Will China And The U.S. Go To War Over Taiwan?

The new Taiwan president Lai Ching-te was sworn in, marking the third term for the Democratic Progressive Party. The growing support for Taiwan independence from China has put this island on a collision course with the Chinese government. But why is China claiming Taiwan in the first place? Why did the U.S. government get involved and claim it will defend Taiwan if China invades?
This InContext episode goes deeper into the China-Taiwan dispute and explains why the U.S. and China seem to be willing to go to war over Taiwan.
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[@samhuangto]

No ! After Ukraine, Taiwan should not have any false hope that the U.S. government will defend them

[@JWscandi]

but nowadays there r so many cuckoos around....a growing part of "modern" society

[@kakashiar]

Who believe China? you?

[@JWscandi]

@@kakashiar except for some pack of hyenas, majority of the global south (including the increasing ppl from the west whom r awaken to the fact that China was and still a victim of western dishonest and ill-willed smearing propaganda) trusted China more than the West. Still sleeping in the matrix?

[@jaihindersingh]

ukrein is olweis wiinniing becas of Amerikka healp, waach relaiabel westurn mediia. Dats vai teiwan bery eagur becom nexx ukrein in asiia an allow Amerikka seell weepuns an beuld militaree baesus

[@jchung5265]

@@kakashiar kzbin.info/www/bejne/in_WdqKXaMekbrcsi=jT2TVtuUeOGbjkiI🤣

[@PerceivedREALITY999]

Instead of arming Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan; US tax payer money should be spent on infrastructure, healthcare, education, homelessness ...

[@chrischan2828]

Election of presidency in US is not that useful when some are actually making decisions in deep state under US gov.

[@newjourneycreditrepair9671]

You said it and that is 100% facts 🎯

[@chrischan2828]

@@PerceivedREALITY999 i found my comment left here has been deleted.

[@alperenbastiat]

You can't solve all of those problems by throwing money on them. These issues are complicated and requires more than just money. How would you solve homelessness for example? I would solve by removing zoning laws and going on full YIMBY mode. Populists would say "Look at these all vacant homes, we should send homeless people in California to rotten homes in the middle of nowhere. Perfect solution!". What I am trying to say is that we don't need just money, we need correct approach too.

[@alperenbastiat]

Or how would you solve healthcare problem in US? You don't need money to fully nationalize healthcare, you need good approach. Money doesn't solve everything.

[@YoungTang]

China desires Taiwan not solely for financial gains byt mostly its the last reminder of the 100 years of humiliation, a territory lost to Western colonialism.

[@Andy-P]

China revenge is to humiliate some other country.... where does it end?

[@yongdeng1813]

Def not for financial gain, it is to forever squash the feeling of the century humiliation!! Every chinese person knows that!

[@Andy-P]

@@yongdeng1813 Looks like China is preparing for war with America in an effort to conquer Taiwan.

[@mmhcc9907]

Also if Taiwan becomes an independent country then they are eligible to join a military partnership with other countries such as Japan and United States. The nearest island of the ROC is kinmen island which is nearer to the mainland then Taiwan.

[@HAL-bo5lr]

If China takes Taiwan, it will have an "unsinkable aircraft carrier" that will allow its navy to roam around the Pacific Ocean. This would be a direct competition and challenge to the US. Also, the PRC would get a lot of leverage on the world stage if it controls more than half of the world's supply of semiconductors.

[@ID-me2lf]

The video also fails to mention one of the reasons for the serious separatism on the island of Taiwan: they revised the textbooks and tampered with history, which also led to opposition and protests from many educators and historians on the island.

[@lagrangewei]

now that the intellectual and nationlist control the legisture. they should fix the textbook. they can't keep whinning about the textbook being whitewash yet do nothing about it when they can.

