TaiwanIsNotChina comments

Respectfully quite as clear as Japan wishes to make out.The Japanese treaty of Shimoda agreed to share the islands as both had claims. Northern to Russia and the south to Japan. 1855ish.

And this effects the Northern Territories how?

Also the Allie’s in WW2 agreed that Russia would enter the war on the Allie’s side and help defeat Japan. Hence the invasion northern China against Japan and the northern isles . So this was agreed with Churchill, Rosevelt, et al. And agreed to by president Truman to return the islands as per the 1905 treaty. I’m no fan of Russia at the moment but historical context about Japan is important. Apart from that Japan started a war, lost it and should accept the consequences of that. You don’t get to start a war and keep everything you want. The same goes for Russia and the Ukraine war.

Only a criminal country like Russia would think that walking away with new territories until the sun explodes is fair. It's literally 19th century behavior and Russia is still doing it.

And that’s the problem. If at least some of the politicians had listened, Ukraine wouldn’t be losing a whole generation of young men. The meaningless loss and distraction of lives is not just on Russia.

Why would you listen to a deceitful country like Russia that tells you there won't be an invasion and then the next day says IT'S GO TIME!!!

According to Xinhua news:

(Disclaimer in small print: the source might be slightly biased.)

Ya think?

Not sure what resources China is looking to steal from the Solomon Islands but without a naval base, it will be quite useless to them.

However, when compared to the death toll of civilians during the war in Iraq, which is orders of magnitude higher, it's clear that Russia is doing a far better job of minimizing civilian casualties.

The Iraq war caused 9 million refugees and the Putin war caused 8 million refugees and that was with his own terrorists at the helm. So no, not orders of magnitude higher.

it costs nothing as already said and in the case of a smaller rump state Ukraine it will cost significantly less, because most damages are to be cost covered in the then still occupied areas held by Russia.

Because Russia wouldn't be able to tell the difference between rubble and their own infrastructure. It won't be a rump state, though because Russia failed the 1st time to take any major city and it's not growing stronger.

Send the bill to Moscow.

That's nice but his plan is a joke until he takes the call from Zelenskyy so he can be told the truth about the Russian warcrimes.

You do understand the meaning of ceasefire and negotiation, right.

I am not calling for surrender, but a ceasefire and to negotiate and end.

So you'd be okay with NATO troops, planes, and missiles in Ukraine to enforce this ceasefire right? Didn't think so.

That is called a retreat and surrender.

The Russian doesn't get to define retreat as surrender. I know they like being sent to charge into fixed positions but they should expect more than that in life.

Under your view of a ceasefire, the Korean war and war with China would still be on going.

The Korean War ended with the status quo ante bellum. A similar model for Ukraine would have Russia back in its 2014 borders. That's all we're asking for.

And still the western powers encourage the fantasy of no peace talks until Russia leaves including Crimea which is never going to happen.

So your response to warcrimes is "Negotiate Nao!". Classy.

Stop the fantasy, time to get a ceasefire going and negotiate a way out of this mess and NO not after Russia leaves, use your heads it isn't going to happen Russia keeps advancing even the Ukrainian government admits that.

Russia hasn't advanced since like March 2022. Ukraine, on the other hand, advanced considerably since then.

Russia going for the all time record of war crimes. Perhaps they will yet outdo Nazi Germany.

It must be fake news that Xi and Putin were proposing a peace plan whereas the US rejected any notion of talks?

That is why Russia is adding to defensive positions

So putting forward a crap plan, not following it, and then arming against a third country not involved all logically follow in your mind?

Well Japan, you had your chance to take the Northern Territories.

For a few months after the war broke out, there were peace talks going on between Ukraine and Russia. Then the talks were suspended abruptly when Zelensky demanded the return of Crimea to Ukraine as a condition for ceasefire, something that the Russians could never accept. 

It's almost as if warcriming and annexing your way to glory has a way of making your victims angry with you.

Russia is doing nothing aggressive to us. In fact, they give us cheap energy, well did.

Russia clearly stole four islands from Japan at the end of WW2. It supports North Korea. It most likely would support or even join in on an invasion of Taiwan. All of these things should concern you.

during WW2, Ukrainian Nazis massacred over 100,000 Poles, and took a large portion of western Ukraine from them. 

