Looks like Taiwan has decided it's better off with China

[orangecrush]

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BEIJING (AP) — Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun arrived in China on Tuesday at the invitation of President Xi Jinping, in what she’s calling a “journey for peace” as Beijing pushes for the self-ruled island to come under its control.

The visit is the first by a Taiwanese opposition leader in a decade and comes ahead of a meeting in Beijing between Xi and U.S. President Donald Trump scheduled to take place in May.

Meanwhile, Taiwan’s opposition-controlled parliament has stalled attempts by its government to pass a $40 billion special defense budget, expected to fund arms deals with the United States and the development of Taiwan’s indigenous defense industry.

China claims the self-ruled island as its own territory and has not excluded the use of force to take it. Beijing has been ramping up its military pressure against the island by sending warplanes and naval vessels near it almost daily, while its military occasionally stages live-fire drills around the island, the latest in December.


https://apnews.com/article/china-taiwan-kmt-visit-xi-trump-03e3a4a320cdd18152cf17639bf83be4

Half a century or so to climb out of the hole he has dug, if we're lucky.

[Javaman]

1. China will do to Taiwan what they did to Hong Kong, only worse. nt

[GCG]

3. Maybe

But they can't count on the US anymore...nobody can!

[David__77]

2. The status quo will persist for a long time. Taiwans leaders would be smart not to throw in their low with the US.

Current events are vividly demonstrated why not.

[Intractable]

4. If you partner with the US, you are guaranteed to get stabbed in the back by the Trump regime.

It's just a matter of time.

You too, Israel. It waits for you.

[hunter]

5. If we don't dump Trump, the Republican party, and the Project 2025 people...

... Taiwan might very well be no worse off with China.

Same goes for us here in the U.S.A., especially those who are not straight white Christian fascist males.