"We do not support Taiwan independence.”
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Well shit.
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@George-K , you title this thread "We do not support Taiwan independence" as if it is new. That's par for the USA's "One China" policy since 1972.
@Axtremus said in "We do not support Taiwan independence.”:
@George-K , you title this thread "We do not support Taiwan independence" as if it is new. That's par for the USA's "One China" policy since 1972.
Ax, you posted your reply without understanding Mik's.
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I've never understood the disconnect between the rhetoric of the "One China" policy and the "We'll sell F-16s to Taiwan" reality.
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I've never understood the disconnect between the rhetoric of the "One China" policy and the "We'll sell F-16s to Taiwan" reality.
@George-K said in "We do not support Taiwan independence.”:
I've never understood the disconnect between the rhetoric of the "One China" policy and the "We'll sell F-16s to Taiwan" reality.
Reminiscent of "we won't let Ukraine fall" vs "we won't do more than is necessary to keep it upright".
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Agreed. It reminds me of Churchill’s comment about British policy re Ireland prior to independence:
Something like:
‘There’s something to be said for smashing them to bits, there’s something to be said for giving them everything they want. But there’s nothing to be said for our current policy’.
I think the reality is Nixon set us on a path to recognizing the CCP as the victor in the civil war (and hence the sovereign of all of pre-war china) but chose to ease into it to make it more palatable for public opinion and the Taiwanese.