[@L-K-K]

Yeah, don't expect foreign media to get all the nuances in Taiwan. Just like too many Taiwanese still think the West will sacrifice their own blood to fight for Taiwan. Weaponry yes - the military industrial complex that owns these govs will make money off that, so no problem with that. But Westerners blood - that's a vote loser.

[@julioduan7130]

Also in the past 30 years, education system and media in Taiwan deliberately changed the definition of China so that more than 60% percent of Taiwanese identity them as only Taiwanese. This is the power of brainwashing which works very well in the past 30 years.

[@georgesos]

"War helps nobody" . Wise words!

[@usrIO30581l]

It military defense does help and isn’t a provoke of war while China is doing the same but gets offended when nearby smaller countries does it. But of course building an artificial military island on neighboring countries isn’t provocation to WEF bots or convid plandemic bi-partisan hypocrites.

[@alperenbastiat]

But those in power at China call for it. Xi Jinping regularly make statements like "We will integrate Taiwan.". Okay, by what means? Of course war.

[@jchung5265]

@@usrIO30581lchynah is working with modi in building brics- the trading bloc, not the western war hungry bloc 😊

[@usrIO30581l]

@@jchung5265 Building Better Global Economic BRICs. (6uild 6ack 6etter) Nov 2001 Source: Global Investment Research. Jim O'Neill's game-changing paper on the importance of BRICs economies.

[@user-pc3we6gf6j]

Except war profiteers.

[@bummers]

I think the vid omitted the fact that US was from day one, supporting KMT/ROC gov in opposing the communist party even before KMT fled to Taiwan province. When PRC gov was to be recognised in UN as the legal rep of China, replacing the ROC gov, US was there in UN pushing for a one China, two gov proposal. This did not go through and PRC became recognised officially in UN as the legitimate gov of China while ROC gov became a defacto rogue gov, a result of the Chinese civil war. (This para is pointed out in the video, included for continuity)

[@danlan3433]

China and Taiwan would had been unified already if not for the Imperialism countries such as the USA and some Western European countries. STAY OUT OF THE ALL CHINESE AFFAIRS !

[@woodensurfer]

No. US role is peripheral. Taiwan will not want reunification. Taiwan will have to be coerced but will be coerced into reunification.

[@the0ne809]

China declaring the whole South China Sea as theirs is definitely not imperialism. Because everyone knows only the west can do imperialism.

[@dsw86]

And? The Chinese government is proving incompetence to its own population, who pays it taxes for defence and territorial integrity. By being incapable of deterring or eliminating this foreign interference in Chinese internal affairs, perhaps it isn’t qualified to govern all of China!

[@yongdeng1813]

Taiwan needs to be part of china, not to be used by the USA. Nothing good will come out of it if taiwan keep being the proxy of the US!

[@iNikkehx333]

@@woodensurfer you aren't Taiwanese stop speaking for them.

[@zeissiez]

