"So ... Who Still Dares To Support Taiwan (ROC)?" Topic
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| Cacique Caribe | 16 May 2017 12:36 p.m. PST |
Are there any allies left? Or is Taiwan basically all alone now and ready for plucking? Dan link
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 aegiscg47  | 16 May 2017 1:12 p.m. PST |
Even if they are alone, getting across the strait and sustaining an invasion is going to be pretty tough just by itself. China is working on sealift capacity and will more than likely be in a position to get enough brigades and supplies in the first lift to make serious inroads on the island in the next 5-10 years. However, I'm not sure if Japan, Australia, the U.K., etc., would stand around just letting it happen. Also, the U.S. has not abrogated it's responsibility to come to the aid of Taiwan as far as I know. |
| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 16 May 2017 1:27 p.m. PST |
Taiwan has always stood alone without international recognition of nationhood thanks to the official "One China" policy, but there's little chance China will take over the renegade province militarily because China much prefers the "soft power" approach of social and economic integration. Recent developments have shifted in China's favor in the region. Not only is Duterte's Philippines fully onboard with China, but Vietnam just expressed its desire to negotiate with China over their SCS disputes and S. Korea's new president is also more pro-China than his predecessor. China also plans to build a new "Silk Road" connecting Asia with Europe. The center of geopolitics may shift unless the Thucydides Trap (i.e., war with China for getting "too big for her britches") comes to pass. |
| MHoxie | 16 May 2017 2:40 p.m. PST |
"Gracefully surrender the things of youth: birds, clean air, tuna, Taiwan." |
| Old Wolfman | 18 May 2017 7:19 a.m. PST |
"And let not the sands of time get in your lunch." |
| Cacique Caribe | 18 May 2017 11:18 a.m. PST |
What the hell happened? Why a frickin' "SNIP" on part of my post? Hasn't Taiwan been deserted by most of the superpowers? Dan
PS. I guess I shouldn't be surprised with any censorship on the subject of China. After all, based on what we already get from our own media, they are our greatest ally and the last best hope for our future, right?
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