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A crucial presidential election in Taiwan on January 13, 2024, is expected to shape future ties between the self-ruled island and mainland China. Relations between the two sides have severely deteriorated in the past seven years, as Beijing steps up military and other pressure in response to the current independence-leaning Taiwanese ruling party’s policies and US actions. Beijing considers Taiwan a renegade province that will eventually be reunited with the mainland, by force if necessary. Most countries, including the US, do not recognise Taiwan as an independent state. But Washington is opposed to any attempt to take Taiwan by force and is committed to supplying it with weapons. The issue of Taiwan also continues to challenge US-China ties, making the outcome of this election a pivotal signal for the geopolitical landscape ahead.
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As a Taiwanese,no matter which party will be elected,we must struggle in the dilemmas between two largely economical powers.
If you think there is no difference, move to CCP prison state.
What's stopping you?
It’s time for the Taiwan empire to rise
@@chinavirus841it’s time Taiwan join the motherland, Taiwan looted half of the mainland’s treasure
@@charliecheng3340 wrong, Taiwan is small and innocent but the time has come for the right people to return and the empire to rise
@@chinavirus841 cope
This video should be called "why the opinion of a newspaper from a country with no free speech, does not matter to anyone"
For anyone wondering. Taiwan is actually "Republic of China". RoC is the first united china after the fall of the last emperor. The china now, was actually communist rebel. Republicans lost and flee to an island that is taiwan now.
Since there was no peace agreement nor power transfer, they are still at war.
They are all rebels then if you want to describe it like that. They are all born while qing dynasty imperial rule was still in power no matter how weak the kingdom was by that point. Anyway who win and stay in china mainland is the real government. The ones who flee are no longer in any rightful position to claim otherwise. If Taiwan government is the true government of china the billions of mainland Chinese will say it out themselves instead of accepting CCP rule til this day.
actually teh ROC and the KMT are totally different things. The KMT only proclaimed themselves as the ROC
@@altt9019Sun Yat Sen founded the ROC and the KMT
PRC has been part of ROC but ROC was NEVER part of PRC. Taiwan is independent.
Both the constitution of Republic of China and the People's Republic of China includes both the Mainland and Taiwan as the sovereign territory of China. All major countries in the world recognised the People's Republic of China as the legitimate government of China, which includes the province of Taiwan.
Indicators of an independent sovereign territory include a recognized government, control over its borders, the ability to conduct foreign relations, own currency, an elected Parliament and the authority to make and enforce laws… yup sounds just like Taiwan to me.
主權獨立領土的指標包括被承認的政府、對邊界的掌控、進行外交事務的能力、擁有自己的貨幣、選舉產生的議會以及制定和執行法律的權威...嗯，聽起來確實像是台灣。
Everything except the first one 'recognized government', the definition is ambiguous, since there are few countries recognize Taiwan as a country. However, it is not being recognized in UN and the majority of the countries don't recognize Taiwan as a country. So technically no, but more like a deputed area. Tbh it is the leftover historical problems from PRC and ROC, the civil war is not technically finished.
@@GaminGiga "control over its borders" is not valid either, because taiwanese government is only effective ruling the island but not control over its "borders" at all.
@@leqiaop1840 try hitching a ride to Taiwan without your passport and let me know how it goes…
@@MDroid-bn6eb in 2023, some military missiles fired by chinese military flew over the taiwan island. Taiwan government said "nothing happened". So it is way to prove "control of its borders" :)
That's not what he said reread his comment pal.
I cannot know for sure China's intentions in Taiwan, but I doubt that they would green light a military invasion of the island in the near future. The Strait of Taiwan is a strategic region for the United States because of semiconductor exports. But a disruption of this supply chain would be also catastrophic for China's economy because they only produce 17% of their semiconductor needs on the mainland. They are highly dependent on TSMC. This is what we call the "silicon shield". If they invade Taiwan, it would mean that Xi Jinping is willing to cause an economic crisis and to shutdown their entire semiconductor supply chain for a couple of weeks, months and potentially a year or more if the US gets involved. They would face the risk of confronting an Asia-Pacific coalition of countries including Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, the United States and a number of other countries who are seeing China's growing influence as a threat. A military reaction from the US and an allied coalition is not a certainty but it is a risk that China would be willing to take if they move forward. But a shutdown of their own supply chain is a certainty. I am just not imagining China taking such a risk.
中国在商用，军用，已经不再依赖台积电，只是民用科技部分需要进口芯片，到这跟国家整体利益相比，台湾的回归显而易见是最符合中国的国家意志及利益
China afraid of coalitions with JP SK and PH? Lol I think those 3 countries would just act like how nutto helping UKR by sending useless weapons. 😅
@@richardzhang2773it will be the same as it is in Ukraine....Taiwan will lose a lot 10:34 China and the USA will fight it out at the cost of Taiwanese
@@imadkhaliq2941No, the situation would escalate far faster. Ukraine was not closely tied to the EU before the war due to the political and economic turmoil within the nation. Moreover, the US is less desperate since they still have a plenty of nations before Russia reaches the Atlantic. On the other hand, Taiwan is already a politicallt stable economic powerhouse and closely tied to Japan. And the US has no additional shields to contain China's access to the Pacific if they lose Taiwan.
