‘Look at Hong Kong and think of Taiwan,’ Tsai Ing-wen said. ‘We don’t want Hong Kong-style peace. We want dignified peace.’
The fundamental problem in Taiwanese democracy is if the opposition wins one election, they merge with the mainland - it means the ruling party can do whatever they want and still get votes.
Obviously the main issue in Taiwan is China relations.
Usually minor issues can find representation via multiple parties in Europe. Two parties in the same “Chinese independence” coalition could differ from each other on more minor issues.
From what I can understand from skimming Wikipedia, I guess NPP fulfills this role a bit, but it’s tough when a majority of the seats in the legislature are decided by FPTP.
Taiwan probably needs an electoral reform towards a more PR-based system like those found in Sweden and Germany.
I doubt the US would allow a merger. TSMC is too important to fall into CCP’s hands. Not to mention the amount of US ordnances that stored in Taiwan.
Shockingly, the US would not be given a say and would be left to react. Which means the entire thing becomes a blood bath if the US doesn’t prevent it prior.
KMT presidential candidate Hou Yu-ih said on Saturday that a vote for the DPP was equivalent to “sending everyone out to the battlefield” because supporting Taiwan independence would touch off a war.
What’s happening in Taiwan? Why did a presidential candidate said something like this? In another country, a presidential candidate telling people to not supporting their own country’s sovereignty would be a political suicide.
Believe it or not, a lot of younger Taiwanese people want to rejoin the mainland. Not exactly a majority yet, but it’s getting pretty close.
Foreign influence operations exist because they work.
That’s the reason US spends billions on shit like NED, USAID, and other programs to interfere in countries around the world.
That’s a dogwater (approaching racist) argument and you know it.
I’m not parent poster, but I didn’t read that at all. International propaganda works, and has the potential to destroy democracy in America (and lots of other countries, too.)
What am I missing?
Taiwan knows they will lose
There are people who would rather just join CCP so they don’t die
“Look at Ukraine when you vote, do you want to end like them ?”
Shocking that people would prefer to end up like Hong Kong rather than ending up like Ukraine. Absolutely incomprehensible to the liberal mind.
Yeah, think of Hong Kong, horrible things like reducing wait times for public housing could happen in Taiwan too https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-02/hong-kong-cuts-public-housing-waiting-time-to-boost-birth-rates
Hong Kong is fine 🙄
But have you considered that Hong Kong is now administered by yellow savages as opposed to being a proper and civilized British colony.
