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(1) Re <<all those videos you posted are "hogwash posturing" and biased information I personally do not trust anyone!!>>
... the postings covers the spectrum of nonsense, and I advise trusting none exclusively, and the one ought to take in all takes, and synthesise own take
(2) Re <<The better news to be trusted is ... The better news to be trusted is>> super, but as with the FED and official organisations, we must also best take in spectrum of takes
(3) Re <<Taiwan is an independent country on a small island>>
I do not make the rules of the two counterparties ...
(3-i) Republic of China (ROC) has claim on population/territory of 1.4 billion with current capital in the city of Taipei of Taiwan Province has 20+ provinces, and exercises authority on the Taiwan Province, and a few islands of Fujian Province. ROC claims much of S China Sea islands and atolls;
(3-ii) People's Republic of China (PRC) has claim on population/territory of 1.4 billion with current capital in the city of Beijing of Hebei Province has 20+ provinces, and exercises authority on all except the Taiwan Province and a few islands of Fujian Province. PRC claims much of S China Sea islands and atolls;
(3-iii) ROC has a defence arrangement with USA, and PRC has a standstill agreement with the USA. USA arguably might have violated agreements with both ROC and PRC. In any case unclear to me why USA has any role in internal affairs of Chinese and China - be that as it may, am agnostic on rights and wrongs and what the workout might be;
(3- iv) Constitutionally ROC is obligated to do regime-change op in Beijing, and PRC is obligated to do regime-change op in Taipei, both with aim to reunite China, and which ever regime reneges on the obligation per Confucius societies at the core on Mainland and Taiwan island loses the mandate of the people as enshrined in the respective Constitutions;
(3-v) What ever the final resolution, if peaceful, well underway, and if otherwise would very likely be implemented by destruction of military targets as opposed to civilian anything, by both sides on both sides;
(3-vi) Likely PRC Mainland has far more and consequential 5th columnists in ROC Taiwan than the other way around;
(3-vii) In PRC, Sun Yat Sen and his ideas are treat so
(3-viii) In ROC, Sun Yat Sen and his ideas are treated so
(3-ix) The Chinese of ROC and PRC are not Ukrainians, and so events should work out very peacefully barring foreign interference
The recent demos are acting as useful accelerants thanks to Mdm Pelosi, generating societal discussion, and dawning of what might work
KMT vice chairman makes controversial visit to China
KMT Vice Chairman Andrew Hsia waves to reporters before going through security checks at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport on Wednesday. CNA photo Aug. 10, 2022
Taipei, Aug. 10 (CNA) Under fire for heading to China while Beijing pressures Taiwan militarily, opposition Kuomintang (KMT) Vice Chairman Andrew Hsia (???) said Wednesday he was going to show support to Taiwanese businessmen there and would not be deterred by China's military exercises.
The trip has sparked controversy, coming as China continues a high pressure military and economic campaign against Taiwan in retaliation for a visit to Taiwan by United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other U.S. moves seen as veering away from its one-China policy.
The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC), Taiwan's main agency in charge of China affairs, said Tuesday night that it was not the right time for political party members to visit China given Beijing's intensive military drills targeting Taiwan that began on Aug. 4.
The visit might lead to confusion in the international community about how Taiwanese perceive China's military threat to Taiwan, it said.
Before leaving for Xiamen on Wednesday, however, Hsia said there might never be a proper time for a visit to China in the eyes of the MAC, noting that the agency gave the same opinion when he planned to take part in a cross-Taiwan Strait forum in China last month.
After Hsia left, President and DPP Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen (???) said at a DPP meeting Wednesday that the trip has not only disappointed Taiwan's people but could send a wrong message to the international community.
According to a KMT source, the main purpose of the trip was to meet with Taiwanese businesses in China, and the delegation will spend most of its time in the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta regions where Taiwanese businessmen are concentrated.
It will be a fact-finding trip aimed at understanding the problems faced by Taiwanese businessmen in China, who have struggled due to the pandemic over the past two years and have been ignored by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government, the source said.
The delegation will not visit Beijing, and it had no plans to discuss political issues with representatives of the other side of the strait, the source said.
That is the very reason we send a fact-finding delegation on Aug. 10 to visit Taiwanese communities that study and live in Southern Mainland China. This apolitical trip aims at learning their views and providing assistance.
In a statement issued Tuesday night, the KMT said the trip was unrelated to China's military exercises and had been arranged since June.
The delegation had originally planned to go to China during the Straits Forum in July, but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the statement said.
The trip was backed by KMT Chairman Eric Chu (???), who said the KMT, the international community and President Tsai hope for peace across the strait and that the two sides of the strait should maintain communications and exchanges.
The more difficult it gets, the more the KMT cannot give up the chance for exchanges with the mainland and for peace and to avoid getting involved in conflict and confrontation, Chu said.
But the trip had its detractors within the party.
New Taipei Mayor Hou Yu-ih (???) of the KMT said Wednesday that visiting China at this moment was "debatable" as the country should be united in the face of Beijing's rising military threat.
At the same time, a member of the KMT's younger generation, Pingtung County Councilor Huang Ming-hsien, launched a petition earlier Wednesday calling on Hsia to cancel the trip.
Before leaving, Hsia responded that there were many different viewpoints in a diverse society and said he respected different opinions.
Hsia's delegation will begin its itinerary in China on Aug. 21 after completing the mandatory 10-day quarantine and return to Taiwan Aug. 27, according to the KMT.
