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    • balsoft@lemmy.ml
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      11 hours ago
      1. China has not used their military offensively for the past like 30 years, I don’t see why start now
      2. Xi has said repeatedly that he will not use military force and instead will use the existing economic and cultural ties to push re-integration
      3. If they invade Taiwan militarily they risk a nuclear war, definitely will suffer heavy casualties, will destroy the world’s economy (which will hurt them a lot as well), and the only thing they would gain is a pile of burning ash. There is no practical reason to do it and you can call Xi many names but not impractical.
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        7 hours ago

        @balsoft @pixeltree
        Xi could *substantially* improve his global reputation if he opted for a cooperative approach to relations with #Taiwan. They have been at loggerheads for decades because their govt systems & economies have been very different, but it’s China that is now evolving closer to Taiwan’s market-economy model. But they could be more inspired in establishing a more cooperative political model.
        Either way, it is for the Taiwanese to choose their destiny.

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          I think it’s almost verbatim what Xi is saying - cooperate, build more and more economic and cultural ties, wait for the decline of capitalism and the people of Taiwan will want to reunite with mainland eventually. They are already really close socially, culturally and ethnically (most Taiwanese are Han), the only thing separating them is politics.