The US has to intervene. Japan, SK, and maybe Canada and Australia have no choice but to follow if the US decides a full-scale retaliation. On the opposite side, NK will side with China. SEA nations will also be pressed to engage. It is the highest possibility of WW3.
要不你可以試試，哈哈。
As long as Taiwan keep the status quo, everything will be fine, but if Taiwan declare Independence as "Republic of Taiwan", PRC will declare war and occupy Taiwan by force, they even made a law about it so no matter who is PRC President, when Taiwan declare "Independence" it means "declaration of war"
but they were okay even if Taiwan claimed entire China (include entire mainland China territory) as long as they didn't claimed to be "Republic of Taiwan"
yes
PRC does not and will not declare war. Taiwan is part of China which ia administered by the current PRC government. You do not declare war to yourself and do not occupy yourself
Source trust me bro
@@user-xp7nk9dw8d It's public chinese law.
Taiwan 🇹🇼 is already an independent country without needing an approval from anybody.
Usually i'm happy with being born at the beginning of the 80s, but when i think about nowadays worldwide politics i'm thinking sometimes how stress free and lesser complex life would have been when being born earlier (even with all regressiveness).
yeah because the Cold War was a famously peaceful time.
@@tempejkl What cold war? I lived in ex-GDR. Do you really think cold war was a thing in North-Korea light for common (working) people? Politics were mostly one sided and restricted. You know what happened with people who opposed the system there? Demonstrating and such things were not a thing you could just simply do or organize and the Stasi knew everything. LOL
@@suoquainen so you admit that it wasn't a peaceful time? Ok...
@@suoquainen Sure, because living earlier so you can experience the Berlin Crisis and the Cuban Missile Crisis first hand is definitely way more stress free and less complex...
@@kevinaguilar7541 It was not only a peaqceful time, it was peaceful decades there. Maybe you should do research on GDR.
Don't let Taiwan become the Ukraine of Asia.
This election matters first and foremost to the Taiwanese because it's unthinkable they would want to be like Ukraine.
Better to be like Belarus and Chechnya?
@@larryc1616most definitely
@@coajdka you must come from a 3rd world country and a dictatorship 🤭
It's Unthinkable if China want to be like Russia lol.
@@dreamadventure8220
How is the Delhi AQI reading today, dreamer? 599?
Boycott PRC PRODUCTS, TECHNOLOGIES, BRI AND EVERYTHING THAT COULD FUEL XI JINPING WAR GAMES.
War in Taiwan parliament, pigs fly...
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Ask a random dude outside SE Asia where Taiwan is, see if they can get it right.
“Important”, lol
Thailand: Giant brothel.
Taiwan: Giant brothel.
Liberalism ruined the Far East and the world.
I really enjoy such types of long form political explanations from SCMP, hope to see more soon!
Is it only me really think that the current status won’t change whether which party wins?
The Status quo already changed.
As long as no sudden declaration of independence from Taiwan, nothing serious would happen.
Expected to see the analysis of the 3 candidates but wasted 10 minutes on it...
A balanced and fact based reporting. Bravo to SCMP.
Very true. I always wondered how reliable and independent SCMP really is, but this report convinced me that they are at least somewhat free
Never expected something from China to be so unbiased
At least they're not following the narrative of the Neocon warmongers in Washington.
As a chinese lived in mainland China , we do support MR. Lai who can bring us into to a WAR, that would be the most exciting things in our lifetime to see how China get united again. People in TW, please and you must elect MR. Lai. Thank you for your cooperation !!!
@@jonathanng138 Isn't this hongkong media?
Taiwan needs a wise leader. Wisdom brings peace and prosperity.
Wisdom does nothing in front of a desperate opponent as we have seen in Ukraine.
The one thing Taiwan is blessed with is the increased consciousness of China's politics about their own position in the world's trading and the importance of Taiwan.
That does not mean that Taiwanese people shouldn't seek out for their freedom but also it is probably the best solution currently to not be too vocal for an extreme demand such as complete independence of Taiwan. That demand is something that lies in the far future and it should be secured as an option for the future.
Taiwan has incapable leaders for too many years. When you have incapable leaders, you get stuck in a rut.
Not just a wise leader but we also need a president that doesn't blatantly lie to its people, which we have seen many taiwan politicians been lying for years.
Taiwan has no real hope.
@@user-qd4td7yb8e😂😂😂 You are not a real Taiwanese.
China, US and Taiwan had vastly different goals for Taiwan’s future. And out of the three, the opinion of Taiwan is the most irrelevant.
Sadly
Taiwanese people are basically Chinese people. Choose your side carefully.
For now.
But, ultimately, the opinion of the Taiwanese people will matter. As we witnessed in the 20th century, the will of the people cannot be suppressed forever.. I don't know who will be the winner between the US or China, but I'm sure that none can maintain her dominance in the island without the support of local people (in this case, Taiwan).. We already saw it in Afghanistan and Iraq.
@@vegilsofki reality is always harsh and cruel
@@ignisilluminati if Afghanistan and Iraq is your examples, then Taiwan is doomed
The map behind the Chinese diplomat at the Taiwanese Affairs Office is disgusting. Putting the 9-dash line and the atolls they illegally bulit and other countries' territory and economic zones is alarming and shameful.
Yeah but Taiwan has the 11-dash line.
@@user-if6rq1bj7o you just lied . That is not true.
@@MarsAlexandre These are CCP sponsored commenters. Saying lie is the only thing they do.
