Quick question: If Beijing's Communist Party suddenly says there won't be a war, try to play nice but will continue to steadily increase their military development. Would you think 1) They are trying to buy time or get Taiwan to drop down its guards 2) For the benefit of the doubt; you will tell everyone to believe them and give them another chance to redeem themselves after numerous broken promises to WTO/WHO/treaties to other countries-etc. 3) Other I am somewhat more concerned about the 500++ million Chinese citizens in China that are earning less than 5.5$ a day. Which brings the taliban's scenario where those terrorists hold the citizens' hostage to bargain for recognzation/funds and most of the nation may be pressured to provide aids to avoid a humanitarian disaster. Except in the case of China... the great leap forward killed tens of millions and the next one could be several times higher by the disaster of human creation called 'commusim'+'greed for power and insecurity'.
If the Taiwanese choose independence immediately, there will be a war from the mainland. Interlock! I like to say that, people in Taiwan should stop claiming they are about to be a country. In that way, ROC will have existed for another 100 years and will have had political independence, although it has not been recognized by the international society.
That is why the Chinese government will always repeat the same line "We the Chinese people will not give up the right to unify Taiwan with the mainland using non-peaceful means but the priority and aim is to strive to unify Taiwan by peaceful means as this is the best way forward for both the people on the mainland and the people living in Taiwan province". You are living on land that is part of China. You can argue all you want about PRC never controlling Taiwan island ever but the narrative in China is that Taiwan is part of China, the China that has 5000 years of recorded history. If Taiwan declares independence right now, there will be volunteers from the mainland numbering more than twice the population of Taiwan (at least 60million Chinese) that will sign up for active military duties and China would probably raise funds for this military operation from donations by the Chinese population amounting to at least 5% of China's GDP. A non-peaceful reunification exercise will signal to the world the real decline of the US and the Anglo-saxon influence in this part of the world and will accelerate China's dominance as the rule setter. So it is not all pain and no gain for China to embark on a non-peaceful reunification exercise so be careful of what you wish for. A non-peaceful reunification exercise will mean that the bargaining chips on the Taiwan side will be down to its last dime. There will not be 1 country 2 systems, there will only be one system if people from both sides have to die. The wise thing to do is to start negotiations and bargaining while you have the chips and some bargaining power. In the event of the worst case scenario; an all out invasion of Taiwan militarily; Tsai Ing Wen, Su Tseng Chan, You Si Kun. Lai William and Wu Joseph will be in the first class cabin with other US nationals on China approved evacuation flights out of Taipei while young Taiwanese donning military uniform will either die in the battle field or surrender to be prisoner of war. And yes, Su Tseng Chan will be carrying his broomstick with him on the flight.. not to fight the PLA to the last broomstick but he needs it to keep his mansion in the US clean. 2 years after reunification, a memorial tower will be built in central Taipei commemorating young Taiwanese soldiers who died in the reunification war because they have been duped to sacrifice their lives by the gang of five traitors living as disgraced exiles in the US.
Yes, in fact, Qing Dynasty took over soveignty of Taiwan Province from Ming Dynasty, but by and large rule the island in a laissez-faire way (A sort of One Country, Two slightly different System !?) After snatching back The Treasure Island from thise f###### Imperial "Force-Prostitution Army" JaponKgnia after WWII, and thro civil war, Taiwan remains.......*A PROVINCE OF CHAAAAAINA !* After Reunificafion with the Mainland, by 2039, Taiwan WILL BECOME A RICH PROVINCE (Finally catching up with JiangSu and GuangDong....) God BLESS TAIWAN, CHINA
@@jonathanlee5520 Oh! Really? Maybe there has great relationship between B'desh government and China but what they are doing with uighurs in xinjiang province that indeed discrimination of humanity. So common peoples of Bangladesh and not with China
I live in Taiwan. Overall speaking, I think this episode is fair & like it. However, it did not elaborate on why the US deserted ROC(Taiwan) in 1979 and trying to return to love Taiwan right now. It might hint to me that the US may betray Taiwan due to its own iinterests again.
Because USA is being pressured by PRC. They don't want to go to war and they don't want to anger China so I guess that's USA is shifting it's opinion. PRC should live Taiwan alone, this conflict won't happen if China stop threating Taiwan into submission.
China didn't split in 2. USA prevented the CCP from continuing to Taiwan and bringing a close to the civil war. Taiwan exists as a separate state only because of the USA
Excactly why Europe still exists as free and healthy democracies, and Ukraine is capable of fighting for their independence as a sovereign democracy, against megalomaniac Putins imperialism!
@@santosscribbles If another civil war erupted in US between the right and left and say the right won with the left retreating so the right wants to end the civil war only to be interupted by the Chinese military to keep the US divided for their own benefits would you see this as good?
just to let everyone knows tawian is part of china. the only reason why would tawian side with americans cause we got americans speak full of l i e s so that they be against china lol
By Self-determination, we all know the outcome. Those who maintain independence must be in the majority, no matter what their name is, it is not PRC anyway. There must be more people joining the U.S. than joining the pathetic PRC-China.
@@russell6075 Because the KMT lose the civil war and some in Taiwan do want to claim back. As it is not reported widely in the media, it does not mean you "don't hear" the Taiwanese moaning.
Allowing the foreign forces to intervene the internal affairs was no the choice of Chinese people. Counting on US to represent Chinese interest is too naive.
It missed the cover up of covid by china, Uighur genocide, Indian border incursions, china incursions in the pacific and the fact its not America vs china but a coalition including America vs china.
@@amerlad since you're so orientated could you please link to Aj analysis of thousands of muslim ghetto's and criminal parallel societies in former peaceful Western European Christian societies? Seems to be highly relevant who is carrying the immense daily burden of dysfunctional Middle Eastern culture?
Thank you for sharing these information to let more people know my country! I am always proud to say that I'm from Taiwan！ I think most of the Taiwanese will chose to protect our freedom and democracy forever.
Suggestion for a Start Here episode - start here should do a story on indigenous residential schools in Canada. It is in the media regularly and just this week they are beginning to use x-ray machines to scan the ground outside the residential school in Brantford, Ontario to search for bodies of children buried secretly many years ago. I think it would be a fantastic topic to explore.
the more indigenous Canadian's tragedies are dug out, the more Canadian governments have been committing a genocide, if comparing it to China on Xinjiang
Unfortunately, when Taiwan bought weapons from US or other countries, China threaten to impose economic sanctions in last decades. Taiwanese love peace, but we are forced to against the world biggest invader...China.
Which conflict are you referring to? There's is only megalomaniac Putins endless aggressions towards all peaceful neighbouring ethnicities and independent nations! Thats not a conflict, its ongoing oppression and illegal extermination war!
I strongly suggest you read John J. Mearsheimer's The tragedy of great power politics. In this book, it is clearly stated that all great powers want to become the rulers of the international order, and those already at the top are doing their best to beat the emerging challengers. Taiwan is just one of the pawns in the US response to the Chinese challenge. This has nothing to do with Taiwan's history, except that Taiwan happens to stand in the middle between the United States and China.
You have a neighbor. You used to be friends, but not in a good relationship. One day, he said: Oops. Sorry. I sold your house to a man and can you live peacefully with him. You: WTF. Why can you sell my house? Do you ask my opinion? Fine, I will try to deal with it. After several painful years, the man left and you finally live in your sweet home. You work hard and make friends with surrounding neighbors. Then again one day, that neighbor walks around your neighborhood, threatens the other neighbors, and claims that a crossroad belongs to him. WTF. Then he starts to carry guns and walks around your house. He says: I want to peacefully have your house... What would you say?
you call it an unwelcome guest or a natural disaster. I would just call them bandits* *like pirates of the past You shouldn't waste time reasoning with bandits since any promise is worth only as much as a piece of paper like their promise to Hong Kong-UK which was an international treaty between countries. Don't enable them to buy more time because even if many of the countries are able to decouple key sectors.... they would end up turning their own people as a hostage when necessary =/ (or use their people as meat shield - or as tools to give other countries defense force, PTSD)
That’s ridiculous. China is a figment of imagination. America is the greatest force of any kind in the history of the world. People forget those key points, but a reminder could be coming.
