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China's Xi says reunification with Taiwan is 'inevitable' in New Year's address (www.france24.com)

submitted 10 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/news

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[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

@detectivemittens I may sound like a broken plate but I think it's precisely the situation in Ukraine that is giving them hopes. Had the US not put on hold that package for Ukraine, the Chinese could have simply taken a more moderate stance towards Taiwan. By doing what it did, yea, as you said, the US showed its weakness in providing its allies and partners with the required military help.

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[–] DdCno1 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The arrangement with Taiwan is different though. A war between the two Chinas would see direct US involvement, not just the sending over of old weapons that are well past their expiration date.

[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 1 points 10 months ago

@DdCno1 I hope so as well