China Dictatorship (中国独裁统治)

7.1.1.1. One China policy (一个中国)

Taiwan is not a case of Separatism (分离主义, Taiwan 台湾, Xinjiang 新疆, Hong Kong 香港).

Taiwan is a completely separate country split due to civil war, long ago.

Almost every country, and all reasonably powerful countries, have diplomatic relations with Taiwan. They just don’t call them diplomatic relations to not piss off China so they can keep doing business.

The fact that most countries in the world does officially recognize Taiwan as a country is a joke, considering that the only thing keeping it afloat is the West’s military threat.

The West must not let China advance and take more territories. The more they take, the more they will want.

The West must protect China’s neighboring countries with military support and assurance.

The West must recognize Taiwan for what it is: a separate country, under threat of invasion, and in need of support.

If China’s claim to Taiwan is valid, then Taiwan also has an equally valid claim on China.

If China’s claim to Taiwan is valid, then so will its claim to any other country.

China, if you want to claim that Taiwan is a part of you, just grow some balls and invade them already. Or just stop this stupid joke.

Interesting quote from https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/07/taiwans-status-geopolitical-absurdity/593371/

Taiwan’s Status Is a Geopolitical Absurdity

And https://www.economist.com/asia/2017/02/16/americas-affirmation-of-the-one-china-policy-pleased-taiwan-too calls the One China policy a:

polite fiction

https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/62447/how-can-a-citizen-of-mainland-china-visit-taiwan/62466#comment178495_62466 hi, I want a "not VISA" to Taiwan. Thanks.

A well educated Mainlander who lived outside of China once told Ciro:

Taiwan should not be considered a country by China, because then it would not join back to China when China becomes a democracy, and would be used by the USA to do evil things as they did in the Middle East

Ciro was shocked. He considered that person highly intelligent and not fully brainwashed! Reply:

China claiming that Taiwan is a part of them only drives Taiwan closer to the West! Who wants to be part of a dictatorship unless you have been brainwashed by one?

They truly believe in The CCP exaggerates the threat of the West to keep in power (中共夸大了西方要继续掌权的威胁).

The US first caved in in 1972 with the Shanghai Communiqué.

News:

20201-01-10 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-09/u-s-to-end-restrictions-for-diplomats-regarding-taiwan-pompeo "U.S. Eases Restrictions on Contact With Taiwan in Jab at China"
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/taiwan-finalises-62-billion-purchase-of-f-16-jets-lockheed-13023336 "Taiwan finalises purchase of F-16 jets from Lockheed Martin". 90 jets, 8 billion USD.
2020-05-26 https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3940533 "Brazilian netizens fight back against CCP threats over Taiwan support"
- It should also be mentioned that this campaign could be being used/created by pro-Bolsanaro politicians as a way to detract focus from the COVID-19 epidemic that is reaching its deadliest phase in Brazil, e.g.: https://twitter.com/PauloMartins10/status/1265038976617984002
2020 Censorship of the 2019 Corona Virus (2019冠状病毒病早期迹象审查) and Taiwan:
- Taiwan was at a disadvantage during since it was not part of the World Health Organization and therefore could not get information as fast and influence decisions
  
  https://youtube.com/watch?v=fASh2_RzMuE WHO officer Bruce Alyward pretends not to hear question from Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) about the possibility of Taiwan’s membership in the WHO during a one-to-one Skype interview, reference.
2020-03-27 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-usa/u-s-increases-support-for-taiwan-in-recognition-battle-with-china-idUSKBN21E0B7 "U.S. President Donald Trump has signed into law an act that requires increased U.S. support for Taiwan internationally". But he didn’t recognize it as a country. Semi bullshit.
Taiwan Travel Act
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_Travel_Act
- https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/台灣旅行法

https://baike.baidu.com/item/台湾问题 on Baidu Baike (百度百科, Chinese censored Wikipedia clone)

Figure 82. The flag of Taiwan. Like most modern countries, Taiwan has one. Source.

Figure 83. Presidential Office Building of Taiwan (總統府_(臺灣) | 总统府 (台湾)). What is that flag we see on top of the central government building of Taiwan? It appears to have a blue rectangle on the top left! Source.

Figure 84. It is fun to see that some small random Latin American countries like Paraguay recognize only Taiwan and not Mainland China. Brave warriors!!! Source.

Figure 85. Washington DC TECRO. Instead of "embassies", Taiwan has "Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Offices" (TECROs) (台北经济文化代表处|臺北經濟文化代表處) in 2013. The just happen to issue VISAs and passports like embassies, but remember, they are not embassies. No flag you see? This is because idiotic countries don’t allow TECROs to have the Taiwan flag. In 2019 Senator Ted Cruz planned on passing a law to allow that though: https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3825086. Source.

Figure 86. 2014 cartoon by D Nguyen summarizing the Taiwan China relationship in history. Featuring: fatter and fatter Mao Zedong (毛泽东, 1954–1976) on first three cartoons to the left, likely Deng Xiaoping (邓小平, 1982-1987) to left on the last, and Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石, 蔣中正) to the right. TODO middle figure on last cartoon. TODO find proper attribution source, originally seen at: https://i.redd.it/xb5qr3asfns41.jpg.

Figure 87. Proposed reunification flag for Taiwan and China. Source.

Figure 88. West Taiwan (西台湾), also known as Mainland Taiwan (台湾大陆), also known as China. Not to be confused with Western Taiwan (台湾西部), which is a region of Taiwan. Source.