From a Taiwanese, this is a good video which address many important and correct perspectives, however two things need to be added for clarifications, one, the current China or PRC has never ruled Taiwan, so there’s no such thing as “unification,” it’s actually invasion. Second, Ching dynasty”is a different people and different country, Ching didn’t see itself as China nor Chinese, so China hasn’t ruled Taiwan, it was Ching ruled Taiwan, and in ROC period of China, ROC didn’t rule Taiwan at all, ROC flees to Taiwan as parasite, control Taiwanese people with terror. Taiwanese people spent decades to peacefully transfer political power from ROC Chinese to Taiwanese people, and currently don’t change the name of the country due to pressure from China PRC and the US. The process is very tough, we Taiwanese people are very proud of what we’re doing on this island and what we’ve accomplished
Before Qing, the Dutch, Spanish, and Japanese born Ming China royalist Koxinga ruled over parts of Taiwan. Qing actually only ruled half of the island. Japan was the first country to rule over the whole island. Before all these... Taiwan has aboriginal people which are classified as Austronesian.
The land of Taiwan belong to China. If you people don’t like it, just get out of Taiwan. We don’t care about you , we care the Land that belongs to China.
The United Nations in 1945 recognized the Republic of China (ROC) as the legitimate government of China, including the territories of Taiwan, Tibet, and Xinjiang. The ROC lost the civil war with PRC on China's mainland and self-exiled to Taiwan in 1949. The United Nations in 1971 recognized the People's Republic of China (PRC) as the legitimate government of China with no change to its territories. In 1979, the USA recognized PRC as the legitimate government of China, including the territories of Taiwan, Tibet, and Xinjiang. The UN and 180 countries (including NATO, EU, QUAD, and AUKUS countries) recognized PRC as the legitimate government of China with Taiwan, Tibet and Xinjiang as its territories. Anyone or any country said otherwise is a blatant hypocrite.
US said: Chinese both in mainland and taiwan believe there is only one China, US gov does NOT has objection to this statement! this is one of most important foundation of modern internal relationship, any simple change almost meaning war between global powers and probably cause end of human history
But the dictator Chiang Kai Shek and the ROC says that Taiwan is a part of China. Chiang Kai Shek wasn’t interested in Taiwan independence but only to overthrow the communists and return to power on the mainland.
Oh, I see. In that logic, I acknowledge your position about the statement you are a human = You aren't a human != I acknowledge you are a human, how perfect logic...
I am Taiwanese,If the KMT had defeated the Chinese Communist regime in 1949, none of these abominations would have happened, and the permanent seat on the UN Security Council would not have been taken away by the CCP. Although the KMT did similar abominations in Taiwan at the time, at least we succeeded in becoming democratic and free. However, the KMT has recently gone from being anti-communist and wanting to counterattack to becoming more and more pro-communist, which makes us very angry. Come on Taiwan 🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼
Big mistake in the program. The US only acknowledges China's statement that Taiwan is part of China. It doesn't mean the US recognizes Taiwan is part of China. This was clearly stated in the US-China communique.
Recent 🇹🇼 Taiwan survey shows that Nearly 90 percent of the public identify themselves as Taiwanese and about two-thirds said they are willing to fight for the country in case of war, a survey released yesterday by the Taiwan New Constitution Foundation showed. The question about national identity showed that 89.9 percent identify themselves as Taiwanese and 4.6 percent as Chinese, while 1 percent consider themselves to be both, the poll showed.
Interesting. If the survey was done around 18XX in China, people's answers would be the slaves of Qing Dynasty. And people today living behind the wall still choose to blind their eyes.
@@funnycnn it's not my freedom. I'm not a Taiwanese citizen. Plus, there's no need for Taiwanese citizens to fight for their freedom. By declaring independence, it would be an agreement by the Taiwanese government that Taiwan is a Chinese territory. Since the current Taiwanese government does not recognize itself as a Chinese territory, then there is no need to declare independence. Taiwan has never been part of Communist China. They are already an independent country regardless of how many times the CCP claims Taiwan as a Chinese territory. CCP has zero control of who enters and leaves Taiwan's sovereign territory. CCP has no authority to legislate any laws that the Taiwanese live by. CCP does not fund any of the government, infrastructure, etc in Taiwan. Start Here was wrong on what it said USA's position is. USA's position is that USA acknowledges that it is the CCP's position that Taiwan is part if China, but USA has never agreed with Communist China that Taiwan is a Chinese territory.
Microchips are used in virtually every car, plane, boat, computer, phone etc. Those without them go back a century technologically. This may be wholly relevant to the fight for Taiwan...
@American Infidel And China is Country run by a criminal organization masquerading as a political party Who's abuse of it's ethnic minorities is well documented (Uyghers) The authoritarian Dictatorship has a deplorable human right record along with forced organ harvesting
@@charlesfavell3350 You neglected to mention that China has raised over 100 million out of poverty in the last decade and are set to become the financial number one by 2028. You also neglect to mention which NATO warmongering country you're from and which countries were looted with your tax money... As for human rights, I agree with you although not many countries in the west are much better...
@@steveparker8065 Look up banned internet sites in China. Every top 100 sites is on it including UA-cam. CCP hates access to information for a reason. China is a overpopulated resources starved country that survives on imports. They will not win the long game.
@@alanssshh because of threat of China throwing a tantrum if Taiwan did anything to increase its right to be an independant country. US and Taiwan want to avoid China throwing a tantrum and possible violent action... China is the problem.
@@rms1034 Did you even watch this video? It literally told you the global community ditched TW in the 1970's, when China had zero power and entire nation below poverty line, China wasn't able to threat any other country even if it wanted to. TW was abandoned because of TW, it had nothing to do with anybody else. Today the US is digging into every ditch to find dirt to throw at China trying to suppress it, that's why after half a century of abandoning TW, you hear about this island again. It's the same situation with Tibet, Xinjiang... nothing changed about them for the past 50+ years, the US needs to throw shades at China today because losing the economic war, so all of them suddenly became problems today.
@@pinkcichlid nice try but Japan basically promises to defend Taiwan in the event of Chinese invasion. Because Taiwan is an existential threat to Japan. And Japanese involvenent will very likely mean the US will support. US action very likely means UK support in turn, which then emboldens Australia to join. I think you will find there is tons of international support for Taiwan today, but no body wants to disturb the stays quo because of the tantrum child China.
this is the example of how international community sometimes can be jerk its all business people they see china as opportunity now its all backfired because china wants to be a bigger player hmmmm....its just a matter of time when Asian countries support this cause if china can come up a good terms.
All asian countries except Pakistan are against china. Because china is a bully. They provoked all their neighbors once they became powerful. Border disputes with all countries including Russia 😂. You my friend don't know anything about China.
@@pratiksuryawanshi78 Speaking from a country that currently have dispute with all its neighbor. Yes, you guess it, it's India. The only land dispute China have is with India. Try to stay in the present time and not in some historical time in the past with issues that have been resolved.
@@pratiksuryawanshi78 China has already resolved the land border problem with all its neighbors except India, Chinese bordet with Russia, Kazakhstan and Vietnam ate open, no dispute no conflict,
@@Emilechen Vietnam? Vietnam does not recognize China's narrative in the South China Sea, and Vietnam has oil wells co-operated with Russia in the South China Sea. They are not on your side. Oscar Best Director, Chloé Zhao said “China, a place where there are lies everywhere.”
Another item, one which was not mentioned is that if China invaded Taiwan and controlled semiconductor companies, they would also have access to the proprietary masks for the products made by THOUSANDS of companies around the world - Apple's M! chip, the IC's developed by the worlds car manufacturers, the Cameras made in Japan, medical equipment, avionics, consumer electronics, defense companies, etc. ALL OF THIS DEVELOPED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THESE COMPANIES WOULD BE STOLEN / COPIED / RANSOMED - Unacceptable
why it is unacceptable, because it is stolen by a communist instead of a "free world" countries? The japanese copied everything from the west until the 70s. Even taiwanese products was called knockoff brands until around 2010. Look at any laptop from msi, asus before 2010 and you will see they were just copied straight from dell or hp with cheaper price. You should say "this is unacceptable for a communist country to access technology to develop, they must always stay poor". That is much more correct.