美国对伊拉克、叙利亚、阿富汗犯下的战争罪让人恶心，我想你的金鱼记忆根本想不起来白人的新殖民主义对世界的毁灭性吧
There is only one China and it does NOT include Taiwan, Tibet, Uyghurstan, Mongolia, Ladakh territory
Taiwan is independent
China is china Taiwan is taiwan
dream
@@noboliNo dream
One of the big issues for Taiwan to be independent from Republic of China (ROC) or to have ROC be reformed into something like State of Taiwan is their own politics. People in Taiwan/ROC are afraid of war and do not want to end like Ukraine, and the KMT would never allow Taiwan to be independent from ROC. Changing the ROC constitution requires at least 75% of Legislative Yuan, which is something that DPP doesn't have now and is unlikely to have in the near future.
The KMT does not oppose amending the constitution, but the CCP does not allow it. I am Taiwanese.
@@Cloveri你们这么独立、这么强大，修宪就行啊，管中共怎么想干啥？
@@Cloveri中共还能影响你们修宪？现在真一国两制哦？😅
@@user-pt3ry1pc5w 跟我講幹嘛 我是中華民國派的
@@Cloveri.....0
China is going crazy watching Taiwan going through power transfer in a such beautiful way every 4 years.
😂😂😂😂😂 lmao~ what power they have? The biggest supporter US and Japan done even diplomatic with it.
May the whole world work together as family someday
Not going to happen, we're almost at the Grand finale.
This is impossible, with illegal aliens who reject our religion and culture
What if some family members actively try to harm others ? How is it possible to build a tower if some workers constantly try to destroy it actively ?
Thats what CCP thinks “we are one big family” arranged marriages with other families/countries
To achieve that, we need to oppose US's hegemony and support a multi-polar world.
Look at HK and do the math. Plain & simple.
I believe Taiwan is an independent country and I don’t care what other people think
As a chinese lived in mainland China , we do support MR. Lai who can bring us into to a WAR, that would be the most exciting things in our lifetime to see how China get united again. People in TW, please and you must elect MR. Lai. Thank you for your cooperation !!!
USA and most countries in the world disagree.
their disagreements have no impact to my real life, I hope you are not living on their approval only
@@pbworld7858
agree, as Mandarin borned in mainland China, i see the war between 2 China a great opportunity to accelerate family development in my current country, which is exactly same as my ancestor did several hundred years ago.@@viacoms
CONGRATULATIONS, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF TAIWAN AND ALL TAIWANESE CITIZENS
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
TAIWAN IS TAIWAN, AND FOR ALL TAIWANESE CITIZENS AND NOT FOR ANY COMMUNIST CHINESE 🇨🇳 GOVERNMENT ❗
Excellent video, thanks SCMP😊
No matter how the global landscape may evolve,peace and development remain the underlying trends.
TAIWAN IS A DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY LONG LIVE TAIWAN CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW PRESIDENT LAI CHING-TE
As the South China Morning Post is owned by Alibaba (a Chinese company), I fully expected a bias video towing the CCP line and giving a pro China perspective. I was genuinely impressed by how informative, accurate and objective this video was. Well done SCMP
Alibaba majority owner is Softbank , a Japanese Company. Your point?
@@davidwong5197 a lot of large corporations in china have significant shares owned by the chinese government, so the point was quite clear
@@BlueHawkPictures17
You still miss the point.😅
@@BlueHawkPictures17 SCMP is based in Hong Kong and has put out a series of distinctly anti-CCP videos in the past
@@BlueHawkPictures17 But not in Alibaba. Don't lie present the facts plaese.
5:05 why is the tekst written in Dutch? 'Dit is Taipei' means 'This is Taipei' in Dutch lol, anyone have an explanation?
Look at how the Philippines changed its stance and affects the political landscaped in the Asia Pacific. The Philippines is small both economically and territorial. Yet China was shookt after the changed of the leader.
ha ha ha ha LOL🤣😂
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I don't know but China was playing victim lately accusing Philippines of bullying them.
Philippines did not bully anybody since it just assert it's rights on the EEZ under the international rule of law.
I don't know where you guys say that the Philippines offended anyone.
But I guess Philippines will not help Taiwan.
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@@jamietung8233 China is weak crying over a small Philippines lately.
US provide Taiwan with military equipment or is it US sells to Taiwan the military equipment?
There is a huge difference between them.
Probably sells, that’s what the USA does. The USA agreed to ‘supply’ Australia with submarines, and the Australian people had to pay billions, just because western media convinced them to be scared of China, despite China only being friendly and offering 0 real threat.
The USA has its own interests. Know this. It does not 🚫 care for either China or Tai people.
Both
@@larryc1616so they are arming terrirosm
6:19 lol, how is that disrupting the peace? Taiwan isn't the one arming up and attacking. What a joker.
Recommend you reading more and gaining a more nuanced understanding of history before commenting like this.
@@imbastratinform us on the history then, the CCP is definitely the aggressor in current times, can you imagine yourself peacefully existing and when some bully across the street wants to attack you just because you're existing? Make no mistake , the CCP is a danger to democracy, and their unreasonable threats to Taiwan and the world will not be tolerated. Leave Taiwan alone, the CCP needs to mind it's own business.
the guy is more informed than u, thats for sure!! @@imbastrat
@@user-my6ig5dm9f Looking at his reductionist comment, definitely not.