Russia stoped the Nazis.

Ukrainians also helped stop the Nazis. Lot of good it did them when Russia would go full Nazi sixty years later. East Ukrainians say the destruction is worse from Russian Nazis.

Good on him, but weapons would be more effective by ending the war faster.

Pacific islanders will never let China ruin peace in the region.

This is more complicated than people may think. And the word China is also very ambiguous. ROC claims mainland China, Mongolia and Tibet, as can be seen in their constitution (e.g. article 26).

https://law.moj.gov.tw/ENG/LawClass/LawAll.aspx?pcode=A0000001

In some border disputes like with Tajikistan, PRC relinquished their claim, while ROC is opposing, and claiming that border as part of China (in this ROC).

How much of that is due to criminal PRC not letting a single word be changed in the ROC constitution that could be construed as moving away from China? And since when did legalities constrain the PRC?

The US, UK, France and some other NATO members could tell them to either leave voluntarily or those nations would simply refuse to defend them in the event of attack unless they reform their governments and honor basic human and civil rights.

Even better than that, the Vienna Convention allows for a treaty member to be removed if it is in breach of its contents. Hungary and Turkey's own bigotry can be used against them for this purpose.

Good on you, Philippines. Anything the illegal Chinese outposts do other than observe should be met with gunfire.

Why didn't America, France, UK declare and written on legal paper of "NO FIRST USE" of nuclear weapons?

Russia is loose in their nuclear safeguards and happy to do business with terrorists. If a terrorist were to set one off in the US, we should retain the right to respond as we desire with no hangups.

USA and UK are upgrading their nuclear arsenal to billions to possibility trillions. They are forcing an armed race. Nuclear weapons and delivery systems exist on Japanese US bases and in our seas.

Russia and China are flaunting their hypersonics. The US and UK have every right to make sure that their deterrent still works. Japan should have had nukes ages ago but at least they are covered by the US nuclear umbrella.

why doesn't Kishida focus on China and Taiwan instead of Ukraine? Get Japan, Russia and India to form a triangle to surround and contain China. I bet that's what Xi is afraid of the most (I am Chinese American Viet) and he's kissing up to Putin because he doesn't want paranoid surroundings. I love Japan and Hong Kong. Not too hot about Taiwan, but they're a must for chips. America won't be with you this month, we have Trump to deal with. Sorry Japan and Korea. You can't rely on France and England either. Germany is a nerd.

Russia wants to be a spoiler of the world order. They will be sending weapons to China if it invaded Taiwan if not joining in on the invasion themselves. India is more concerned with playing all of the sides. Like it or not, the US is the only game in town when it comes to fending off Chinese aggression. It's not assured there will be a second Trump presidency and even if there was, he claims China is the good fight.

A strong message would be to get a ceasefire agreement in place in the Ukraine before things continue to spiral out of control.

All you have to do support Ukraine in forcing a Russian withdrawal. I know you wouldn't leave Ukraine defenseless in front of an agressor.

Well, ROC did intend to take back the mainland from PRC, so there might be some reasons for concerns...

The PRC is almost 100x the population of Taiwan. Even the crappy mercantilist economics the PRC is practicing now can't make that a fair fight.

China is NOT invading Taiwan but liberation of that island. Taiwan is not a legitimate country recognised in the United Nations . Taiwan is like the Confederate states against the Union in the American Civil war. After the unification, the supreme leader (Maybe XI or his successor)is the "Abraham Lincoln of China"!

Perhaps Taiwan would like to liberate PLA/PLN members of their burdensome mortal shells. They would be justified in doing so in your view.

You believe protests made Xi change his policy?

He literally went years with no change and then right after protest, about face. Must have worked. If only the Chinese would realize they could end the CCP tyranny tomorrow.

China is pressing for a ceasefire to save lives.

And has yet to make a call to Zelenskyy, rendering any calls pointless until it does.

Is Japan, the supposed country of peace, pressing for a ceasefire?

Peaceful nations would support a ceasefire.

Peaceful nations would not tell a rape victim not to fight back.

Let's hope now Kishida can figure out how to exit Sakhalin-II.

Only Russia can provide the necessary materials that China can continue wars against hostile neighbours who has American aggressors stationing or protecting on their soil.

Sounds like an accurate description of China's peaceful rise.