@@davelee4464 1) I'm old enough to tell you first hand that Japanese copying of designs WAS a political and legal issue in the '70's or early 80's. I remember congressional hearings instigated by the automotive industry on the subject. 2) What is more substantial here is not just copying the design, but stealing the actual, physical assets (masks) used to make the product, the physical equipment used to make the product, as well as the scale of the theft (thousands of companies in one go). This doesn't just copy a design, it stops the creator from making them. 3) The communist angle is only part of the issue. China was communist when the industrialized nations, including the U.S., invited China into the World Trade Organization (WTO). This conflicts with your 'must always stay poor' narrative. The west knew China would become an economic superpower despite being communist. Deng Xiaoping set the tone for an opening with the industrialized nations. This was bolstered by Jiang Zemin. It was hoped China would at least open up to more democratic values, and adhere to the WTO's rules. (e.g. A floating currency exchange rate). 4) The Taiwan issue is also more than just a U.S. vs. China issue. Namely, the TAIWANESE PUBLIC is opposed to being subsumed into China. You should ask 'Why?' China's communist government likely could have found a diplomatic solution similar to the 'states rights' concept used in the U.S. and to a similar degree in the European Union. But China chose a more confrontational path with pretty much ALL of its neighbors. The absurd 'Nine Dash' claim in the south China, is one example (constructing artificial islands on waters belonging to other nations, militarizing the islands, stopping other nations from fishing and mining in their own waters, claiming roughly a million square miles ranging up to 800 miles from China). Another example is China violating their 1997 agreement with Great Britain sea with respect to Hong Kong. 5) Just look at the sheer number of large, multinational companies in China. They don't care if the government is capitalist or communist. The governments in which these companies are headquartered didn't care that much either. However, both do care about intellectual property theft, forced technology transfer, arbitrary laws, bribery, copying and competition by subsidized state owned enterprises, dumping, etc. The point to all this is that China's government's own actions had more to do with the current conflict than merely being communist.
@@dingyipu9372 The interdependence between China and the U.S. does speak to maintaining relations better than they are now. But China began extensively buying U.S. bonds long before this issue surfaced as a major point of contention. Also, the finance ministers in China are more than smart enough not to buy hundreds of billions in bonds just because someone here requested them. Like anyone in charge of investments, they sought a balance of return and security
"Hong Kong has been completely absorbed into China. The last remaining piece that is missing is Taiwan." US Hegemony at its best. Hong Kong is purely a matter between The UK and China, Hong Kong had been a colony of the British Empire since 1842, after the First Opium War, and its territory was expanded on two occasions; in 1860 with the addition of Kowloon Peninsula and Stonecutters Island, and again in 1898 when Britain obtained a 99-year lease for the New Territories. The date of the handover in 1997 marked the end of this lease. The 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration had set the conditions under which Hong Kong was to be transferred, with China agreeing to maintain existing structures of government and economy under a principle of "one country, two systems" for a period of 50 years. Hong Kong became China's first special administrative region; it was followed by Macau after its transfer from Portugal in 1999.
Taiwan belong to the people who live here and love democracy . Taiwan is a real country , we have independent government systems , our defend force , Independent currency ，independent law system . We just need the world to know the name of my country is Taiwan.
I will never admit that your country is called Taiwan. I always recognize your country as the Republic of CHINA, the real China. The real China maintain its culture, language, and religions, and that is your country, the Republic of CHINA, while the fake China destroyed them all in the name of communism and cultural revolution. I mean, come on, you guys are the descendants of your great great grandfathers who founded the Republic of CHINA in 1912. Your great grandfathers only retreated to the island of Taiwan because they lost the mainland to the communists in 1949. However, you fathers did a good job in taking care and keeping presence in Taiwan. And you...you are the real Chinese.
US should ready for foreign country interfering in Hawaiian, Guam, Okinawa independent movement like happening now in Taiwan. It is a fair game in democracy.
@@alanssshh sure I recognize it. It has all the hallmarks of an independent country. And China has all the hallmarks of a brutal dictatorship that is desperate to look tough but in fact looks more like a sad boyfriend lol
Maintaining the status quo for Taiwan would mean doing more than "nothing". Beijing isn't being passive on this, in order to maintain the current balance the international community would likewise need to not be passive.
The US position is a) they are aware that Beijing believes that Taiwan is a part of the PRC and that Taipei believes that actually the PRC is a part of Taiwan but that b) Washington ramins (more or less) neutral on the issue b) and that any solution (like a One State Two Systems formula) should be reached peacefully If the US has been recently pushing for more militairy expenditure by Taiwan, that had to do with the fear the PRC would not resist the temptation to invade Taiwan, now that the West is tied up with the Ukraine. The official PRC policy is, don't get involved, it's purely an internal matter. Before whatever one state two systems options would be feasable, it is clear that the PRC will have to accept it is not an internal matter, and that several important countries are giving credible guarantees to Taiwan, just in case the One State two systems agreement mysteriously changes shape and becomes a "rejuvenated" (?????) One State One System one...
There is a big mistake. In fact , president of Taiwan (ROC) officially declared themself as a sovereign independence state for many times. ROC(Republic of China, established in 1912, knowed as Taiwan now), is much earlier than PRC(People's Republic of China,Mainland China. established in 1945),) same to the relationship of South/North Korea. The only problem is that international society afraid of the communist China's strength, not the name.
Where was the ROC established in 1912? Nanjing or Taipei? Wasn't it a Chinese government? So why should ROC be known as Taiwan? If ROC=Taiwan, what about Jinmen and Mazu？ They belong to Fujian in terms of both ROC and PRC constitution laws. Your logic is full of flaws.
@@vincentfang5639 I haven’t heard any theory about relocating capital is illegal or something. “known as as Taiwan in international society “ means the formal name is “Republic of China “, totally different country to “People’s Republic of China. After all, your country just celebrated the 70th anniversary of the founding of the state,right?
Its a matter between one family! Why the west is so much interested in it? If west really cares that much then focus on resolving the already existing issues in the world which are created n exploited by the Mighty British Empire and usa! Iraq syria palestine libya kashmir afghanistan and what else!? Destabilize another part of the world!? Its not even near to you! Go back to your west and take care of your own domestic issues pls!
After seing what happened to the afganistan , i feel sorry for any country that expects the us to defend them .No amount of defense from the US will bring back the lives that will be lost.
Then how about you opened your stupidly blurred eyes and noticed the obvious difference between the Ukrainian WILL to defend THEIR freedom, and the Afghans cowardly run for the hills, despite 20 YEARS support and TRAINING from superior military forces, along with modern sophisticated military equipment worth Billions? Keep your stupidly lame leftist victimisation agenda for yourself!
штаты проиграли войну во авганистане .. проиграли войну во вьетнаме .. будет ли байден воевать против страны впервые превосходящей штаты по военной мощи я сильно сомневаюсь -- вернее не сомневаюсь -- это невозможно ... но даже есле это так штаты с большим треском проиграют ещё одну войну ... и тогда после этого позора мир поменяет полярность.
Вы, кажется, многое забываете. США очень помогли Советскому Союзу в Великой Отечественной войне. У России ресурсов больше, чем у Китая, но Китай теперь богаче. Россия экспортирует древесину в Китай через Маньчжурию и импортирует ее обратно в качестве мебели. Хахахахах. Россия и хреновая Бразилия составляют около десяти процентов экономики США.
@@ГражданинСССР-ъ2ъ США не обманули Россию. Русские обманывают себя мафией как своей версией капитализма. Помните Автоваз? А как насчет красивого кладбища в Екатеринбурге, заполненного бандой «Уралмаш»? Некоторые могилы на кладбище мафии стоят столько же, сколько дома в США.
@@ГражданинСССР-ъ2ъ Китайцы разрабатывали продукты и продавали промышленные товары и бренды по всему миру. Нет в России таких мировых брендов, как Xiaomi, Lenovo, Huawei, ZTE, Polestar и др.? Россия не производит ни одного глобального бренда! Понимаете. Русские достаточно хитры, чтобы быть мафией, но недостаточно умны, чтобы продавать товары и услуги, в которых нуждаются люди. Что касается богатства США, Илон Маск отправился в Россию, чтобы купить космические ракеты.
@@ГражданинСССР-ъ2ъ Когда Илон Маск обратился за помощью к России, на него плюнули и сказали, что он дилетант. Это российский подход к ведению бизнеса. Google никогда не мог начать с России. Сергею Брину для процветания пришлось переехать в Америку. Наконец, ясно видно различие между Россией и Америкой в одном: в разделе Германии. Запад стал богатым. Восток был настолько беден, что даже после воссоединения потребуется некоторое время, прежде чем он догонит своего западного аналога.
According to UN's World Happiness Report, Taiwan people enjoy the 2nd happiest life in Asia, or 24th in the world. Think about how much happier they will be if there were no threat from China? (Just in case you're wondering, China ranks 82nd in the same Report. Maybe it's just me, but I don't understand how an unhappy country has the nerve to say they wanted to "liberate" a country where people actually are content with their lives? Liberate what? Liberate Taiwanese from their happy little lives?) Go, Taiwan!
