TaiwanIsNotChina comments

starpunkToday 03:28 pm JST

The Mayaguez was rescued thankfully. But that also shows that the Vietnam War was not truly over until May 1975. The war wasn't confined to just Vietnam, it was fought in Cambodia and Laos and Thailand too. And if some warmongers in the US (incl. Kissinger) had their way, it would've continued even longer - maybe into the 80s or even up to today. A total sham and a waste. And we still have learned nothing.

If Kissinger and Nixon wanted the war to continue, why did they negotiate the peace deal? Imagine trying to get the POWs home without that peace deal. It could have been very difficult without being able to offer the North Vietnamese held in the south in exchange.

BlacklabelToday 01:59 pm JST

when national elections will occur in the U.S., India, Mexico, Ukraine, 

not in Ukraine they won’t.

elections were unilaterally cancelled.

It's called martial law. I shouldn't have to educate you on this, but I will as many times as it takes. There is some discussion about holding them, but the thinking is the average Ukrainian doesn't want them while Russia is still advancing its terrorism:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67440357

V CampbellToday 02:23 pm JST

"Those areas are Republican now and they continue the Jim Crow legacy" is a silly statement. It was democrats like Al "No Negroes" Gore Sr. that kept the south from advancing for so many years. YeahRight was correct.

So a senator who was defeated by a Republican in 1970 and has been held by a Republican for the last 20 years. Thanks for proving my point.

TokyoLivingToday 02:31 pm JST

Stupid move from Argentina, what a neo fascist circus..

No one is more fascist than your heroes Russia and China these days.

JJEToday 02:25 pm JST

Not sure what the bizarre apartment reference is.

Coups void agreements with elected governments. That's how these things work.

Nonsense. They might cause them to be reassessed but the assumption is the new government will honor old agreements unless they state otherwise. Russia doesn't void all of its agreements with Myanmar and Thailand with their many coupes. Also you fail to explain why Putin did an absolutely abysmal job of not recognizing the post-Maidan government. Even today he doesn't claim there is any other legitimate government of Ukraine.

RealToday 02:38 pm JST

@JJE

Not sure what the bizarre apartment reference is.

At some point one realizes that certain people here are not interested in making coherent arguments/are just interested in advancing a particular agenda regardless of the facts. .. sometimes it even gives the impression they are paid to do so lol

Including those lurking just to make snide remarks.

JJEToday 02:12 pm JST

You don't get that coups invalidate signed agreements with previous elected governments?

You don't get that Putin didn't shift recognition to the one guy in an apartment in Moscow? And coupes don't automatically mean all previous agreements are void, particularly ones backed by the UN charter. How about the US consider all of the agreements with the USSR null and void? Well, you guys are tearing those up anyways.

opheliajadefeldtToday 01:59 pm JST

Frightening figures indeed, and sadly I see no end to it. The USA is in a state of decline, more poor and homeless, millions having to work 3 jobs or more, a completely dysfunctional justice system propergated by the wealthy 1% and governments who do not really care one bit, because they are owned by the 1%. And never forget, countless millions of

s are laundered through multiple banks by drug cartels.

Ophelia, you never respond, but it is worth calling out anyways: your UK has identical issues and Japan is not exactly ascendant.

JJEToday 02:03 pm JST

I don't get it. Crimea should be returned but not Taiwan.

Looks suspiciously like a double standard.

You don't get that Russia signed a document specifically guaranteeing Ukraine's territorial integrity whereas no such agreement was made with the US and the PRC?

JJEToday 02:03 pm JST

I don't get it. Crimea should be returned but not Taiwan.

Looks suspiciously like a double standard.

You don't get that Crimean doesn't even have token independence right now because some murderous country scooped it up? You don't get that Taiwan has had 75 years of de facto independence?

jeffyToday 01:16 pm JST

In short, history has moved on. Like other regions of the country, the South votes values, not skin color.

Christian nationalist values are atrocious. Don't know how many Southerners can break from that.

JJEToday 01:20 pm JST

This President has been bought and paid for by Putin

You do realize he was arrested and imprisoned by the secret police of the communist regime under the USSR right?

That might just mean he has stockholm syndrome. No one can say exactly why racism raises its ugly head in certain people to the point where they don't even care about their own interests.

JJEToday 01:28 pm JST

Taiwan is historically part of China. They speak the same language. Look at a history book. Eat a pineapple cake.

Hopefully this can be sorted out in the correct way.

Language and culture isn't destiny. The Mandate of Moscow that the CCP has might just not apply to Taiwan.

KukuToday 12:07 pm JST

The Western boss (conditionally) did not allow the signing of the peace agreement.

We are going to have to see the FSB records to see whether that was really on offer. I doubt it because even an unconditional ceasefire isn't on offer now.

