Depends on how much history you want to go into. If you go all the way back to 1949, I would agree with you. But recently, China has tried a more diplomatic approach. And just about every country has dirt that can be dug up if you go back far enough.
I'm starting to suspect you are just a Chicom propagandist.
On this message board, get in line. You are not the first to accuse me of that. But I WANT democracy to come to China. Someday and in due time, though.
The native Taiwanese far outnumber the 1949 immigrants and I don't buy that any of them relish surrendering their freedom to be part of the hive.
I don't know what the percentages are, but I have met a fair number of Chinese Taiwanese. And they are just as adament about Taiwan being part of China as the Taiwanese natives are about independence. If you get a chance to ever meet someone from there, I would suggest you ask them their political view in that regard. They're not communists and they enjoy democracy as well as anyone else.
And we still haven't taken another country like Tibet and claimed it as our own. How about that.
Well, I was making a point in regards to your comment about how the US should deal with dictators in post #14. My point was, is that the US, merely by the presence in Iraq and Afghanistan, is doing just that. And that the US military budget reflects that commitment.
Well you can keep hoping, that Chinese money keeps rolling in to them.
Actually, up to this point, most of China's money that has been "rolling in" to the US has been used to buy government T-Bills. T-Bills which have been used to finance everything from pensions to .....drum roll please.... the US military.
Like the Sudan and its continued attachment of monetary attachments and votes to refusals to recognize Taiwan? Although, I suppose more real power translates into more subtle threats.
And just about every country has dirt that can be dug up if you go back far enough.
You're quite the Chicom apologist. One doesn't have to have a very long memory or history book to uncover Chinese dirt.
On this message board, get in line. You are not the first to accuse me of that. But I WANT democracy to come to China. Someday and in due time, though.
Me too. I also want it to be a democracy that respects the rights of minorities and non-Chinese. Chinese nationalism is very dangerous right now. The last thing I want is conflict with China, but the Chinese seem hell bent on it.
I don't know what the percentages are, but I have met a fair number of Chinese Taiwanese. And they are just as adamant about Taiwan being part of China as the Taiwanese natives are about independence. If you get a chance to ever meet someone from there, I would suggest you ask them their political view in that regard. They're not communists and they enjoy democracy as well as anyone else.
I know many Formosans. They do not consider themselves to be Han Chinese. The Nationalists came from the mainland, so of course they did, but that is less than 20% of the population. The "Chinese" aspect of Formosans is no different than an identification as Caucasian. Its not nationalistic, its racial.
When China attacks Taiwan, what do you think the appropriate world response should be?
A very telling statement that I missed the first time. What exactly is it that you want the Chicoms to accomplish by brute force before China will be ready to accept the evils of the past as a fate accompli and move to peaceful democracy?