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Five facts you need to know about 'Ilha Formosa' (美麗之島), the stunningly beautiful island-state also known as Taiwan. In this 🧵 I explain why it is in all of our interests that democratic 🇹🇼 is safeguarded against military annexation by 🇨🇳 - now and in the future /1
If Taiwan was actually part of the PRC, as the PRC claims, it could just deny @rolandparis a visa for his trip instead of complaining about it.
The fact that the PRC can’t do that demonstrates that it doesn’t exercise any sovereignty over Taiwan, and its claims are fictions.
An article about the Chinese embassy protesting to both my employer and Global Affairs Canada about my trip to Taiwan in August. Their protests won't affect my plans, but am talking about them because they deserve to be exposed. Full article in thread. theglobeandmail.com/politics…
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New! "Annexation of #Taiwan: A Defeat From Which the US & Its Allies Could Not Retreat"
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My @BakerInstitute Report w/ Gabe Collins explains stakes, urgency & what to do now.
Come for bulletized Executive Summary, stay for 168 pp. of analysis & 5 Appendices backed up w/ 473 endnotes.
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"China’s high-tech sector is driving an increasing amount of demand for goods and services in the world’s second-biggest economy, and its contribution could rival real estate by 2026, according to Bloomberg Economics."
bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @technology
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A piece of mine for @LowyInstitute on how the Taiwanese people and the world loses from Taiwan's exclusion from international organisations, and why China's power is not actually over Taiwan, rather it is over the rest of us in our submission to falsehoods
lowyinstitute.org/the-interp…
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Every election I go to the voting booths with my dad and my daughter — three generations of Taiwanese citizens.
When she was 4, my daughter asked: “Why are we voting?”
My answer: “We are voting because we are Taiwanese and we can vote.”
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I am sorry, @BonnieGlaser, as I respect your work, but I struggle to understand what is the point of the piece. 🇨🇳will never give any assurances & assurances that you ask 🇹🇼 to make are morally corrupt and incompatible with deterrence. Piece is not making remotely convincing 1/5
It is regretful that the views expressed by me and my co-authors in Foreign Affairs are being taken out of context by some people in Taiwan. The main point of the article is that effective deterrence requires both credible threats and assurances. 1/x foreignaffairs.com/taiwan/ta…
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Dear @BonnieGlaser, @jessicacweiss, Tom Christensen, I ask respectfully that you retract this ideologically loaded, anti-intellectual, and factually incorrect line: “Tsai has allowed the teaching of Taiwan’s history separate from the history of China in high schools."
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There has been a lot of chatter about how bad this piece is on many levels and after skimming it the first time, I decided to go back and read it closer and slower taking notes. It is just as bad as it is being criticized for but I think.... 1/n
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This is very important to understand in the context of a possible Taiwan invasion.
China doesn't want to conquer the *people* of Taiwan. It just wants the dirt under their feet. It would be fine expelling all the people and replacing them with mainlanders.
"The exodus of tens of thousands of professionals from #HongKong triggered by a crackdown on its civil liberties is being offset by new arrivals: mainland Chinese keen to move to the former British colony." abcnews.go.com/Business/wire…
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The first step towards a sound policy towards Taiwan? Stop lying, and stop letting China manipulate us. Thoughts after my recent visit there. theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
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Ahh, the good ol' "Since Ancient Times" argument. The last refuge of the terminally stupid.
Times that Taiwan/Formosa has not been an official part of any Chinese state:
- Big Bang-1668
- 1895-1945
- 1949-present
Times that Taiwan has been part of the PRC:
- Zero
Two lies in one story.
1), Taiwan is not "disputed territory", since it has always been part of China.
2), China never aims to "supplant the US". China does have ambition, but it is about rejuvenating Chinese civilization, not replacing anybody
newsweek.com/top-commander-f…
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PSA: the U.S. one China policy ≠ strategic ambiguity. They’re different things.
One is about whether the U.S. recognizes the PRC as the sole legitimate government of China (A: yes) and that Taiwan is part of China (A: no; int status is undetermined).
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Fox anchor, Ramaswamy clash over Taiwan: ‘They’re not just a factory’ trib.al/puCVQFx
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A seemingly permanent Western delusion in dealing with the CCP is the belief that relations can be stabilised by focusing on shared interests and positive outcomes. But one can’t externally stabilise an internally unstable entity.
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Next time someone says that China’s military coercion against Taiwan is the fault of some action taken by somebody else - Pelosi, or Tsai, or whomever, ask them about big coercion missions such as this one today.
China is not a victim. It is the aggressor.
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"mutual respect" = no criticism of PRC policies and acceptance of all Chinese territorial claims.
"peaceful coexistence" = no US alliances or forward-deployed military bases.
"Win-win cooperation" = no restrictions on PRC access to foreign technology and markets.
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Just talked to a Swedish who was astonished hearing that my income tax rate is around 3 percent, including Health Insurance and pension fund. ‘How can TW maintain its infrastructure and healthcare system, which is public funded and of excellent quality?’ she asked. 🧵 – at Taipei City, Taiwan