Posted on 11/26/2022 1:15:16 PM PST by dynachrome
aiwan President Tsai Ing-wen resigned as head of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Saturday after her strategy to frame local elections as showing defiance to China's rising bellicosity failed to pay off and win public support.
The elections for mayors, county chiefs and local councillors are ostensibly about domestic issues such as the COVID-19 pandemic and crime, and those elected will not have a direct say on China policy.
But Tsai had recast the election as being more than a local vote, saying the world is watching how Taiwan defends its democracy amid military tensions with China, which claims the island as its territory.
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This is interesting. Anyone here with internal knowledge?…
I would read that as being that the Taiwanese might view union as inevitable and don’t want war, maybe.
The Butchers of Beijing would be smart to try to absorb Taiwan rather than invade. They can absorb by planting sympathetic agents in as many places as possible...including national,regional and local legislatures.
Beijing should just use their cash; they’re using it everywhere else.
Maybe for internal CCP reasons Xi finds “buying” Tawain too slow. I can’t see what is gained by a “wrecked” Tawain which it will be if they choose war.
How’s TSMC’s Arizona construction going?
I know they cut output by 50%…
Does the KMT do ballot harvesting?
I want to know China’s GDP numbers.
They haven’t been released for three straight quarters.
I always thought that would be how the PRC would do it: a charm offensive that showed how much better off they would be with the mainland rather than tied to the US. I thought they might even offer up a trade: North Korean reunification with the south in exchange for Taiwan’s reunification with the mainland.
But China hasn’t tried to be “charming” since 2016. They seem to be on the bellicose tack for now.
When elections get lost in Taiwan, there’s hell Taipei.
Xi wants to be the Emperor Who Conquered Taiwan, but he’d rather not have to actually conquer it; as “the Turk” Sollozzo put it, he’s a businessman, and blood is a big expense.
Do they use Dominion voting machines?
“They can absorb by planting sympathetic agents in as many places as possible”
Just like here.
That sounds very Sun Tzu-ish. I wouldn’t be surprised if they’ve already done just that. So much for a “finest hour”.
The Butchers of Beijing would be smart to try to absorb Taiwan rather than invade. They can absorb by planting sympathetic agents in as many places as possible...including national,regional and local legislatures.
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That for sure has been their strategy in the U.S.
The appeasers won.
I wonder if China bought another election.
So what are the long term effects?
As the older generation dies off more and more of the younger generation want nothing to do with the CCP. How this actually looks at the local level, I have no idea. But it’s hard to imagine Taiwanese citizens wanting to submit, and “submit” is the word, to having every aspect of their life dictated by absentee landlords who watch their every move on CCTV and send drones to yell at them to “move on.” However, she is right, nobody actually wants to be in the military. Probably, life has been so comfortable for so long that nobody wants to spend months or years crawling around in tunnels like the North Vietnamese did. My guess is that in six months the situation will have stabilized into more of nothing much. I’d love to know if there are Freepers with a more nuanced view of what the real situation is.
I thought the same before I even got to your comment.
Xi is dangerous because he is impatient. Prior to his power play and coronation as emperor, China played for the long game with long-term plans for the ascension of the CCP regardless of who was the front man.
This has all changed and tensions are rising. Xi has put his ego above the state.
Hi.
‘So what are the long term effects?”
Neville Chamberlain and 1938 redux.
Imho of course.
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