In 1894, Japan invaded China and Korea, the Qing govt of China was defeated and signed the [Treaty of Shimonoseki] to cede Taiwan Island to Japan. During the WW2, at the Cairo Conference held in 1943, China requested the transfer of Taiwan's sovereignty back to China after the war. This content was included in the [Cairo Declaration] and later reiterated in the [Potsdam Proclamation] that it should be implemented. On 14 Aug & 2 Sept 1945, the Emperor and govt of Japan issued the [End War Edict] and [Japanese Instrument of Surrender] respectively, Japan surrendered and accepted the [Potsdam Proclamation]. The Japanese troops in Taiwan surrendered to KMT General Chiang Kai-Shek, Taiwan re-entered the territory of the Republic of China (ROC). Soon after that China civil war broke out between KMT and CPC, the KMT was defeated and fled to Taiwan. However, due to US's intervention, the CPC without a strong navy at that time has no ability to unify Taiwan. The CPC then established the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1949. Since then, in both PRC’s and ROC’s constitutions, both claimed to be the legitimate government of China, which consisted of Mainland China+Taiwan Island in its entirety, with Taiwan being a province of China. In 1971, UN Resolution No. 2758 ruled that the PRC had obtained the representation rights and all legal rights originally owned by the ROC in the UN. In the Joint Cummunique on the Establishment of Diplomatic relations between the PRC and the USA (16th December 1978), President Jimmy Carter announced: "The USA recognizes the Government of the PRC as the sole legal Government of China. Within this context, the people of the USA will maintain cultural, commercial, and other unofficial relations with the people of Taiwan". That means the PRC is China's only legal govt under international law, and today the PRC also become China's only legal govt recognized by 183 countries around the world, INCLUDING the USA. As such, the ROC has no more embassy in America, UK, France, Japan, Germany, Italy, etc, and they were replaced by PRC embassies in these countries. Therefore, according to international laws, international diplomatic reality, and the wishes of the overwhelming majority of the combined 1.4 billion people from both sides, the PRC has every rights to protect its sovereign integrity. Today, the government in Taiwan is no more than remnants of China’s former government. There’s zero difference if in 1949 the remnants had fled for Jiangxi, Jiangsu or Hunan, instead of Taiwan. They are all a part of China in exactly the same way. They did not automatically become another country just because the remnants fled there. If some remnants of the China former government had fled to the United States, would the United States have become the ROC as well? Taiwan has never been an independent country by itself, NEVER, in any history records. Taiwan was a province of that country called the ROC, and now a province of the PRC. Even the 12 small countries like Eswatini or Tuvalu which recognize the ROC as “China”, did not recognize Taiwan as a country, but rather a province of the ROC. Yes, Taiwanese have their own passports, but Hong Kong and Macao people have their own passports too, but they are still a part of China. If Catalonians decides to print their own passports today, that doesn’t mean Catalonia is an independent country tomorrow. If Taiwan decides to go for independence, just like Catalonia or Scotland is trying to, it’s all China’s domestic matter. It has nothing to do with other countries. But the US has been sending billions dollar worth of arm weapons to Taiwan. In 1962, the US sent missiles to Turkey & Italy, and in response, the USSR sent missiles to Cuba, and the Cuban Missile Crisis broke out. Likewise, in 2021 Aug, Zelensky visited Washington to seek support for NATO membership, 6 months later Russia invaded Ukraine. World Superpowers never allowed another country sending strategic arm weapons CLOSE to their borders, let alone WITHIN its regions like the US is doing to Taiwan which is WITHIN China. The PRC has been EXTREMELY patient with Taiwan govt: As long as Taiwan doesn’t declare independence, Mainland China has been at peace with it. America will fight the PRC to the last Taiwanese.

[@jorgi6335]

Thank you for your erudite comment. I’ll integrate it in my memory!

[@jchung5265]

@@zeissiez you work for the ned?🤭

[@zeissiez]

@@jchung5265 Same modus operandi over and over again. Four steps of a color revolution/coup d’etat: Step1: funding of NGOs in the targeted countries by the C.I.A./N.E.D. to lay the ground work. Step2: when a legitimate issue arises, pounce on the opportunity. For example: • the initial protest in Maidan which started in 2013 Nov was a legitimate protest against a corrupted Yanukovchy government, but neo-Nazi radical units like the Right Sector and the C14 which set fire on the Maidan Square for 3 months, was sponsored by the N.E.D. (the leader of Right Sector admitted in a video saying without them setting fire in the protest, the protest would be just a “gay parade”). • The initial protest after the introduction of the extradition bill in Hong Kong in 2019 was a genuine protest by ordinary Hong Kongers, but the subsequent violent riots which saw subways being burned down, Molotov cocktails being thrown at police were, orchestrated by the M.i.6 and the N.E.D. • Similarly, the gas price hike in Kazakhstan in Jan 2022 was a legitimate issue, but the subsequent riots which saw head choppers being deployed, were funded by the N.E.D. Step3: escalate riots until bloodshed happens and force the government to resign. Example: over 100 died in Maidan coup, successfully forced Yanukovchy to resign. Step4: installing the party favored by America to be the new government. Example: As exposed by a leaked phone call, Victoria Nuland handpicked Yatsenyuk to be the new Ukrainian Prime Minister after the Maidan coup in 2014

[@maronin5215]

Who would want to get ukraine’d?