That's because u are ignorant and brainwashed by the biased Western media who serve their masters agendas of de stabilizing the region. The fact that Tsai's Gov won a narrow election means that there is another voice in Taiwan who would welcome a peace reunification of China as opposed to allowing their country be part of a proxy war initiated by the USA
Republic of China (ROC) and People's Republic of China (PRC) are two different countries. PRC is commonly known as China and ROC is commonly known as Taiwan.
@@劉行-d7i Not dreaming. That's the constitutional position of the ROC. Unfortunately there's no way people in Taiwan can extricate themselves from this difficulty except through some kind of mutual arrangement with Beijing. It will not be easy.
@@stanleychien6318 The ROC joined the UN as a founding member representing all of China in Ovtober 1945. It occupied China's seat in the UN and in the Security Council until November 1971. Certainly it now functions as a self governing entity and in recent years it has developed a good level of democracy. I hope that can somehow be retained in the inevitable reconciliation with Beijing. But in view of its having represented all of China in the UN when and how did it become a separate country from China?
Hi, here is a young Taiwanese thoughts from me: We ourselves think that we are already an independent country and not part of China. This should be the thinking of most middle-aged and young people in Taiwan. Except for about half of the elderly who think we are Chinese, we no longer think we are Chinese. I'm only Taiwanese. Those half of the elderly are usually vested interests of the Kuomintang, or old thinkers left over from the party-state era. They are just because they controlled some high-ranking public officials and military power in the past years, which led to a higher voice. In fact, they can hardly represent the ideas of most Taiwanese. In the news that I have known and accepted, I have never heard of any local or central government in the United States saying that "Taiwan is a part of China." In terms of whether Taiwan is a part of China, I think those of us who live in Taiwan should have more say than China and the United States. We don't really want to continue to maintain the status quo, but are forced to maintain the status quo. The existence of "China" in our country name makes most countries unwilling to recognize our sovereignty, but deleting "China" in the country name will cause China to have an excuse to go to war, so our "maintain status quo" is compelling. If there was no threat from China, it would be easy to delete the word "China" based on the current national conditions on the island of Taiwan, and the so-called "One China Principle" or "One China Policy" would not oppress Taiwanese to participate in trade, health and International affairs such as sports competitions. Unlike the situation of South and North Korea, we are absolutely inferior to China in terms of military and economy, but we are trying very hard to defend our democracy and freedom. Despotism, dictatorship, and suppression of freedom are things we don't want to see. There are already examples of Hong Kong and Xinjiang before us. Please allow us to reject China's occupation. Thank Al Jazeera for his exposure to Taiwan. I think we need to work harder to gain a voice. We also hope that more people can support Taiwan, thanks.
the sad thing is that the young refuse to fulfill longer term of mandatory military service to protect Taiwan. say is easier than done. if you survey can Tauwan win the war against PRC's invasion alone? the percentage is low or even 0
I think it started during Ma yinjiu’s time as president when military service was henceforth reduced to 4 months and Taiwan began with regular soldiers instead of traditional conscript system. But how greatly had it benefitted both in defense and economically when these young people now have more time pursuing a career? Or Taiwan can’t have both at the same time. I remember, in the 80s when we see Taiwan marines, we have a lot of respect for them. Taiwan’s strong men. It’s been a long time ago.
I also supported Taiwan, when it was led by Ma Ying-jeou, who chose to befriend with China as partners. Now, your president, the allegedly Japanese agent, Tsai Ing Wen always provoke China for complete independence. She is the real threat to world peace and regional peace.
Because... the country name of Taiwan is the Republic of China... so it's yet another China... and it's tricky that Taiwan said it's not part of China.
Taiwan is a sovereign nation 🇹🇼🇹🇼
I'm from Taiwan
I can surely say , if there is no war threat from China , most of Taiwanese will chose Independence immediately
Quick question:
If Beijing's Communist Party suddenly says there won't be a war, try to play nice but will continue to steadily increase their military development.
Would you think
1) They are trying to buy time or get Taiwan to drop down its guards
2) For the benefit of the doubt; you will tell everyone to believe them and give them another chance to redeem themselves after numerous broken promises to WTO/WHO/treaties to other countries-etc.
3) Other
I am somewhat more concerned about the 500++ million Chinese citizens in China that are earning less than 5.5$ a day. Which brings the taliban's scenario where those terrorists hold the citizens' hostage to bargain for recognzation/funds and most of the nation may be pressured to provide aids to avoid a humanitarian disaster.
Except in the case of China... the great leap forward killed tens of millions and the next one could be several times higher by the disaster of human creation called 'commusim'+'greed for power and insecurity'.
If the Taiwanese choose independence immediately, there will be a war from the mainland. Interlock! I like to say that, people in Taiwan should stop claiming they are about to be a country. In that way, ROC will have existed for another 100 years and will have had political independence, although it has not been recognized by the international society.
放屁 明明就有中華民國派！ we are republic of CHINA!
That is why the Chinese government will always repeat the same line "We the Chinese people will not give up the right to unify Taiwan with the mainland using non-peaceful means but the priority and aim is to strive to unify Taiwan by peaceful means as this is the best way forward for both the people on the mainland and the people living in Taiwan province".
You are living on land that is part of China. You can argue all you want about PRC never controlling Taiwan island ever but the narrative in China is that Taiwan is part of China, the China that has 5000 years of recorded history.
If Taiwan declares independence right now, there will be volunteers from the mainland numbering more than twice the population of Taiwan (at least 60million Chinese) that will sign up for active military duties and China would probably raise funds for this military operation from donations by the Chinese population amounting to at least 5% of China's GDP.
A non-peaceful reunification exercise will signal to the world the real decline of the US and the Anglo-saxon influence in this part of the world and will accelerate China's dominance as the rule setter. So it is not all pain and no gain for China to embark on a non-peaceful reunification exercise so be careful of what you wish for.
A non-peaceful reunification exercise will mean that the bargaining chips on the Taiwan side will be down to its last dime. There will not be 1 country 2 systems, there will only be one system if people from both sides have to die. The wise thing to do is to start negotiations and bargaining while you have the chips and some bargaining power.
In the event of the worst case scenario; an all out invasion of Taiwan militarily; Tsai Ing Wen, Su Tseng Chan, You Si Kun. Lai William and Wu Joseph will be in the first class cabin with other US nationals on China approved evacuation flights out of Taipei while young Taiwanese donning military uniform will either die in the battle field or surrender to be prisoner of war. And yes, Su Tseng Chan will be carrying his broomstick with him on the flight.. not to fight the PLA to the last broomstick but he needs it to keep his mansion in the US clean.
2 years after reunification, a memorial tower will be built in central Taipei commemorating young Taiwanese soldiers who died in the reunification war because they have been duped to sacrifice their lives by the gang of five traitors living as disgraced exiles in the US.
@@hyy3657 在習近平跟小粉紅的視角只要你不承認是中華人民共和國的一省
中華民國派跟台獨派沒什麼不同啦！
Very well done. Very concise, and informative summary. Many thanks for pulling this togheter. Congrats Sandra and the AJ team.
How much you know the history? This is only partially truth.
@@hjw2405 so whqt is the truth!? Lol. Freaking news everywhere, no one has the true now days, unless you live there, at times! Lol
Welcome to Taiwan to see the beautiful mountains and blue seas. Taiwanese people are very warm, cordial and treated like family with smiles.
Yes, in fact, Qing Dynasty took over soveignty of Taiwan Province from Ming Dynasty, but by and large rule the island in a laissez-faire way
(A sort of One Country, Two slightly different System !?)
After snatching back The Treasure Island from thise f###### Imperial "Force-Prostitution Army" JaponKgnia after WWII, and thro civil war, Taiwan remains.......*A PROVINCE OF CHAAAAAINA !*
After Reunificafion with the Mainland, by 2039, Taiwan WILL BECOME A RICH PROVINCE (Finally catching up with JiangSu and GuangDong....)
God BLESS TAIWAN, CHINA
😊😊😊
🇧🇩💚🇹🇼
@@muhammadisaac07
China koves Bangladesh *too !*
@@muhammadisaac07
Loves *!*
@@jonathanlee5520
Oh! Really?
Maybe there has great relationship between B'desh government and China but what they are doing with uighurs in xinjiang province that indeed discrimination of humanity.
So common peoples of Bangladesh and not with China
I live in Taiwan. Overall speaking, I think this episode is fair & like it. However, it did not elaborate on why the US deserted ROC(Taiwan) in 1979 and trying to return to love Taiwan right now. It might hint to me that the US may betray Taiwan due to its own iinterests again.
