By calling for conquest, Xi has made an enemy of the Taiwan’s tribes, which rightfully say their ancestors inhabited the island long before the dawn of the Chinese era.
After the election of Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te in January, political leaders from Beijing to Washington all asserted he’d lean toward what they called “Taiwan’s independence.” And for this presupposed tendency, the Chinese Communist Party and state-controlled media labeled Lai a “destroyer of peace,” vowing that the little island nation’s “reunification” with China was looming.
As a sort of preemptive measure, after Lai’s victory, U.S.-president Joe Biden said that Washington wouldn’t support any sort of declaration of independence, highlighting that his administration seeks to maintain the status quo between the two nations. Biden thereby reiterated the U.S.’s One-China Policy, which “acknowledges” Beijing’s assertion that Taiwan is a part of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) without agreeing to this claim.
This is an editorial. It is not “news” and it should not be labelled as such.
I still think it’s an interesting thing to discuss but it’s misleading to post this in a sub about world news without indicating that it is an opinion piece.
What in the world makes anybody think China would care what the indigenous tribes say? Their outstanding track record of:
- annexation of Tibet
- obeying the letter and spirit of the Hong Kong handover
- genocide of the Uyghurs
- ongoing conflict with every SEA nation over the 9 dash line
- All of the above
[All countries in North and South America avoid eye contact.]
The indigenous peoples of Scandinavia are the Sami and Suomi.
The only people in the British Isles left with a majority of Celtic blood are the Irish, everyone else has been tainted with Anglo-Saxon blood.
All Germanic racial filth should be expelled, they are clearly equally guilty of the sins of their ancestors.
/S
(And don’t ask if there was anyone there before the Celts)
Interesting. Doesn’t that make Han Chinese, who identify as Taiwanese, as colonizers? I’m happy to support whatever is against CCP but I don’t want to have another Israel/Palestine situation in this planet…
Not all colonialism situations are equal. The Israel and Palestine situation is just a particularly messy one. In Taiwan, the colonialism has already happened. The indigenous population is already assimilated with the society of their colonisers. Indigenous rights are a topic of discussion in Taiwanese politics but it isn’t as hot of an issue as Palestinian rights in Israel.
The campaign for indigenous rights in Taiwan is one that is willing to “play ball” and work within the bounds of the island’s political system, and their strategy is largely effective in terms of securing those rights.
