Comments by "anotheranon" (@anotheranon3118) on "What did Nancy Pelosi achieve with her visit to Taiwan? | DW News" video.

  1.  @lynzhu3343  By labeling it a domestic issue, you are trying to shield China from criticism. But nope, we are all watching, and we all should keep watching - just like the world should keep track of Russia's aggression in Ukraine or the US' adventures in the MENA. This is a global conversation. The Taiwanese clearly do not want to be "reunified" with the mainland and polls show this consistently (only about 6.5% favour 'reunification' at some point in time). The question of Taiwan's recognition and standing in the international arena is difficult and there are too many topics to consider. Effectively though, they have been running their own country for decades - own legislative, judiciary and executive powers regardless of Beijing, own defense policy regardless of Beijing, own currency, own border control. What it seems very clear to me from looking at the data and from having spent time in the region is that there is virtually zero desire for the Taiwanese to be governed/ruled from Beijing. There are many non-Chinese and non-Taiwanese here who make pretty bad arguments. But there are also many Chinese who have awful hot takes. What we should judge here is the quality of those comments themselves and not whether someone comes from Japan, the US or Guangdong. We should all participate in this conversation in good faith. But ultimately, it is the Taiwanese people who should have the ultimate say.
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  2.  @lynzhu3343  The US, for 30 years, recognized Taiwan's independence, but that's not the point. The point here is that, while the question of recognition is thorny for Taiwan for a number of reasons, Taiwan is de facto an independent country (or a self ruled territory, we could look into the terminology with more detail). Comparing Texas to Taiwan is misleading, but let's have a look: Texans have a say in domestic affairs and enjoy a degree of autonomy but they still abide by the greater American judicial, legislative and executive structures of government, they don't have their own military, they don't have their own foreign policy, they don't have their own central bank and their own currency, their own passports, their own defense/border control policies and infrastructures, they don't demand visas/permits from other American citizens, etc. None of the previous applies to Taiwan. Taiwan is de facto a sovereign entity but not widely recognized globally, that's why it occupies this weird legal limbo. What it clearly is not is just a mere province of China. Considering that there is virtually no appetite in the island to be governed/rule by Beijing (among others, because they do value their democracy), it seems that China will have to attempt to annex the island to "reunify" it. We will see how that goes, if it ever happens.
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  3.  @juyagar6614  I am sure that all the ethnic uyghurs that ended up in re-education camps agree with you, no question.
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  4.  @lynzhu3343  There is history prior to 1979, y'know? The US initially recognized Taiwan's government as the government of China - it was after 1979 that things changed. And here I was thinking that the Chinese had this 'long view of history.' You should keep reading my previous comment, plenty of stuff for you to engage with.
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  5.  @lynzhu3343  Again, there's history before 1979 even if you don't want to acknowledge it. No mention either to the ambiguity of the US' position. But this is not that significant - what's critical is Taiwan's de facto sovereignty, which you don't want to address.
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