美帝大大的壞 為了聯共滅蘇 二次拋棄蔣家政權 現在也是利用日台南韓做看門狗守住太平洋權益
中國近海早晚是中國拿回控制權的
That's a pretty safe bet. Just look at all the countries / regions that the US "liberated / helped". Taiwan doesn't need that kind of help.
Not sure why you put "US" and "betray" in the same sentence, it's as ridiculous as putting "US" and "loyalty" in the sae sentence.
Because USA is being pressured by PRC. They don't want to go to war and they don't want to anger China so I guess that's USA is shifting it's opinion. PRC should live Taiwan alone, this conflict won't happen if China stop threating Taiwan into submission.
Yup, that's US alright.
Relatively balanced coverage, which is hard to find nowadays. I respectfully appreciate the way this was presented.
I was waiting for this! Thanks 😊
I think this episode tells the truth. However, as US is using Taiwan as a tool to suppress PRC, it is no way for Taiwan to keep the current status.
China didn't split in 2. USA prevented the CCP from continuing to Taiwan and bringing a close to the civil war. Taiwan exists as a separate state only because of the USA
Good.
@@santosscribbles based
Excactly why Europe still exists as free and healthy democracies, and Ukraine is capable of fighting for their independence as a sovereign democracy, against megalomaniac Putins imperialism!
@@santosscribbles If another civil war erupted in US between the right and left and say the right won with the left retreating so the right wants to end the civil war only to be interupted by the Chinese military to keep the US divided for their own benefits would you see this as good?
Yes, the Chinese Civil War practically has not been over yet.
This is really unbiased. Love her reporting @Sandra!
Either love or hate are pretty silly measurements.. Grow up!
Excellent report! Thanks!
I am Taiwanese, I am proud of Taiwan
what is official name of Taiwan? check your passport...Republic of China? or Taiwan province, China...okay China in any meaning...lol
@@hcjet get out
Are you? Or just an American troll trying to screw up Taiwanese. You maybe able to do that on DPP supporters, but you won't with more sensible people.
I've been waiting for this one
Because I think, Taiwan is the one of ATM 's of American.
yeah not like china has some too
just to let everyone knows tawian is part of china. the only reason why would tawian side with americans cause we got americans speak full of l i e s so that they be against china lol
@@ladyriethegoldendelmo5441 Taiwan hold more claim over mainland china than current holders yet you dont hear the Taiwanese moaning
By Self-determination, we all know the outcome. Those who maintain independence must be in the majority, no matter what their name is, it is not PRC anyway. There must be more people joining the U.S. than joining the pathetic PRC-China.
@@russell6075 Because the KMT lose the civil war and some in Taiwan do want to claim back. As it is not reported widely in the media, it does not mean you "don't hear" the Taiwanese moaning.
Allowing the foreign forces to intervene the internal affairs was no the choice of Chinese people. Counting on US to represent Chinese interest is too naive.
i love the way you tell news, your voice, your expressions and the body language.
Taiwan is also a showcase of what China could be without the CPP.
Informative post as usual 🥰
Good bit about the situation... Quite measured in approach.
Al jazeera as a media company is proficient.
It missed the cover up of covid by china, Uighur genocide, Indian border incursions, china incursions in the pacific and the fact its not America vs china but a coalition including America vs china.
@@tinto278 I think they made several reports on the Uighurs
@@iesaismail9965 any reports on slave labor in qatar?
@@tinto278 they already talked about all that, this video is specifically about taiwan.
@@amerlad since you're so orientated could you please link to Aj analysis of thousands of muslim ghetto's and criminal parallel societies in former peaceful Western European Christian societies?
Seems to be highly relevant who is carrying the immense daily burden of dysfunctional Middle Eastern culture?
I was just thinking to myself, "whatever happened to Start Here?"
That is a good idea
But what is going to start Here
There isn’t any problem with Taiwan.
not recognised enough is a problem
Some Chinese communists hide the truth and arrogant people behind the wall choose to blind their eyes.
Just like there's no war in ba sing se
we should call it the "China's problem" due to communism expansion
China is going to make war assault Taiwan.
This lady deserves the award of journalist of the century.. she's simply perfect
I do like her accent. Makes her even hotter.
@@dkaoboy I wouldn't call her hot rather charismatic would be the right word
@@muhammadluqmankhan08 I'd call her both.
I'm only here for the chair transitions...
what's so interesting in that?
Someone farted that's why she switch seat.
lol, on point man
Thank you for sharing these information to let more people know my country!
I am always proud to say that I'm from Taiwan！
I think most of the Taiwanese will chose to protect our freedom and democracy forever.
Live long Taiwan the real China.!
what is official name of Taiwan? ...Republic of China? or Taiwan province, China...okay China in any meaning...lol
Long live Taiwan. Democracy is proven way in East Asia to be a prosperous country
The democracy of Taiwan is so dirty, don’t lie to other people, you guy even vote for the right of eating Ractopamine . Shamed
There was one China before the civil war. There cannot be two now and you people pretend nothing has happened.
Suggestion for a Start Here episode - start here should do a story on indigenous residential schools in Canada. It is in the media regularly and just this week they are beginning to use x-ray machines to scan the ground outside the residential school in Brantford, Ontario to search for bodies of children buried secretly many years ago. I think it would be a fantastic topic to explore.
You can go see it first hand in china with the Uyghur's?
@Chip in4seven lmao
Yawns
the more indigenous Canadian's tragedies are dug out, the more Canadian governments have been committing a genocide, if comparing it to China on Xinjiang
what a pleasent voice
Taiwan should do more to protect his people
Unfortunately, when Taiwan bought weapons from US or other countries, China threaten to impose economic sanctions in last decades.
Taiwanese love peace, but we are forced to against the world biggest invader...China.
The survey question should be asked, "If there is no threat of war from China, would you vote for declaration of independence."
exactly
@@catelee909 We all know the answer, don't we?
yes, we would. there is no trust to them
If there's no threat of war, at least 85% of Taiwanese would vote for declaration of independence.
@@tonysu7213 questions, how could you hold other's land and vote for independence?
hi from Mexico. Thank you very much for that explanation of what's happening in Taiwan. We make videos here in Mexico..
Sandra and palki sharma of First post india are two of my favourite News Anchor
Please do an episode on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine! 🇷🇺🇺🇦
Which conflict are you referring to?
There's is only megalomaniac Putins endless aggressions towards all peaceful neighbouring ethnicities and independent nations!
Thats not a conflict, its ongoing oppression and illegal extermination war!
I just love watching this woman talk! Gorgeous.. she makes news sound so good! Thank you..
Stand with TAIWAN 🇹🇼
Good reporting
I strongly suggest you read John J. Mearsheimer's The tragedy of great power politics. In this book, it is clearly stated that all great powers want to become the rulers of the international order, and those already at the top are doing their best to beat the emerging challengers. Taiwan is just one of the pawns in the US response to the Chinese challenge. This has nothing to do with Taiwan's history, except that Taiwan happens to stand in the middle between the United States and China.
Rulers come and GO`. Thats historie.
Awesome presented
You have a neighbor. You used to be friends, but not in a good relationship. One day, he said: Oops. Sorry. I sold your house to a man and can you live peacefully with him. You: WTF. Why can you sell my house? Do you ask my opinion? Fine, I will try to deal with it. After several painful years, the man left and you finally live in your sweet home. You work hard and make friends with surrounding neighbors. Then again one day, that neighbor walks around your neighborhood, threatens the other neighbors, and claims that a crossroad belongs to him. WTF. Then he starts to carry guns and walks around your house. He says: I want to peacefully have your house...
What would you say?
you call it an unwelcome guest or a natural disaster.
I would just call them bandits*
*like pirates of the past
You shouldn't waste time reasoning with bandits since any promise is worth only as much as a piece of paper like their promise to Hong Kong-UK which was an international treaty between countries. Don't enable them to buy more time because even if many of the countries are able to decouple key sectors.... they would end up turning their own people as a hostage when necessary =/ (or use their people as meat shield - or as tools to give other countries defense force, PTSD)
Not when he owns the neighbor house in the first place. The neighbor was just renting !
@@joekerr8037 problem is that neighbor NEVER owns the house, but always claimed he does.
The problem is he has the title deeds so he owns the house despite what others who are resentful of the owner says
Excellent information well done
Usa concerned over Taiwan citizen choice but not concerned about kashmir citizen choice....hipocracy at it's best by uncle Sam
Excactly which position do you have since you can demand others interests and expenses?
Help is a gift, not something you are entitled to become!
