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The USA has guaranteed the demise of Taiwan by making it the next target of a global war. Everyone knows that China is not going back on a territory that is theirs by international treaties, and the US has practically declared they will fight to separate Taiwan from China. The only thing that remains for Taiwanese companies is to move from homeland into other countries as a way to survive. Actually, this is probably what the US gov wanted in the first place, so they destroyed another competitor.

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>Everyone knows that China is not going back on a territory that is theirs by international treaties

When you said China, which China are we talking about?. the fact is, Taiwan and China is still in a Civil War.

    The United States did not explicitly state the sovereign status of Taiwan in the three US-PRC Joint Communiqués of 1972, 1979, and 1982.

    The United States "acknowledged" the "One China" position of both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

    U.S. policy has not recognized the PRC's sovereignty over Taiwan;

    U.S. policy has not recognized Taiwan as a sovereign country; and

    U.S. policy has considered Taiwan's status as unsettled.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_China#United_States_policy

"that is theirs by international treaties"

The PRC has never, not even for a single day, controlled Taiwan, Kinmen, Matsu, etc.

The continued existence of the ROC (1912-present) truly causes tankies to lose their minds.

To make Taiwan less critical makes it less attractive as a target - China won't be able to damage the US so much by taking Taiwan. It will be harder for China to force other people to accept their action.

This doesn't make Taiwan less critical for China. They will continue to defend Taiwan as part of China for the foreseeable future.

Not less critical but you see if they steal something the rest of the world needs then they can hold the world to ransom but if the rest of the world has alternatives then they can't. That has to change their calculations about when and how they will make a move.

Why do you think Taiwan reuniting with China would steal anything from the rest of the world? Nothing in Taiwan is owned by the rest of the world, Taiwan itself owns what they have. And the Chinese government will not stop selling what Taiwan produces.

Steal from Taiwan. And once you control a resource you can control access to it based on who pleases you the most.

So is the US stealing from Texas, Alaska, or Hawaii?

Oh, I see, you're trying to excuse the Chinese for being arseholes now because someone else did something in the past. It's irrelevant because it's not in the interests of the rest of the world for Taiwan to be gobbled up.

If the US did then it is fine and good. It will be alright for Taiwan.

This is the most CCP comment I’ve read in years. Okay, Xi

This is a logical assessment of the situation, it doesn't matter you don't like it.

It would only be logical if Chinese intent also matched its capabilities, which remains to be seen.

Anyone can talk a big game.

Only logical if you accept the CCP as a legitimate government, which barely any politician in Europe, the USA and the rest of the west does (privately).

Not only CPC is a legitimate government, but it is effectively supported by the West. Do you mean that practically all governments of the world have agreements and deals with an illegitimate entity? They would be otherwise collectively gilt of making ilegal dealings.

Deals are made out of practicality. For instance the US did deals with Osama Bin Laden once upon a time. Doesn’t mean anyone wants them taking over a country that has a democracy. If ROC wanted to join China, let them vote to elect the CPC, eh?

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