resources.
US empire predicts to collapse in less than 10 years by many—Fredericj Jameson the Marxist, Dimitri Orlov, Johan Galtung—famous peace studies scholar—mathenetician and sociologist….when the puritan sleazy hillbilly empire implodes their colonies will also—Israel EU, UK, USA will lose their colonies and Taiwan will integrate with China—due to the distorted national character of the anglo automaton, numbed by an impoverished language, monolingual incompetent xenophobic terrified their sheeple are required to deny reality