Thank you 😊
Taiwan sits right in the middle of the China and US battle for economic supremacy. Which way it goes is a key indicator of who wins out in the end.
sad Taiwan
That’s ridiculous. China is a figment of imagination. America is the greatest force of any kind in the history of the world.
People forget those key points, but a reminder could be coming.
This is even scarier to watch 9 months after it aired.
From a Taiwanese, this is a good video which address many important and correct perspectives, however two things need to be added for clarifications, one, the current China or PRC has never ruled Taiwan, so there’s no such thing as “unification,” it’s actually invasion. Second, Ching dynasty”is a different people and different country, Ching didn’t see itself as China nor Chinese, so China hasn’t ruled Taiwan, it was Ching ruled Taiwan, and in ROC period of China, ROC didn’t rule Taiwan at all, ROC flees to Taiwan as parasite, control Taiwanese people with terror. Taiwanese people spent decades to peacefully transfer political power from ROC Chinese to Taiwanese people, and currently don’t change the name of the country due to pressure from China PRC and the US. The process is very tough, we Taiwanese people are very proud of what we’re doing on this island and what we’ve accomplished
Before Qing, the Dutch, Spanish, and Japanese born Ming China royalist Koxinga ruled over parts of Taiwan.
Qing actually only ruled half of the island.
Japan was the first country to rule over the whole island.
Before all these... Taiwan has aboriginal people which are classified as Austronesian.
Will you be the fight for colonials you will dead.Taiwan is alway part of China and will be for ever. Colonials are not welcome in any part of China.
Freedom above all. What would be of the tawaianese if China takes over? Probably re education like the Uighurs :/
The land of Taiwan belong to China. If you people don’t like it, just get out of Taiwan. We don’t care about you , we care the Land that belongs to China.
Yes.Taiwan is Taiwan.
Endless talk !
At the moment , China dare not
attack Taiwan .
Great work Sandra always the best
The United Nations in 1945 recognized the Republic of China (ROC) as the legitimate government of China, including the territories of Taiwan, Tibet, and Xinjiang. The ROC lost the civil war with PRC on China's mainland and self-exiled to Taiwan in 1949. The United Nations in 1971 recognized the People's Republic of China (PRC) as the legitimate government of China with no change to its territories. In 1979, the USA recognized PRC as the legitimate government of China, including the territories of Taiwan, Tibet, and Xinjiang. The UN and 180 countries (including NATO, EU, QUAD, and AUKUS countries) recognized PRC as the legitimate government of China with Taiwan, Tibet and Xinjiang as its territories. Anyone or any country said otherwise is a blatant hypocrite.
True,,,quoted.
USA never aknowledged Taiwan is a part of China. USA "acknowledges Beijing position that Taiwan is a part of China". Sounds similar but not the same.
US said: Chinese both in mainland and taiwan believe there is only one China, US gov does NOT has objection to this statement! this is one of most important foundation of modern internal relationship, any simple change almost meaning war between global powers and probably cause end of human history
Who cares what US has or hasn't acknowledged?
The point to be noted! you are absolutely right!
But the dictator Chiang Kai Shek and the ROC says that Taiwan is a part of China. Chiang Kai Shek wasn’t interested in Taiwan independence but only to overthrow the communists and return to power on the mainland.
Oh, I see. In that logic, I acknowledge your position about the statement you are a human = You aren't a human != I acknowledge you are a human, how perfect logic...
I am Taiwanese,If the KMT had defeated the Chinese Communist regime in 1949, none of these abominations would have happened, and the permanent seat on the UN Security Council would not have been taken away by the CCP. Although the KMT did similar abominations in Taiwan at the time, at least we succeeded in becoming democratic and free. However, the KMT has recently gone from being anti-communist and wanting to counterattack to becoming more and more pro-communist, which makes us very angry. Come on Taiwan 🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼
Both side disagree
Hope they go for peace
Very interesting
Ahh Sandra, the queen of truth and my heart!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣" truth "
Truth? She left out some truths lol
@@sirensynapse5603 good for you 👌
@@imwhite1578 mehh nobody's perfect!
Big mistake in the program. The US only acknowledges China's statement that Taiwan is part of China. It doesn't mean the US recognizes Taiwan is part of China. This was clearly stated in the US-China communique.
Taiwan want to be independent
Taiwan is independent already, what it wants is recognition.
US will protect Taiwan like the way they protected Ukraine...😂
Recent 🇹🇼 Taiwan survey shows that Nearly 90 percent of the public identify themselves as Taiwanese and about two-thirds said they are willing to fight for the country in case of war, a survey released yesterday by the Taiwan New Constitution Foundation showed.
The question about national identity showed that 89.9 percent identify themselves as Taiwanese and 4.6 percent as Chinese, while 1 percent consider themselves to be both, the poll showed.
nonsense,if the survyey was done in 1940, the answer might be japanese and fighting for japan.
Interesting. If the survey was done around 18XX in China, people's answers would be the slaves of Qing Dynasty. And people today living behind the wall still choose to blind their eyes.
The self identification of Taiwanese is covert implications that Taiwanese would pick declaration of independence if CCP doesn't threaten war.
@@tonysu7213 So fight for your freedom instead of being a sitting duck, didn't you watch the "Braveheart"
@@funnycnn it's not my freedom. I'm not a Taiwanese citizen. Plus, there's no need for Taiwanese citizens to fight for their freedom. By declaring independence, it would be an agreement by the Taiwanese government that Taiwan is a Chinese territory. Since the current Taiwanese government does not recognize itself as a Chinese territory, then there is no need to declare independence.
Taiwan has never been part of Communist China. They are already an independent country regardless of how many times the CCP claims Taiwan as a Chinese territory. CCP has zero control of who enters and leaves Taiwan's sovereign territory. CCP has no authority to legislate any laws that the Taiwanese live by. CCP does not fund any of the government, infrastructure, etc in Taiwan.
Start Here was wrong on what it said USA's position is. USA's position is that USA acknowledges that it is the CCP's position that Taiwan is part if China, but USA has never agreed with Communist China that Taiwan is a Chinese territory.
Thank you.
It's all about sovereignty and who has it over Taiwan.
Microchips are used in virtually every car, plane, boat, computer, phone etc. Those without them go back a century technologically. This may be wholly relevant to the fight for Taiwan...
@American Infidel And China is Country run by a criminal organization masquerading as a political party Who's abuse of it's ethnic minorities is well documented (Uyghers) The authoritarian Dictatorship has a deplorable human right record along with forced organ harvesting
@@charlesfavell3350 You neglected to mention that China has raised over 100 million out of poverty in the last decade and are set to become the financial number one by 2028. You also neglect to mention which NATO warmongering country you're from and which countries were looted with your tax money... As for human rights, I agree with you although not many countries in the west are much better...
@@steveparker8065 Look up banned internet sites in China.
Every top 100 sites is on it including UA-cam. CCP hates access to information for a reason.
China is a overpopulated resources starved country that survives on imports. They will not win the long game.
@@Crashed131963 I've had about 20 factual comments removed today, you think censorship is limited to China?
Can't hear about Taiwan without thinking of John Cena groveling
The Chinese government would like to leave Taiwan and Hongkong the way they were. Because war will definitely affect the Chinese economy.
Good, not biased.
"at odds" - cute. there's no stronger alliance than the world's super-tyrannies.
It’s a IRAQ 🇮🇶 and Kuwait 🇰🇼 situation
Taiwan 🇹🇼 is Freedom and democracy
then why there's no official ambassador from USA in Taiwan?
@@alanssshh because of threat of China throwing a tantrum if Taiwan did anything to increase its right to be an independant country. US and Taiwan want to avoid China throwing a tantrum and possible violent action... China is the problem.
@@rms1034 Did you even watch this video? It literally told you the global community ditched TW in the 1970's, when China had zero power and entire nation below poverty line, China wasn't able to threat any other country even if it wanted to. TW was abandoned because of TW, it had nothing to do with anybody else. Today the US is digging into every ditch to find dirt to throw at China trying to suppress it, that's why after half a century of abandoning TW, you hear about this island again. It's the same situation with Tibet, Xinjiang... nothing changed about them for the past 50+ years, the US needs to throw shades at China today because losing the economic war, so all of them suddenly became problems today.
@@pinkcichlid nice try but Japan basically promises to defend Taiwan in the event of Chinese invasion. Because Taiwan is an existential threat to Japan. And Japanese involvenent will very likely mean the US will support. US action very likely means UK support in turn, which then emboldens Australia to join. I think you will find there is tons of international support for Taiwan today, but no body wants to disturb the stays quo because of the tantrum child China.