[@JoelBergmark]

1:33 Over all fair, however the missing question, why do everyone think USA had right to interfere in other countries internal issues, Taiwan is not a country regardless what propaganda says, and as you conclude later, big majority don't want to break away and also you fail to mention the elected gov lost majority in 2024 election, so actually the the separatists is not growing but actually losing power

[@Andy-P]

Taiwan does want to be ruled by autocratic Taiwan. The CCP Narrative is America & allies won't help. They said they will. China will start a war if the CCP are wrong.

[@sernoddicusthegallant6986]

You dont need the right. If someone is abusing their spouse and the spouse wanted to leave and was living in a different house but was still legally married and part of the same family and someone wanted to protect the spouse in case the abuser wanted to force them to live together again you wouldnt ask them what right they had to interfere with an internal matter. Taiwan is one of the highest scoring nations on the human freedom index while mainland china is one of the lowest. If the people of taiwan vote to rejoin the mainland thats one thing but if you have any care for human rights you should want to protect taiwan from forceful annexation.

[@Wayne-tb8tk]

China dose so fair, s fair!

[@levin36]

@@sernoddicusthegallant6986 ridiculous

[@chrissy4957]

⁠ if you say it like that that of course would make a lot of sense. problem is, where is the evidence of 1. abuse from china to taiwan, 2. freedom index is a western defined thing, esp this index. for westerners freedom is to do anything even immoral things, marginalizing and discriminating against minorities, etc. - if you were to fact check western civilizations you would understand that their concept of freedom isn’t really free, only for the rich top 10%. also esp during pro-palestine demos there’s been so much suppression and censorship. julian assange and edward snowden were kept in jail or were blackmailed with it and many many journalists or whistleblowers more. there’s a lot of censorship on meta apps. it’s important not to be swept up by pretentious western narratives and look at the west honestly. and also at china honestly. the global media is dominated by western countries and they’ve shown to not always have free press and not always be factually correct, mostly it is ideology driven, not fact-driven. so to regard to china or other countries of the global south as “less free” judging by western standards is very much something to be critical about especially bc the west has been shown to sabotage other countries of the global south. look up coups orchestrated by the CIA. it’s not a thing of the past, even nowadays the CIA instigates coups. just recently in Bolivia. I’m sorry to burst your bubble but as a western-born 华人 I have been through it all and I used to believe in western superiority and believed everything that’s been said about China. It’s honestly worth looking into it, as there’s so much bias and not a lot of factual evidence when it covers about China, but if you are serious then you’ll find the correct non-biased Facts. (For example western journalists like Jeffrey Sachs, Ben Norton, WikiLeaks, BreakThroughNews, etc.) Hopefully my keywords will help.

[@clairde]

"To be an enemy of the US is dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal" - Henry Kissinger

[@Andy-P]

Not if you are the Phillipines

[@user-xt6pb1mq7s]

Both the Constitution of the People's Republic of China and the Constitution of the Republic of China recognize Taiwan as part of China. In Nov 1992, the Association for Cross-Strait Relations of the People's Republic of China and the Straits Exchange Foundation of the Republic of China held a meeting in Hong Kong. In Aug 1992, the Mainland Affairs Council of the Republic of China issued the following statement "Both sides of the Taiwan Strait agree that there is only one China. However, the two sides of the Strait have different opinions as to the meaning of 'one China" (later adopted by the now-defunct National Unification Council of ROC). Despite the disagreement, both parties can maintain amicable relations. When the Democratic Progressive Party came to power in 2016, DDP unilaterally launched its claim to Taiwan independence, leading to today's tense situation across the Taiwan Strait.

