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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (189241)	6/26/2022 7:35:55 PM
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Just exactly why does Emperor Pooh Xi want to totalitarianize Taiwan? A reasonable question. A small, tiny piece of cake. China could forego claims to it and not skip a beat. The risk/reward ratio is heavily skewed towards risk. Ditto Donbas, NATO, Ukraine. Just allow for genuine self-determination, and abide by the results. Why are we so stupid as a species? Perhaps we don’t deserve to survive.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (189241)	6/26/2022 7:37:48 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 218050

Taiwan China constitution implicit about invading China Mainland I cannot get around that hurdle by logic

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (189241)	6/26/2022 8:29:44 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218050

It, Taiwan, the Republic of China, is not just a <<domestic issue>>, and that is the opportunity of trigger for war, always, whereas the Ukraine issue is not exactly a mirror-image of the RoC issue My dada told it in picture, that which might be a lot of words Message 33897283 Message 33897276 above links to words and videos, and below just a simple cartoon done in early '60s

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (189241)

7/22/2022 10:34:32 AM

From: TobagoJack

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Re <<domestic>>

Let’s see if Team USA heed warning that it historically did not in the cases of N Korea / N Vietnam, and do rug-pull on Republic of China before rug-pull completely setup ala Ukraine / Afghanistan.

Pentagon perhaps best knows what the score would be ...

“I’m actually kind of surprised,” said Drew Thompson, visiting senior research fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore and a former US defense official. “Normally, the Pentagon is all about deterrence and taking non-military steps to demonstrate resolve and demonstrate support to bolster cross-strait stability. It seems kind of out of character for the Department of Defense to be afraid of friction when it’s part and parcel of the bilateral relationship.”

bloomberg.com

Biden’s Doubts About Pelosi Trip Leave Taiwan Feeling ‘Hurt’

Biden said military thinks Pelosi visit isn’t a good idea

His remarks raise questions over US commitment to Taipei

Cindy Wang
July 22, 2022, 5:12 PM GMT+8

The Taipei skyline in Taiwan.

Photographer: I-Hwa Cheng/BloombergTaiwan has been left “hurt” and confused by contradictory signals coming out of Washington over a possible visit to Taipei by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Pelosi is planning a trip to Asia that would include a visit to Taiwan, according to people familiar with the matter. It would be the first by a House speaker to Taipei since 1997. President Joe Biden however raised doubts about whether the visit would go ahead, saying Wednesday that the military thinks it’s “not a good idea right now.”

“From Taiwan’s point of view, Biden’s comments don’t make us feel good. We feel hurt,” said Johnny Chiang, an opposition KMT lawmaker who co-chairs the legislature’s Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee. “Because his comments imply that, first of all, there is a real military danger, and, second, the relationship between Taiwan and US are subject to Beijing, as if US-Taiwan ties are conditional.”

China had warned Pelosi against making the trip, vowing to take a “resolute and strong” response if she landed in Taipei. Beijing routinely responds angrily to countries that deal directly with Taiwan, which China claims as part of its territory.

Nancy Pelosi on July 21.

Photographer: Nathan Howard/Getty Images North America

“I’m actually kind of surprised,” said Drew Thompson, visiting senior research fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore and a former US defense official. “Normally, the Pentagon is all about deterrence and taking non-military steps to demonstrate resolve and demonstrate support to bolster cross-strait stability. It seems kind of out of character for the Department of Defense to be afraid of friction when it’s part and parcel of the bilateral relationship.”

Pelosi sidestepped questions about the trip at a press briefing Thursday, citing security concerns. “Maybe the military was afraid our plane would get shot down or something like that by the Chinese,” she said, without providing any details.

“We have to be mindful that the People’s Republic of China has a tendency of overreactions and they hope to use such overreactions as a way to deter countries from engaging in meaningful dialogue with Taiwan,” said Vincent Chao, former political director at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Washington, Taiwan’s de facto embassy. “So I think these are certainly factors that politicians both here in Taiwan and in the US should continue to keep in mind.”

Read more about Pelosi’s potential visit to Taiwan:

Here’s How China Might Respond to a Taiwan Visit by Nancy Pelosi

China Envoy Says US Is Blurring ‘One China’ Policy on Taiwan

Why Taiwan’s Status Risks Igniting a US-China Clash: QuickTake

Pelosi’s Taiwan Date Is a Headache for Biden: Matthew Brooker

This isn’t the first time Biden has made comments that have left observers on both sides of the Pacific scrambling to interpret his intentions. During a trip to Tokyo in May, the president vowed the US would act “militarily” to defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese attack.

The certitude of Biden’s remarks seemingly upended Washington’s decades-old approach of “strategic ambiguity” about whether the US military would defend Taiwan against Communist forces, while also adopting a “One China” policy which deems the question of sovereignty over Taiwan as undetermined.

Biden’s latest comments have left Taipei wondering whether China’s threats are proving effective in determining the US government’s actions.

“We don’t know whether Biden made those comments intentionally or just a slip of tongue,” the KMT’s Chiang said. “I think he does have such concerns on his mind, it’s just that, from Taiwan’s point of view, we think that’s not something that needed to be pointed out publicly.”

— With assistance by Philip Glamann

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