I don't see ambiguity as being sustainable in the long term. A clear position will have to be taken and soon
this is the example of how international community sometimes can be jerk its all business people they see china as opportunity now its all backfired because china wants to be a bigger player hmmmm....its just a matter of time when Asian countries support this cause if china can come up a good terms.
All asian countries except Pakistan are against china. Because china is a bully. They provoked all their neighbors once they became powerful. Border disputes with all countries including Russia 😂. You my friend don't know anything about China.
@@pratiksuryawanshi78 Speaking from a country that currently have dispute with all its neighbor. Yes, you guess it, it's India. The only land dispute China have is with India. Try to stay in the present time and not in some historical time in the past with issues that have been resolved.
@@pratiksuryawanshi78 LMAO butthurt India in the comments.
Why don’t you support making peace with China instead of being America’s b!tch yet again?
@@pratiksuryawanshi78 China has already resolved the land border problem with all its neighbors except India,
Chinese bordet with Russia, Kazakhstan and Vietnam ate open, no dispute no conflict,
@@Emilechen Vietnam? Vietnam does not recognize China's narrative in the South China Sea, and Vietnam has oil wells co-operated with Russia in the South China Sea. They are not on your side. Oscar Best Director, Chloé Zhao said “China, a place where there are lies everywhere.”
Another item, one which was not mentioned is that if China invaded Taiwan and controlled semiconductor companies, they would also have access to the proprietary masks for the products made by THOUSANDS of companies around the world - Apple's M! chip, the IC's developed by the worlds car manufacturers, the Cameras made in Japan, medical equipment, avionics, consumer electronics, defense companies, etc.
ALL OF THIS DEVELOPED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THESE COMPANIES WOULD BE STOLEN / COPIED / RANSOMED - Unacceptable
@Kitty Cat Sorry, I can't help you.
why it is unacceptable, because it is stolen by a communist instead of a "free world" countries? The japanese copied everything from the west until the 70s. Even taiwanese products was called knockoff brands until around 2010. Look at any laptop from msi, asus before 2010 and you will see they were just copied straight from dell or hp with cheaper price.
You should say "this is unacceptable for a communist country to access technology to develop, they must always stay poor". That is much more correct.
@@davelee4464 1) I'm old enough to tell you first hand that Japanese copying of designs WAS a political and legal issue in the '70's or early 80's. I remember congressional hearings instigated by the automotive industry on the subject.
2) What is more substantial here is not just copying the design, but stealing the actual, physical assets (masks) used to make the product, the physical equipment used to make the product, as well as the scale of the theft (thousands of companies in one go). This doesn't just copy a design, it stops the creator from making them.
3) The communist angle is only part of the issue. China was communist when the industrialized nations, including the U.S., invited China into the World Trade Organization (WTO). This conflicts with your 'must always stay poor' narrative. The west knew China would become an economic superpower despite being communist. Deng Xiaoping set the tone for an opening with the industrialized nations. This was bolstered by Jiang Zemin. It was hoped China would at least open up to more democratic values, and adhere to the WTO's rules. (e.g. A floating currency exchange rate).
4) The Taiwan issue is also more than just a U.S. vs. China issue. Namely, the TAIWANESE PUBLIC is opposed to being subsumed into China. You should ask 'Why?' China's communist government likely could have found a diplomatic solution similar to the 'states rights' concept used in the U.S. and to a similar degree in the European Union.
But China chose a more confrontational path with pretty much ALL of its neighbors. The absurd 'Nine Dash' claim in the south China, is one example (constructing artificial islands on waters belonging to other nations, militarizing the islands, stopping other nations from fishing and mining in their own waters, claiming roughly a million square miles ranging up to 800 miles from China). Another example is China violating their 1997 agreement with Great Britain sea with respect to Hong Kong.
5) Just look at the sheer number of large, multinational companies in China. They don't care if the government is capitalist or communist. The governments in which these companies are headquartered didn't care that much either. However, both do care about intellectual property theft, forced technology transfer, arbitrary laws, bribery, copying and competition by subsidized state owned enterprises, dumping, etc.
The point to all this is that China's government's own actions had more to do with the current conflict than merely being communist.
If it wasn't for the United States asking China to buy U.S. Treasury bonds, and China would not agree, I would have believed your point of view.
@@dingyipu9372 The interdependence between China and the U.S. does speak to maintaining relations better than they are now.
But China began extensively buying U.S. bonds long before this issue surfaced as a major point of contention.
Also, the finance ministers in China are more than smart enough not to buy hundreds of billions in bonds just because someone here requested them.
Like anyone in charge of investments, they sought a balance of return and security
Taiwan (台灣) 中華民國
"Hong Kong has been completely absorbed into China. The last remaining piece that is missing is Taiwan."
US Hegemony at its best. Hong Kong is purely a matter between The UK and China,
Hong Kong had been a colony of the British Empire since 1842, after the First Opium War, and its territory was expanded on two occasions; in 1860 with the addition of Kowloon Peninsula and Stonecutters Island, and again in 1898 when Britain obtained a 99-year lease for the New Territories. The date of the handover in 1997 marked the end of this lease. The 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration had set the conditions under which Hong Kong was to be transferred, with China agreeing to maintain existing structures of government and economy under a principle of "one country, two systems" for a period of 50 years. Hong Kong became China's first special administrative region; it was followed by Macau after its transfer from Portugal in 1999.
The US didn't force Hong Kongers to protest in the street. Plenty in Hong Kong hate what China is doing to them.
Taiwan is a country
What is used in Telsa cars, computers, cell phones? Computer Chips made in Taiwan.
Pakistan and Bangladesh is part Of India, Indian ocean Also part Of India
Taiwan belong to the people who live here and love democracy . Taiwan is a real country , we have independent government systems , our defend force , Independent currency ，independent law system . We just need the world to know the name of my country is Taiwan.
I will never admit that your country is called Taiwan. I always recognize your country as the Republic of CHINA, the real China.
The real China maintain its culture, language, and religions, and that is your country, the Republic of CHINA, while the fake China destroyed them all in the name of communism and cultural revolution.
I mean, come on, you guys are the descendants of your great great grandfathers who founded the Republic of CHINA in 1912. Your great grandfathers only retreated to the island of Taiwan because they lost the mainland to the communists in 1949. However, you fathers did a good job in taking care and keeping presence in Taiwan.
And you...you are the real Chinese.
US should ready for foreign country interfering in Hawaiian, Guam, Okinawa independent movement like happening now in Taiwan. It is a fair game in democracy.
Hi Wen,
This was a very informative video.
I am 100 percent pro-Taiwan and
praying for Taiwan’s sovereignty.
Why doesn't China support Native Americans and BLM the way US supports Taiwan?
Can you make a video on Ukraine-Russia conflict?
You mean Russian fascist imperialism, threatening peace and stability for millions of innocent people?
Taiwan is an independent country
only after the USA officially recognize it.dare you?
@@alanssshh sure I recognize it. It has all the hallmarks of an independent country. And China has all the hallmarks of a brutal dictatorship that is desperate to look tough but in fact looks more like a sad boyfriend lol
Maintaining the status quo for Taiwan would mean doing more than "nothing". Beijing isn't being passive on this, in order to maintain the current balance the international community would likewise need to not be passive.
I will always support my Taiwanese Brothers & Sisters from Philippines ( F4 4ever)
*I really knew before, Taiwan is a country. But when Xi Jungpung said Taiwan isn’t a country, I still believe it’s a country*
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what is official name of Taiwan? check your passport...Republic of China? or Taiwan province, China...okay China in any meaning...lol
The US position is
a) they are aware that Beijing believes that Taiwan is a part of the PRC and that Taipei believes that actually the PRC is a part of Taiwan but that
b) Washington ramins (more or less) neutral on the issue
b) and that any solution (like a One State Two Systems formula) should be reached peacefully
If the US has been recently pushing for more militairy expenditure by Taiwan, that had to do with the fear the PRC would not resist the temptation to invade Taiwan, now that the West is tied up with the Ukraine. The official PRC policy is, don't get involved, it's purely an internal matter.
Before whatever one state two systems options would be feasable, it is clear that the PRC will have to accept it is not an internal matter, and that several important countries are giving credible guarantees to Taiwan, just in case the One State two systems agreement mysteriously changes shape and becomes a "rejuvenated" (?????) One State One System one...
There is a big mistake. In fact , president of Taiwan (ROC) officially declared themself as a sovereign independence state for many times. ROC(Republic of China, established in 1912, knowed as Taiwan now), is much earlier than PRC(People's Republic of China,Mainland China. established in 1945),) same to the relationship of South/North Korea. The only problem is that international society afraid of the communist China's strength, not the name.
established in 1912.