[@jchung5265]

Alcapone wants a ‘regime’ change , even eezrail has joined the flotilla in south chynah seas😊

[@taiwanstillisntacountry]

H-Inglish? From colon-nised scam-center Mumbai-Dharavi?

[@user-xt6pb1mq7s]

@@taiwanstillisntacountry From colon-nised scam-headquarters Taiwan-swindlers (金光黨).

[@user-ds9og8hl7z]

After Carter's 10:20 speech, there's one intentionally-omitted sentence said by him: "And, Taiwan is part of China." Why did AJ+ try to dismiss that?

[@cosmoray9750]

Yep. The American people and the people who thinks they know anything about Taiwan should read all Three Joint Communiques. " The three joint communiques issued by the United States and China in 1972, 1979, and 1982 continue to serve as the foundation for U.S.-China relations . " It seems the US wants to renege on that was signed.

[@jchung5265]

AJ+ is heavily influenced by alcapone!

[@lagrangewei]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWjEq5iOd8-MgMU yes and no, while he did say "Taiwan is a part of China" he said it in the context of PRC's position, not his. he is simply saying he understands PRC will claim Taiwan. all US promised is to not offer Taiwan recognition as a country. personally I support the one china policy because it is the ROC that started it, if ROC didn't try and block PRC from joining UN under the argument "there is but one china", today from ROC and PRC would have been in UN. it was the 3 decade of diplomatic pain and harm that the island cause that seal the fate on one china... Karma is what Karma is.

[@mmhcc9907]

@@lagrangeweithe documentary should have still included this. Let the audience interpret it.

[@cungcung5042]

Yes, this documentary is not objective

[@PerceivedREALITY999]

China has the greatest manufacturing capacity. US has the greatest clown production capacity and the greatest national debt.

[@rmf9567]

You are literally delusional😂😂😂

[@usrIO30581l]

China is another Zionist WEF proxy.

[@alperenbastiat]

China is in debt too. And whom US have debt to? Answer: The US. NATO has 23.000 aircraft combined, not including non-NATO allies. US has the only stealth bombers in the world. Nobody can compete with US army's logistics, naval power and air power. You would say "Oh Taliban!" no, nation building and invading a country are two different things. US army entered Kabul in 4 weeks in 2001, invasion and so the army was succesful. And I have a question for you, what indicates a Chinese success in a potential war? Their technologies and soldiers aren't battle hardened. Nobody can know until a real war.

[@SexyUndisputed2All]

Lol you mliking hard for the weapons lobby huh. Look.at us we have trillions we can spend on free healthcare, low cost homes, food for everyone YET you rather have these new shiny killing toys to kill, make suffer and enslave non whites Thats the true spirit spoken well as you a white man would

[@IshaqIbrahim3]

@@alperenbastiat 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣I love clowns

[@chensweeyew454]

No, US will stand at the sideline and clap...

[@loois3431]

Their coverage on Palestine is good but that's about it.

[@yongdeng1813]

Yup. AJ is all about the west. Most if what they broadcast are NOT true

[@obsidianstatue]

The civil war was incorrectly framed. 1) the war is still ongoing, and did not end in 1949. When PRC was established, large parrs of Southern China was still under KMT control. 2) The KMT did not flee to neutral Taiwan as the map seems to suggest, in 1945. the ROC regained control of Taiwan after WW2. So they merely moved their seat of government to one part of China.

[@kenric1460]

The video leaves out an important agreement,. called the Three Communiqués agreement, which were signed in 1972, by the United States and the PRC. How can you talk about Taiwan and China while intentionally leaving this declaration. Bad journalism or intentional bias by AJ+

[@まなつのよのいんむ]

Taiwan is the name of the island, named by the emperor in 1662, annexed by Japan in 1895, and returned to China after World War II

[@coxla10a]

Taiwan was named for Fujian immigrants and no one else, and was initially pronounced "Daiwan" in Hokkien-accented Chinese.

