The South China Sea's Gathering Storm
Pushing the boundaries (and their luck?). Earlier today I zoomed around the globe courtesy FR24 to have a look at activity around Taiwan. A USAF RC135-V had flown a pattern close to the exclusion zone to the SW of the island and then turned, heading directly to the mainland. As I watched, wondering at what point it would turn away it turned off its transponder. A recipe for close-encounters of the unwelcome kind?
And did China ever have Taiwan (Formosa that was)? Seems rather dubious according to this article.
https://unherd.com/2022/08/how-chinese-is-taiwan/
https://unherd.com/2022/08/how-chinese-is-taiwan/
And did China ever have Taiwan (Formosa that was)? Seems rather dubious according to this article.
https://unherd.com/2022/08/how-chinese-is-taiwan/
https://unherd.com/2022/08/how-chinese-is-taiwan/
Why would they respect someone else's opinion on that?
The article self detonates as soon as they go with comparing Taiwan with Ireland.
Nope. Terrible analogy, not to mention a bit too westernmyopic as well.
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And did China ever have Taiwan (Formosa that was)? Seems rather dubious according to this article.
https://unherd.com/2022/08/how-chinese-is-taiwan/
https://unherd.com/2022/08/how-chinese-is-taiwan/
Not sure they ever saw much use for it, except as a place to allow foreign barbarians to come for trade, keeping them safely away from China.
Taiwan is and always has been de facto an independent entity from the mainland.
No need to declare anything, unless they announce a decision to change political systems and accept CCP rule.
No need to declare anything, unless they announce a decision to change political systems and accept CCP rule.
If , in 1945-48, the KMT had declared Taiwan independent and asked for US recognition we wouldn't be where we are today - China would almost certainly claim Taiwan but Is upectthe rhetoric would be lower key
Spending the next 30+ years proclaiming that Taiwan was part of China a wasn't a brilliant move when the wind changed
Spending the next 30+ years proclaiming that Taiwan was part of China a wasn't a brilliant move when the wind changed
Part of China but not part of communist China.
upectthe rhetoric
Say again all after "Good afternoon!"
Say again all after "Good afternoon!"
"Part of China but not part of communist China"
IIRC the KMT claimed to run the whole shooting match - and a lot of people in DC agreed with them - until they didn't of course.
I sometimes wonder what might have been the course of history if that lunatic Kim Il Sung hadn't invaded S Korea and brought the US and China face to face on the battlefield.
IIRC the KMT claimed to run the whole shooting match - and a lot of people in DC agreed with them - until they didn't of course.
I sometimes wonder what might have been the course of history if that lunatic Kim Il Sung hadn't invaded S Korea and brought the US and China face to face on the battlefield.
The Republic of China: Kuomintang (and its successors)
The People's Republic of China: CCP.
Been that way since about 1949, right?
(Or, did the folks on Taiwan one day drop the RoC appellation? I might have missed a memo)
I recall a similar distinction between East and West Germany: FDR and DDR, back in the day. (Also see the reference to Kim et al above)
The People's Republic of China: CCP.
Been that way since about 1949, right?
(Or, did the folks on Taiwan one day drop the RoC appellation? I might have missed a memo)
I recall a similar distinction between East and West Germany: FDR and DDR, back in the day. (Also see the reference to Kim et al above)
It used to be FRG and GDR back then.
Taiwan is still officially "The Republic of China" I believe
the DDR/BDR isn't really the same as neither side claimed to "own" or represent the other
A more interesting example is the Republic of Ireland and N Ireland where the Republic issues passports to N Irish citizens (but not vice-versa) and
"Article 3.1 of the Constitution of Ireland "recognises that a united Ireland shall be brought about only by peaceful means with the consent of a majority of the people, democratically expressed, in both jurisdictions in the island".[This provision was introduced in 1999 after implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, as part of replacing the old Articles 2 and 3, which had laid a direct claim to the whole island as the national territory"
which wasn't that different to the Chinese position on Taiwan until Xi took out Hong Kong and whipped up the current storm.[size=8333px] [/size]
the DDR/BDR isn't really the same as neither side claimed to "own" or represent the other
A more interesting example is the Republic of Ireland and N Ireland where the Republic issues passports to N Irish citizens (but not vice-versa) and
"Article 3.1 of the Constitution of Ireland "recognises that a united Ireland shall be brought about only by peaceful means with the consent of a majority of the people, democratically expressed, in both jurisdictions in the island".[This provision was introduced in 1999 after implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, as part of replacing the old Articles 2 and 3, which had laid a direct claim to the whole island as the national territory"
which wasn't that different to the Chinese position on Taiwan until Xi took out Hong Kong and whipped up the current storm.[size=8333px] [/size]
Auf Deutsch: DDR for East Gemany. (Deutsche Demokratische Republik)
I am reaching back over 50 years in memory: we were taught something like FDR (Federalische Deutsche Republik) for the West but I suspect that Bundesrepublik Deutschland may have been a more accurate term.
Bah, memory starting to line the holes up in the Swiss cheese at this point.
I am reaching back over 50 years in memory: we were taught something like FDR (Federalische Deutsche Republik) for the West but I suspect that Bundesrepublik Deutschland may have been a more accurate term.
Bah, memory starting to line the holes up in the Swiss cheese at this point.
Bundesrepublik Deutschland or Federal Republic of Germany to be precise.
DDR for East Gemany. (Deutsche Demokratische Republik)
Irony was not lost on the communists. Seems to be a recurring theme, putting heads on spikes of liberated people is the extension of the cynical leaders that seem to plague the application of utopian concepts corrupted by centralized power.
Irony was not lost on the communists. Seems to be a recurring theme, putting heads on spikes of liberated people is the extension of the cynical leaders that seem to plague the application of utopian concepts corrupted by centralized power.
The UN is your friend.
There is a commemorative plaque near Strawberry Fields,( of John Lennon fame) in NYC Central Park which includes the German Democratic Republic among its signatories.
Afaik, it is one of the last official documents which mention the GDR.
There is a commemorative plaque near Strawberry Fields,( of John Lennon fame) in NYC Central Park which includes the German Democratic Republic among its signatories.
Afaik, it is one of the last official documents which mention the GDR.
The *DPRK would love to become the sole government over one Korea, too, thus the south stays suitably armed.
*Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
*Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.