@Kitty Cat A big guy says you are not a human with showing his muscle, are you still a human or not ?
Where was the ROC established in 1912? Nanjing or Taipei? Wasn't it a Chinese government? So why should ROC be known as Taiwan?
If ROC=Taiwan, what about Jinmen and Mazu？ They belong to Fujian in terms of both ROC and PRC constitution laws.
Your logic is full of flaws.
@@vincentfang5639 I haven’t heard any theory about relocating capital is illegal or something. “known as as Taiwan in international society “ means the formal name is “Republic of China “, totally different country to “People’s Republic of China. After all, your country just celebrated the 70th anniversary of the founding of the state,right?
im just here for you
Its a matter between one family! Why the west is so much interested in it? If west really cares that much then focus on resolving the already existing issues in the world which are created n exploited by the Mighty British Empire and usa! Iraq syria palestine libya kashmir afghanistan and what else!? Destabilize another part of the world!? Its not even near to you! Go back to your west and take care of your own domestic issues pls!
nice info
After seing what happened to the afganistan , i feel sorry for any country that expects the us to defend them .No amount of defense from the US will bring back the lives that will be lost.
Then how about you opened your stupidly blurred eyes and noticed the obvious difference between the Ukrainian WILL to defend THEIR freedom, and the
Afghans cowardly run for the hills, despite 20 YEARS support and TRAINING from superior military forces, along with modern sophisticated military equipment worth Billions?
Keep your stupidly lame leftist victimisation agenda for yourself!
Oh. Pedro.
штаты проиграли войну во авганистане .. проиграли войну во вьетнаме .. будет ли байден воевать против страны впервые превосходящей штаты по военной мощи я сильно сомневаюсь -- вернее не сомневаюсь -- это невозможно ... но даже есле это так штаты с большим треском проиграют ещё одну войну ... и тогда после этого позора мир поменяет полярность.
Вы, кажется, многое забываете.
США очень помогли Советскому Союзу в Великой Отечественной войне.
У России ресурсов больше, чем у Китая, но Китай теперь богаче.
Россия экспортирует древесину в Китай через Маньчжурию и импортирует ее обратно в качестве мебели. Хахахахах.
Россия и хреновая Бразилия составляют около десяти процентов экономики США.
@@ГражданинСССР-ъ2ъ США не обманули Россию. Русские обманывают себя мафией как своей версией капитализма. Помните Автоваз? А как насчет красивого кладбища в Екатеринбурге, заполненного бандой «Уралмаш»?
Некоторые могилы на кладбище мафии стоят столько же, сколько дома в США.
@@ГражданинСССР-ъ2ъ Китайцы разрабатывали продукты и продавали промышленные товары и бренды по всему миру. Нет в России таких мировых брендов, как Xiaomi, Lenovo, Huawei, ZTE, Polestar и др.? Россия не производит ни одного глобального бренда! Понимаете. Русские достаточно хитры, чтобы быть мафией, но недостаточно умны, чтобы продавать товары и услуги, в которых нуждаются люди. Что касается богатства США, Илон Маск отправился в Россию, чтобы купить космические ракеты.
@@ГражданинСССР-ъ2ъ Когда Илон Маск обратился за помощью к России, на него плюнули и сказали, что он дилетант. Это российский подход к ведению бизнеса. Google никогда не мог начать с России. Сергею Брину для процветания пришлось переехать в Америку. Наконец, ясно видно различие между Россией и Америкой в одном: в разделе Германии. Запад стал богатым. Восток был настолько беден, что даже после воссоединения потребуется некоторое время, прежде чем он догонит своего западного аналога.
you stupid communist retards aren't even allowed on this website.
Well things are heated now
According to UN's World Happiness Report, Taiwan people enjoy the 2nd happiest life in Asia, or 24th in the world. Think about how much happier they will be if there were no threat from China?
(Just in case you're wondering, China ranks 82nd in the same Report. Maybe it's just me, but I don't understand how an unhappy country has the nerve to say they wanted to "liberate" a country where people actually are content with their lives? Liberate what? Liberate Taiwanese from their happy little lives?)
Go, Taiwan!
Agee with you, very intelligent channel holster!
We love Taiwan very much, but Taiwan province still belongs to the mainland China. From Malaysia 😁😘
you are not deserved to love Taiwan. Taiwan is a completely independent country. NOT belong to any others.
@@adamyuan8613 Not agree with that at all! I like Taiwan but not the Taiwan Provincial Government.
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That's because u are ignorant and brainwashed by the biased Western media who serve their masters agendas of de stabilizing the region. The fact that Tsai's Gov won a narrow election means that there is another voice in Taiwan who would welcome a peace reunification of China as opposed to allowing their country be part of a proxy war initiated by the USA
I got reminded of that 5-star ad. "Kabhi kuch na karke bhi to dekho...."
The island's official name is not the Republic of China. That's the official name of the authority in Taipei that governs Taiwan.
😂😂😂 Just keep day dreaming. 🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼💪💪💪
Republic of China (ROC) and People's Republic of China (PRC) are two different countries. PRC is commonly known as China and ROC is commonly known as Taiwan.
@@劉行-d7i Not dreaming. That's the constitutional position of the ROC. Unfortunately there's no way people in Taiwan can extricate themselves from this difficulty except through some kind of mutual arrangement with Beijing. It will not be easy.
@@stanleychien6318 The ROC joined the UN as a founding member representing all of China in Ovtober 1945. It occupied China's seat in the UN and in the Security Council until November 1971. Certainly it now functions as a self governing entity and in recent years it has developed a good level of democracy. I hope that can somehow be retained in the inevitable reconciliation with Beijing. But in view of its having represented all of China in the UN when and how did it become a separate country from China?
America will defend Taiwan
Very balanced view. 👌
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Hi, here is a young Taiwanese thoughts from me:
We ourselves think that we are already an independent country and not part of China.
This should be the thinking of most middle-aged and young people in Taiwan.
Except for about half of the elderly who think we are Chinese, we no longer think we are Chinese. I'm only Taiwanese.
Those half of the elderly are usually vested interests of the Kuomintang, or old thinkers left over from the party-state era.
They are just because they controlled some high-ranking public officials and military power in the past years, which led to a higher voice. In fact, they can hardly represent the ideas of most Taiwanese.
In the news that I have known and accepted, I have never heard of any local or central government in the United States saying that "Taiwan is a part of China."
In terms of whether Taiwan is a part of China, I think those of us who live in Taiwan should have more say than China and the United States.
We don't really want to continue to maintain the status quo, but are forced to maintain the status quo.
The existence of "China" in our country name makes most countries unwilling to recognize our sovereignty, but deleting "China" in the country name will cause China to have an excuse to go to war, so our "maintain status quo" is compelling.
If there was no threat from China, it would be easy to delete the word "China" based on the current national conditions on the island of Taiwan, and the so-called "One China Principle" or "One China Policy" would not oppress Taiwanese to participate in trade, health and International affairs such as sports competitions.
Unlike the situation of South and North Korea, we are absolutely inferior to China in terms of military and economy, but we are trying very hard to defend our democracy and freedom.
Despotism, dictatorship, and suppression of freedom are things we don't want to see. There are already examples of Hong Kong and Xinjiang before us. Please allow us to reject China's occupation.
Thank Al Jazeera for his exposure to Taiwan. I think we need to work harder to gain a voice. We also hope that more people can support Taiwan, thanks.
the sad thing is that the young refuse to fulfill longer term of mandatory military service to protect Taiwan. say is easier than done. if you survey can Tauwan win the war against PRC's invasion alone? the percentage is low or even 0
I think it started during Ma yinjiu’s time as president when military service was henceforth reduced to 4 months and Taiwan began with regular soldiers instead of traditional conscript system. But how greatly had it benefitted both in defense and economically when these young people now have more time pursuing a career? Or Taiwan can’t have both at the same time.
I remember, in the 80s when we see Taiwan marines, we have a lot of respect for them. Taiwan’s strong men. It’s been a long time ago.
@Jack Hui hahahahaha i laugh so hardddd
I also supported Taiwan, when it was led by Ma Ying-jeou, who chose to befriend with China as partners.
Now, your president, the allegedly Japanese agent, Tsai Ing Wen always provoke China for complete independence.
She is the real threat to world peace and regional peace.
@@anantakandaka5096 can you tell me how did tsai provoke china?
Because... the country name of Taiwan is the Republic of China... so it's yet another China... and it's tricky that Taiwan said it's not part of China.