[@lagrangewei]

@@coxla10a I am Hokkien and no one spell it as "Daiwan" xD

[@coxla10a]

@@lagrangewei Based on the pronunciation of “大员‘’or "大湾"（Daiwan or Dawan） in Hokkien.

[@mdiesel23]

Taiwan is China's core policy. Taiwan is U.S. priority due to their semiconductor industry.

[@jetli740]

no not semiconductor, semiconductor is not important to china. it national security for 1.4 B of their citizen. think of it Cn let Taiwan go independent and they let US have a base with nuke point at them. similar to the cuba crisis.

[@mdiesel23]

@jetli740 Right. That's what I said. Taiwan has always been China's core policy, even before there was a semiconductor industry in Taiwan. Taiwan is now only important to the U.S. because they have they have the semiconductor industry. Before that, Taiwan was only a pawn and it still is but far more important now than before.

[@jetli740]

@@mdiesel23 yes sorry misread ur comment, as seen so many said china want taiwan is for it semiconductor which is of course false

[@JohnHarthomstowCEO]

@@mdiesel23 This is nonsense. US policy on Taiwan predates the semiconductor industry. It's all about the First Island Chain.

[@mdiesel23]

@JohnHarthomstowCEO Right, how does my comment conflict with what you said? What about the treaties signed with China in the 70s and helping China get recognized with the U.N. over Taiwan? I never said Taiwan wasn't important to the U.S., Taiwan is just more important to the U.S. than in the past. Otherwise the U.S. won't have side stepped Taiwan in favor of China.

[@tobyli52]

You should include more mainland Chinese voice in your reports.

[@6565hopepy]

friend don’t let friend die, dont trust US

[@L-K-K]

You forgot to mention the Chinese historical artifacts that were also taken to Taiwan by KMT. The mountains behind Taipei's National Palace Museum supposedly stores these treasures too numerous to display in the Museum. It's kind of a blessing considering that some might have gotten smashed during the Cultural Revolution. But if Taiwan is not part of China, then these artifacts do not belong in Taiwan. DPP has been revising textbooks erasing Taiwan's Chinese heritage. Haven't heard them offering to return all of China's historical wealth that were taken to Taiwan and eventually used to help build Taiwan to what it is now. BTW the DPP president only got only 40% of the vote with a 72% turn out. So effectively 28.8% of eligible voters voted for this war path vs 43.1% who voted against, and 28.1% who didn't bother to vote. His supporters still think the West will defend Taiwan with boots on the ground and not just military aid in the form of drones and weapons, that Taiwanese won't be the only one fighting for their lives like Ukrainians have been in recent years. This with military draft that was reduced to 4 months during DPP rule & only raised back up to 1 year recently vs professional armies of China. (Back in the 70s under KMT it was 2-year draft.) Taiwan could have had more negotiation options if they had chosen the other presidential candidates, one of whom is also a lot less corrupt and more rational and effective at delivering benefits for the people. As it is, the 29% have removed the peaceful reunification option or even the status quo option off the table for the remaining 71%. I'd like to see all those who voted DPP this time sign up for the military immediately, bring home their children abroad to do the same, and burn all foreign passports and green cards. No sacrificing other people's lives to fight your ideological cult turf war.

[@mmhcc9907]

I would also go further and say don't ask help from foreign countries especially if they declare independence or fire the first shot. I'm not getting drafted for WW3.

[@socrates5647]

PRC was the only sizable country as the enemy of two superpowers at the meantime for two decades, now it's not only survived n revived, but also thrived n became a superpower.

[@zeissiez]

And PRC was the only country survived at least four color revolutions: Tibet in the 1960s and in 2008, Xinjiang in 2007-2017, Beijing 1989, Hong Kong 2019. The Arab Spring overturned 16 countries in one swipe.