Pls do join Ko’s evening campaign rally, especially Jan. 12 . It’s so touching.
"The right of self-determination means that a nation has the right to freely separate from the state of which it is part, to form an independent state. It is the right of a nation to independent existence as a state." - Vladimir Lenin (From his 1914 pamphlet "The Right of Nations to Self-Determination")
yeah he then grabbed many nations with brute force to created the soviet unions and tried to take china provinces too hahaha .. Mao said, with big guns you will win.
Why did Lincoln become the greatest president of the United States and be admired by the American people? Because he dared to slaughter independent regions, ensuring the unity of the United States
Sorry, UN 2758 already ruled Taiwan belongs to PRC mainland China!
@@albertleung5823 Sorry, bud. You've been misinformed. UN 2758 doesn't even mention Taiwan (ROC).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_2758
@@freeworld88888 Definitely. I just like to quote Communist leaders back to themselves, because they generally like to pretend that they're acting on principle. "Every people gets self-determination, unless we want to determine for them."
who owns South China Morning Post?
Taiwan Issue in U.S.-China Relations and China Policy
Mainstream Media and Organic Views
Dr. Wordman
This topic has never registered in most Americans’ minds except in recent years when US-China relations became tense triggering a hostile confrontation. The Taiwan issue to most American international relations scholars has been a fuzzy one since the U.S. openly admits its practicing of an ambiguous foreign policy regarding the status of Taiwan and its significance to China and U.S.-China Relations. The ambiguous Taiwan policy may be a deliberate design or a choice led by the circumstances that happened on the world stage, but it has worked to the U.S. advantage in the past under the Cold War atmosphere. However, the ambiguous Taiwan policy is causing confusion, indecision, and miscalculation in dealing with the ever-challenging U.S.-China relations under the mutually acknowledged one-China principle. In the past one hundred years, the U.S. has emerged as the world superpower but facing an increasingly complex world with serious challenges. In the same period, China suffered devastating foreign invasions and experienced an internal revolution that never ended resulting in a split between Mainland and Taiwan across the Taiwan Strait. Two sides were influenced respectively by the communist block (the Socialist Camp led by the Soviet Union/Russia) and the Western Alliances (led by the U.S.) politically and economically.
During and after WW II, the U.S. backed the Kuo-Ming-Tang (KMT/ROC) government which retreated to Taiwan while the Chinese Communist Party united the entire mainland (CCP/PRC) but Taiwan in 1949. The U.S. strategically or out of realistic assessment made a switch to recognize the PRC in 1979 with the intent of allying with China against the Soviet Union in the Cold War (which ended in 1991). Over 40+ years, Taiwan and Mainland China pursued economic development (separately following Sun Yat Sen’s political and economic development philosophy but practiced with different political party mechanisms and systems), thawing their relationship from a hostile ‘conquering the other side’ to a peaceful coexistence with mutual trade dependency. Taiwan was successful economically becoming the head of the four Asian little dragons and Mainland was catching behind with a faster (double-digit) growth rate. During this time, the U.S. maintained its one China policy but kept its legacy strategy of anti-communism considering China as a communist country. Even though the Soviet Union collapsed, the guard against communist countries remained. With China’s rapid rise in its nation-building process, the U.S. raised its concern over China’s development.
Indeed, China maintained its development and growth rate ever since 1978 when its GDP was 149.54 B, 1/40 of the U.S. GDP, and accelerated to 1.21 T, when China was admitted to the World Trade Organization) WTO in 2000. China’s GDP reached 6.09T overtaking Japan as the world’s second-largest economy next to the U.S. (15.05T) in 2010. The latest GDP figure in 2022 showed 17.96 T for China and 25.46 for the U.S. With China’s 2-3 times faster growth rate, one might expect China to surpass the U.S. GDP in a few years. It is under this atmosphere that the U.S. has strategically targeted China as its number one competitor (a code name for the enemy). Indeed the U.S. has launched a trade war, technology sanctions, a media campaign, and across the board including diplomatic and military alliances against China. In this U.S.-China confrontation, the Taiwan issue has become a critical chess piece in the game. The ambiguous Taiwan policy thus becomes cumbersome for the U.S. to conduct its fast-changing and vulnerable China policy.
Militarily, the U.S. had formulated the first island chain from South Korea, Japan, Philippines to Singapore to circumvent China and control China’s major shipping route along all of China’s coastline. Taiwan was not legally part of this island chain plot, but its geographical location between Japan and the Philippines made it strategically important to the containment strategy against China. Based on what happens in the U.S. diplomatic and military maneuvers (in forming anti-China mini-NATO-like alliances) and its desperate measures to reduce its dependence on China’s supply chain, one can see that the U.S. cannot hide behind a hypocritical one-China policy anymore; on the one hand selling weapons and arming Taiwan for war preparation and on the other hand coercing Taiwan along with South Korea and Japan to move their manufacturing technology and supply chain to the U.S. The U.S. Congress has attempted to create legislation to facilitate official contacts and weapon sales to Taiwan, but they are simply violating the one-China policy and stepping on China’s sovereignty redline. Crossing this redline is essentially breaking U.S.-China relations and ending diplomatic contacts. It is no surprise that China is fed up with the U.S. hypocritical one-China policy and shut its doors for U.S. officials.