Zelensky has already sold off fertile lands and forests. The Carpathian forests, the main wealth of western Ukraine, were cut down and sold to the West. Grain for export is no longer Ukrainian! This grain has long had a owner from the West.

When you are under assault from Russia, yes, you are going to have some tough decisions to make.

Existential crisis you say.... The very Ukraine doesn't exist already..

International law doesn't let Russia make that determination. 70k Russian troops didn't just blow themselves up and shoot themselves.

BlacklabelToday 12:17 pm JST

Wow. 200 billion dollars of cash and weapons stopped by a…..mine field?

Without air power, absolutely. Just like billions of dollars of navy will be stopped by the Taiwan Strait. Common sense if you bother to understand these things.

bass4funkToday 10:25 am JST

And the most exciting thing about him is that he undermines US security interests?

Yes, and?

You keep telling me you want your country to succeed. Kind of hard to do that if the national security is being undermined, isn't it?

YeahRightToday 10:32 am JST

Kind of interesting that the author speaks of "white Southern lawmakers" without calling out the Democratic Party, which was the majority at that time, including Arkansas Gov Charles H Brough.

The 1960s called and they want their talking point back. Those areas are Republican now and they continue the Jim Crow legacy.

KukuToday 10:29 am JST

Trying to say Russia is more dignified than Ukraine which is facing an existential crisis really isn't saying very much positive about Russia.

deanzaZZRToday 09:55 am JST

Yeah, none of that has to do with whether Japan is paying the full cost of hosting US troops or even the full cost minus the salaries.

AndyToday 09:59 am JST

As an occupied country, Japan will do as it is told by it's Master, the RS of the USA.

What is the RS again?

MoonrakerToday 08:59 am JST

To this day, the US has ratified only 14 out of 190 International Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions – only ten are in force – and only two out of ten fundamental conventions. It continues to be antipathetic towards workers but well-disposed towards the capitalist class, which distracts the masses through its bought-and-paid-for media with "social justice wars" which, unsurprisingly, do not include the war it wages on the workers.

Could be worse. Could be a country where unions never strike and low pay and unpaid overtime is legendary...

BertieWoosterToday 08:59 am JST

What's the difference between peddling arms and drug dealing?

Arms can absolutely, 100% save lives if they deter aggression. QED

KukuToday 09:29 am JST

It's scary to see the world savoring this story. In the face of the young girl who made a mistake, everyone sees how they are destroying her country. The most plastic, the most artistic she could have become the best figure skater of all time. It's a pity. We are waiting for the birth of American stars. Q

Except it's not just this drug cheat. Russia committed state sponsored doping for its fascist olympics. And Russia is currently destroying Ukraine, not so much the other way around.

bass4funkToday 09:33 am JST

Opining about yourself is not the same as attacking the judge and court staff. 

But the other way around is ok? Yeah, no, no way, I hope he violates that order and keep writing them checks

He's not going to be looking so smart from inside a jail cell. Even a civil judge can make that happen for him.

N. KnightToday 09:09 am JST

These are the pinnacle of US engineering.

i.e. Junk.

That's how we put a man on the moon and are going to be the first ones back there on private spacecraft, right?

bass4funkToday 08:23 am JST

Powder kegs are only explosive if one is stupid enough to strike a match. 

Stay on your side of the line and you’ll be fine, China.

The problem is, this administration has a very bad 2 year geopolitical record when it comes to dealing with any military conflict their record has been abysmal. So if any conflict between China and Taiwan would arise, I seriously doubt this administration can deal handle it efficiently.

You haven't seen this administration in a military conflict. You've only seen them carry out Trump's withdrawal plan in Afghanistan.

moonbloomToday 08:21 am JST

Some people here obviously ae not very familiar with the US meddling in China dating back to the 19th c.

Some people here are using the 19th century as an excuse for crushing a democracy in the 21st century I guess.

bass4funkToday 08:15 am JST

Earlier this month, Orbán said that Ukraine is “light years” away from joining the bloc, further signaling that his government would be a major obstacle to Kyiv's ambitions at next month's meeting of EU heads of state and government in Brussels. 

On Thursday, Gulyas also said Hungary would not support proposed amendments to the EU's budget, part of which would provide 50 billion euros ($54.5 billion) in long-term aid to Kyiv.

I love this guy.

And the most exciting thing about him is that he undermines US security interests?

LegrandeToday 08:01 am JST

Standard US playbook is to escalate tensions to the breaking point and then blame the other side when the conflict invariably arises... or even fabricate an incident i.e. Gulf of Tonkin.

Sorry, but the meager arms being sent to Taiwan are less escalatory than China's own buildup to have the largest navy in the world.

zones2surfToday 07:59 am JST

So, why don't they do this?!

Could negatively effect their long term security?