In the U.S., there are numerous think tanks, invariably tied with government and industrial military complex on strategic matters. The current schools of thought on China may be summarized as follows: One school proposes abandoning the one-China policy, and the other wants to maintain an ambiguous Taiwan policy, but neither has a clear solution or strategy to deal with the above-stated consequences. The U.S. has been opposing ‘Taiwan Independence’ for fear of giving China the legitimate reason to use force to take over Taiwan (which is a feasible outcome based on the U.S.'s military analysis with no real proof that China will do so.) while encouraging Taiwan government to buy U.S. weapons to arm for defense, obviously for U.S. advantage. The ones arguing for maintaining an ambiguous Taiwan policy (keeping one-China policy) cannot convince, even the U.S.’s own Allies, that the U.S. is not meddling in China’s historical domestic issues with unjustified selfish interest. Hence the U.S. containment or deterrence strategy has holes that cannot be repaired by money alone (The U.S. does not have enough money and thus wishes its allies to chip in.) This dilemma is further compounded by the U.S. misinterpretation of Taiwan’s democracy and its people’s (not politicians’) real desire.
Taiwan has been a part of China for many centuries, although it was briefly occupied by invaders such as Dutch colonizers and Japanese imperialists. Japan’s fifties years of occupation of Taiwan (1895-1945) did make a deliberated colonization attempt. Hence, today after Japan surrendered in WW II and returned Taiwan to China in 1945, there are still Japanese immigrants in Taiwan, dependents of Chinese-Japanese intermarriages, and pro-Japan people. These people constitute an influence of about 30% of the total population. The rest are divided into KMT descendants and sympathizers (about 30%) and other political or no political affiliations (including those businesspeople commuting between Mainland and Taiwan.) Taiwan’s election cannot be used as a democracy versus authoritarian contest, rather it is a pure power play very much like a U.S. local village election. The media has repeatedly found that most Taiwanese people prefer to maintain the island's current situation, that is, peace with no war and trade with no sanctions (from the U.S.). The past 70 years of peace gave Taiwan prosperity and China a chance to rise to the second-largest economy in the world. The educated people in Taiwan have a better understanding of the Taiwan issue in the U.S. -China relations. They believe in historical destiny. It is unwise for the U.S. to misinterpret the Taiwan democracy for its legacy strategy. Given time, Taiwan will be united with Mainland China for mutual benefits, not for any other foreign interest. This is the real Taiwan issue in the U.S.-China relations. Honoring the one-China policy, changing deterrence to collaboration, and cultivating genuine friendship and cooperation will reap true benefits for all including the U.S. for sure!
taiwan taiwan taiwan stand up
They've had 70 years to declare independence and have yet to do so
err... ROC has been an indep entity since 1911!! what the heck r u talking abt? belajar sejarah d mane?
Taïwan didn't declare independance because they don't recognize the PRC as a sovereign state. And their constitution is older than the PRC itself.
I see the nine-dash line in the background of the spokesperson. Such greediness and covetousness to the point of delusion and bravado.
I believe Dr. Ke is the best president whose “rational thinking, scientific analysis and practical way”of doing things will lead Taiwan to a peaceful and prosperous future!
It hurts me that my fellow Cantonese were invaded by the scourge of the CCP in Hong Kong. Taiwan knows this, yet the polls are close.
Soar high (HK dialect) in the clouds.😊
Free Tibet, East Turkistan, In mongolia 🇲🇳🇲🇳🇲🇳🇲🇳
Andaman and Nicobar islands belong to Myanmar, 7 NE states are not Indian land, free Sikkim!
脑子瓦特了。
Free Philippines, free Texas free California
who's here after the poll results?
That's what we call journalism.
The report is misleading. In 1992, there was no agreement between the ROC government and the mainland on what "One China" is. The term "'92 Concensus" was created by the KMT politicians after 2000 when they lost power in democratic elections as a basis for their communication with the CCP, so there is no written document called '92 Concensus and the ROC President cannot represent a state and act according to something that is not a document signed by both sides and virtually doesn't exist and is just part of the KMT/CCP propaganda tool.
Hahaha.. hahaha.. hahaha.. Yes, sure!! Whatever you say, old kidd!! Hahaha.. hahaha.. hahaha..
DPP all the way 👍
Same gender marriage law was passed by DPP, right?
Hugely consequential event here
I can't wait to see who the free and independent nation of Taiwan elects.
If the Taiwanese want USA to treat them as the next Ukraine, then that's their right. Just don't come crying over spilled milk when thing's go south. And they will go south whenever USA is involved. That empire cares for no one except for their own elites.
It doesn't matter. Only to US only.
Leave taiwan alone!
Part of China
@@user-xp7nk9dw8d never in history that Taiwan was and controlled by china. Japan has more rights in Taiwan based in history.
@@jechuwen According to the U.S government Taiwan is a part
of main land of china. 1972 Shanghai
communique. Signed by president Richard Nixon.
1979 One china policy. Signed by president
Jimmy Carter. ANY INVOLVEMENT IN CHINAS
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS IS A VIOLATION OF
INTERNATIONAL LAW AND A VIOLATION OF
CHINA'S TERRITORIAL SOVEREIGNTY. WE
AMERICANS WILL NOT ALLOW CHINA TO ARM
HAWAII OR SUPPORT HAWAII SEPERATEST
MOVEMENT.
@@jechuwen by that logic usa should be dissolved .
. So when are u doing that
@@user-xp7nk9dw8d what r u talking about. I think u need to get a job.
US is disappointed that it can sell more weapons lol
Why taiwan is elexting a president if it is not a country?
Taiwan ❤️
🇲🇽🤝🇹🇼
🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
Taiwan is NOT part of mainland China. Taiwan is an independent country
I think that, Taiwan has a right for it's independence against tyrants that want to rule their country, think about it it's just like how america had the British as teir tyrants Taiwan has China as their tyrants. And I have no doubt once Taiwan becomes independent it will become one of the most important countries in the world similar to Japan.
to grasp power in the name of the people.
Taiwan freedom....Don't let Taiwan fall into communist hands
free gaza
"Don't let Taiwan fall into the hands of the Communist Party" is so ironic
The Kuomintang fought against Communist China 70 years ago
At the same time, thousands of Chinese Communists and Taiwanese Communists were purged in Taiwan.
Today in the political propaganda of the Democratic Progressive Party, the successor to the Taiwan Communist Party, those Taiwan Communists who intended to overthrow the Republic of China and allow Communist China to take over Taiwan have become Taiwan's democratic martyrs. The Communist Party has become a "saint" under the need of local consciousness.
How ironic
Yup, no different than N Korea vs S Korea and E Germany vs W Germany
@@larryc1616 Oi,very different,PRC permanent member of the United Nations Security Council,POC Not a member of UN 🤖 that mean illegal.Most country on the planet accept one-China policy,not accept POC is a country.
N Korea S Korea E Germany W Germany Proxy war，PRC POC civil war.
Taiwan must stay a democratic country.
Me and Peter cooked fish curry and rice. Will also have broccolli fresh from our garden.
Molly bot going insane in comments
According to the U.S government Taiwan is a part
of main land of china. 1972 Shanghai
communique. Signed by president Richard Nixon.
1979 One china policy. Signed by president
Jimmy Carter. ANY INVOLVEMENT IN CHINAS
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS IS A VIOLATION OF
INTERNATIONAL LAW AND A VIOLATION OF
CHINA'S TERRITORIAL SOVEREIGNTY. WE
AMERICANS WILL NOT ALLOW CHINA TO ARM
HAWAII OR SUPPORT HAWAII SEPERATEST
MOVEMENT.
Taiwan does not need to change its constitution or coutry name. It, however, should restore the orginal English name "Chung Hwa Republic", which was decided by Dr. Sun Yat-sen in 1911. The Chung Hwa Republic and the People's Republic of China are two different countries.
Interesting point! Using Chung Hwa to replace the word China.
What does UN say? You or UN has more say?
@@sunmanyi3265 I have more say than UN. I have 1 vote in Taiwan while UN has zero.
@@chi-jenyang9752
UN has 179 countries that don't recognise ROC as the legitimate China. You can 25 million votes, you are still named Chinese Taipeh😅
@@sunmanyi3265but UN recognition is meaningless as you can see in the Israel and Gaza Wars. Nobody cares what some other countries vote for regarding their own country’s issues.
When the war started, Tsai will be one who fled Taiwan.
WELCOME IN USA
Just like Afghanistan and South Vietnam
So? Fear induced surrender is better?
well she probably won't be president by then
@@pevlez She already bought a home in LA. At least half of the people running have green card. Lai's family is already in Texas. Yeah war will not affect them
Дракон сила и мудрость. Он не будет чесать пятку, если туда попала стрела.
With the Mainland’s economy sliding downward, Taiwan can’t count on the same prosperity as before in a relationship with the CCP.
It's been a long time since the comment section on a SCMP video is interesting.
Every time there are China hater bots that are saying some non sense
Oke, Matsumoto san.
You mean "Last Chang" and "Beijing Olympics Genocide", right?
hmm, the comments from China bots are funny too.
The WuMao五毛 is the most eye-catching, isn't it? Or to use the more formal term "internet commentator网评员". These persons have been desperately manipulating public opinion about China in order to maintain the CCP's dictatorship.
Meh. The Wu Mao are just as irritating -- if not more so.
@@dyu999 is that a cia bot
My HK has become a financial ruin after united with my chyna.
That's cause hongkong got rich by acting as a transfer station between other countries and mainland china for imports and exports. Since China does not need Hongkong to import and export goods anymore it lost it's economical backbone. So hongkong having lost it's major income, is not doing well. It has nothing to do with the chinese government and could you please spell the country's name right.
@@Jim17724 That being said, my HK has been abandoned by chyna. The chyna regime promises to make HK more prosperous and offer more political freedom, thus so called one country two system, but things turned out to the other way, our Hang Seng Index is back to the date of handover.
@@Hkchinese888 Do you want to live with me in India?
@@misterbig9025 No, I am allergic to curry. Anyway, I am straight too.
First of all stop being rasict,
second, hongkong would not of been that rich in the first place if it wasn't for it's unique status in trade that has been lost now. kinda like detroit, you can't say the us government abandoned it because the manufactoring in the us was outsourced.
ps. people in hongkong hardly got to vote at all (18 people in legislative branch to help set laws after 1991, no voting at all for more than 90% of it's history as a colony), now they can vote for the entire administration. That's more "political freedom" right
It is by time to recognize the statehood and independence of both Taiwan and Palestine.
Those Taiwan candidates are pointed and interviewed by Americans...then in what sense Taiwan Chinese select any one of them...
Taiwan is what it is today because of the will of the people. The people voted for a free, democratic and inclusive society and this is worth protecting.
Similarly, the pressure for war on the mainland also comes from the people. If there is a democratic vote, I am afraid that more than 90% of the people will support reunification by force. So the question is, is this also worth protecting?
@@Ian-vw5od I don't think so... regular people just want to live their lives without worry and take care of their loved ones... the pressure comes from the CCP and it's cronies, those who are brainwashed by nationalism.
Why is USA "bound by law" to provide security for Taiwan?
a superficial piece
Who would be in their right mind to have *ties* with the authoritarian surveillance Chinese 🇨🇳 regime? Given regime's destiny is uncertain.
Everyone ever. Since u advocate for israel you cannot criticise China
Even israel begs China.
@@user-xp7nk9dw8d China's economy is on a free fall. It has biggest debt in the world.
@@user-xp7nk9dw8dChinese regime's inevitable future is like the USSR.
@@AhmetTekin101 The return of Taiwan to her motherland is historically inevitable!!!! 😁😁😁😁😁
@@albertleung5823 Taiwan had existed before China.
Regardless which party wins the election, sadly this will be the last election. Something tells me the next president won’t complete the turn either.
Really
According to a new survey, the no 1 concern of Taiwanese people is the economy. Relationship with China only ranks 2nd. I'm neutral about Taiwanese internal politics. However, it's funny that President Tsai stated that the "presidential office is back to the people of Taiwan". In fact, 8 years of her presidency saw little progress in the Taiwanese economy while facing many issues such as expensive housing, and low salaries.
Let’s judge the living statue of the young people living in the mainland of China. They can’t afford the living burden either and the basic justice from the law and government. Actually they are even sealed mouth to comment what they are thinking. What they are allowed to is obeying and enduring. Why don’t we giving the real democracy party and government more chances and longer time?
Try speaking out against Xi in CCP land and you'll see "the difference".
The number of Taiwanese living in China fell off a cliff with the Wuhan virus. Many of us just never went back. @@UnknownPersonUnbelievable
Actually her second term was the best economically of any president since Lee Teng-Hui. She was MUCH more successful in this regard than Ma Yingjiu or Chen ShuiBian. Taiwan weathered the Wuhan virus better than almost any other country thanks to her government's leadership. We hit about six percent economic growth one year which was the highest in the developed world. Beyond that she also raised the minimum wage significantly. It had stagnated under Ma and Chen. That said she didn't do enough to address housing cost problems but still better than Ma or Chen.
@@SK-lt1soTry forming a communist party in Democrat land, see the difference. (the difference is you get drugged and tested on by the CIA, tortured and eventually murdered. ) They’re very similar actually, the CPC doesn’t want negative opinions forming, and the USA doesn’t want the people to realise that if they work together they can overthrow their government. If the CPC didn’t do that, they would be overthrown quickly, because with such a large population, negative ideas spread quickly. Then China would fracture into civil war, like it always used to.
I think the best away to understand a government is to put yourself in their shoes.
Also, it’s CPC - Chinese Party of Communists, not CCP. It’s a mistranslation that was proliferated by idiots in the USA. Well, most people in the US are idiots
Congrats to The new Leader of TAIWAN ! ❤
This can be a deadly outcome depending on who they vote in ! Or maybe regardless , world powers are getting to ambitious!!
1. Taiwan's presidential election matters to the world ?
2. Green or Blue victory still confronts mainland China and strongly resists unification.
3. Time is totally not on Taiwan's side in terms of military strengths although U.S. superficially supports it. Judging Russia-Ukraine war we can predict what U.S. will do
柯文哲讲的“台湾应当是中美沟通的桥梁而不是中美角逐中的棋子”，this is what truly matters for the people of Taiwan.
看起来，柯文哲做的是一个棋子啊
问题在于沟通管道已经有了，为什么需要台湾？
呀？中美沟通渠道一直有呀，台湾能扮演啥？何况你觉得美国允许以及大陆需要时和平统一还是武力统一说到底基础都是统一。
@@user-hc5cg3jc3i 首先台湾在中美问题上是不可能中立的。
棋子就是棋子，棋子有选择的权利，当你的乌克兰吧。
This video will explain what happening here in Taiwan, we are struggling but strong in our status to maintain democracy.
Besok akan dibahas soal hubungan luar negeri khususnya Taiwan lewat debat. Untuk Indonesia, MERDEKA atau TIDAK?
Jika Taiwan deklarasikan sebagai negara merdeka MAKA perekonomian seluruh dunia akan hancur apalagi negara kita, Indonesia. Terus juga, Indonesia sebagai jumlah WNA terbanyak di Taiwan, antisipasinya gimana?
How can they be considered democratically independent when all their leaders have to seek endorsement by Arnercian when running for presidency.
What a dumb comment. They are literally having a direct one citizen one vote presidential right now, by the 20+ million Taiwanese people. If you want to be a shill of CCP, try harder.
They don’t have to get endorsement.
@@mudshovel289 You are rite, they don’t have to get endorsement. Yet all of them, visited Arnercia to seek endorsement by Arnercian when running for presidency.
@@kiddo817 Please explain, how democratically independent, is Taiwan when every Taiwanese presidency candidate have visiting Arnercian for endorsement as an integral part of their presidential campaign.
FREE TAIWAN INDEPENDENT TAIWAN TAIWAN IS A COUNTRY ❤
‘everyone in Taiwan is free’. But don’t ask about the natives 🤭
And the rightful heir and rulers of E China.
independence means war
as a HKer, Reunification is a lovely idea but not important. let taiwan have their island. BUT i prefer China to USA, UK or any other colonial white foreigners.
No, no ,no, you don't understand. The devils US will jump in like they did to South Korea and split the Chinese like they split the Korean people.
Taiwan ,USA are Developed high income Countries 👍💪🇺🇸🇹🇼
Not a poor failed state like 3 world communist china😂😂
high income but living paycheck to paycheck? 😂😂😂
"failed state"?, that's beyond hilarious, that is concerning 😂
@@schivverthat's my cryna. 952 million people living on less than 282 dollars a month 😂
Usa under chinese loans
. China not under usa loans
😂😂😂😂
@@Ttui89. agreed
According to the U.S government Taiwan is a part
of main land of china. 1972 Shanghai
communique. Signed by president Richard Nixon.
1979 One china policy. Signed by president
Jimmy Carter. ANY INVOLVEMENT IN CHINAS
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS IS A VIOLATION OF
INTERNATIONAL LAW AND A VIOLATION OF
CHINA'S TERRITORIAL SOVEREIGNTY. WE
AMERICANS WILL NOT ALLOW CHINA TO ARM
HAWAII OR SUPPORT HAWAII SEPERATEST
MOVEMENT.
People of Taiwan, Please do not let China bully you into submission. Hold firm.
Uhhhh since when was Chinese bullying the people of taiwan?
@@euniceyuen3222 come on mate
👍🏻
🇹🇼 🤝 🇺🇸
Why not be independent from the US pig and the Chinese for the sake of the wellbeing of thr people
@@larryc1616 😂😂😂
mIndia's Hunger index
2013: 63rd rank
2022: 107th rank
mIndia's Happiness index.
2013: 111th rank
2022: 136th rank
mIndia's press freedom rank
2013:79th
2022: 150the the fourth pillar of worlds largest
democracy is no more
mIndia's unemployment rate
2013:4.9%
2023:7.5%
Unemployment rate never increase in growing
economy.. india is growing only on paper and by
loan
mIndia's Debt
before 2014: ₹55 lakh crore
2023: ₹155 lakh crore
mIndia's GDP from 2004 to 2014:
$709 billion to 2.04 trilion (almost triple)
India's GDP from 2014to 2024:
$2.04 trillion to 3.6 trilion (expected)...not even
double
If we take out the threat of war I wonder is the taiwanese people will support formal independence more than the current 25%?
ni hoa ma?
Taiwan is Taiwan and China is China, 2 different countries.
A democracy and a dictatorship.
Where is Republic of China?
唯一支持柯文哲
nobody cares @@jameskptan
Taiwan will first amend its own constitution and abolish the provision that "Taiwan belongs to China"
If you speak Mandarin, you're part of China..As no one care about Taiwan as it doesn't exist..Hong Kong should be it own country as they are spoken in Cantonese..
Reminder: Taiwan IS a country.
no
If a reminder is needed, that mean Taiwan is not a country.
if i could vote i would vote for the do right thing guy. LOLs.
KMT are sane
Being a U.S elementary school student, I must express that the U.S regime should be the least qualified nation to engage in discussions regarding the protection and security of Taiwan. This judgment is based on its annual taxation of a trillion dollars from hardworking U.S citizens to bolster its defense sector, But struggles heavily with its significant challenges in ensuring the safety of elementary school children.
Bro what 💀💀 yall forgot the tokens 💀💀
@@pompomaddons Elementary school student, I can't 💀💀
The US will give you the freedom to use UA-cam without a VPN.
Bro thinks being a elementary school student is an occupation 💀💀💀
Bot from CCP
When it comes to discussing the protection and security of Taiwan, the U.S regime is likely the least qualified, considering its annual taxation of a trillion dollars from its hardworking citizens to bolster its defense sector. Yet, it grapples with ensuring even the safety of its own elementary school children.
I don't think "qualified" has anything to do with it to be honest.
@@JJ82IOEIt’s a bot. Just look at their profile and the other comments they made.
@@Nharle837 You know, I actually don't fully-understand what you mean 🧐🧐🧐
I use AI chat apps quite a bit. I'm just engaging in discourse.
Poor 3 world chinese are coming into USA as refugees😹😹
Taiwan ,USA are Developed high income Countries 👍💪🇺🇸🇹🇼
Not a poor failed state like 3 world communist china😂😂
How conditions now ukren pelestine iraq sirya aphaganistan learn taiwan now persident who usa usa is a only use please learn taiwan.
there is no such thing as taiwan passport on the planet
Because they didn’t declare independence yet. That obviously must come first.
Taiwan is a free and independent country.
做夢！
free for White people to steal and rob😂
it is your dream.
look how china destroy hongkong, hongkong was grate 10 years a go, now hongkong freedom is gone, it's economy is gone do you want the same for taiwan ?
There is no such country named Taiwan. Taiwan is part of REPUBLIC OF CHINA. BUT ROC had since been replaced by PRC Recognised by The UN.
here comes the bots.😂
How original.
U talking about yourself
@@user-xp7nk9dw8d no