[@greentraveler4114]

I am Taiwanese but also Chinese from Taiwan, Republic of China. Why do the West always wanted to mess up with our family issues? We don't want war against our own ppl, pls Americans europeans if you like wars under the name of democracy do it within your own countries, pls don't let Asians, Africans Lations pay the bills again for your so-called Western style democracy, human rights and freedom of speech.Iraqis, Afghans, Syrians, Libyans, etc, had enough of what you called democratic and human rights bombs.

[@jchung5265]

good response !

[@PureBavarian]

If it wasn't for the chips yall made the US wouldn't care. It's like oil in the middle east.

[@jchung5265]

@@PureBavarian the big picture is look at the map that shows the military bases surrounding China!

[@kxdlxnn]

看文字应该是个中华民国派

[@thomasrogers9146]

ACCORDING TO THE U.S GOVERNMENT, TAIWAN IS A PROVINCE OF CHINA. ONE CHINA POLICY SIGNED BY PRESIDENT CARTER 1979 AND THE SHANGHAI COMMUNIQUE SIGNED 1972 BY PRESIDENT NIXON. ACCORDING TO THE UNITED NATION AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, TAIWAN IS A PART OF CHINA AND NOT AN INDEPENDENT NATION

[@jchung5265]

no country trusts the us since its unconditional support in garzaar jennolcide!

[@sernoddicusthegallant6986]

Why dosent Xinnie go take it then?

[@jchung5265]

@@sernoddicusthegallant6986 peaceful reunification you diqqq head1

[@zoo-xibbitjayne2081]

Taiwan should be ashamed to even think of aiding the you blighted states in anything.

[@donaldmedlock7412]

Everyone trying to get "Ukrained".

[@yongdeng1813]

😂

[@nukiolbartes6279]

Doesnt taiwan also claim the whole mainland china is part of roc?

[@jchung5265]

That was their ‘founding fathers’ words, but their schools books have since been rewritten!😢

[@まなつのよのいんむ]

They no longer identify themselves as Chinese, even though they are biologically Chinese

[@lagrangewei]

@@jchung5265 its still their constitution. legally their constitution does not recognise Taiwan as a country. the legal term use in the constitution is "the free area of china".

[@ex0duzz]

Yes

[@jchung5265]

@@lagrangewei The civil war is still ongoing 😯

[@user-sc6dp8si2i]

I lost it when the video started with the quote 'civil war ended in 1949' No, the civil war has not ended, but on stalemate. Both the nationalist nor the communist didn't end the civil war, period. THE CIVIL WAR DIDN'T END.

[@frankwang8551]

the civil war was not officially ended but in stalemate.

[@jchung5265]

a stalemate , because the peaceful party chynahhh allowed it until some foreign power brought life to separatists!

[@YoungOneYT]

If only I had a dollar for every time someone milked this title. I'd be a billionaire

[@jairosouza7994]

They aren't crazy. US would never make war with such a powerful nation only to defend a small island.

[@bhubestakesoponsatien1143]

By UN , it is not US Civil War issue. It is CCP issue

[@SafepathUS]

The Taiwanese constitution states Taiwan is an intrinsic a part of China. Last year our US president reminded people - honoring our policies with Taiwan and China countries under one Chinese government - exactly as house speaker Pelosi was visiting Taiwan intimidating people and causing chaos over fake controversy for fear of war drums. Nvidia chips was important for Pelosi and recent days, the US Ms Raimondo, said our chips are the world's best..😅 The reporter asked, you mean Taiwan? Yes Ms Raimondo said, not realizing Taiwan constitution states Taiwan is an intrinsic a part of China as well as her own US President reminded people last year they're under one government as mentioned above 😊 😮 The news was obviously trying to confuse people with Pelosi quotes, and the official story. The people of Taiwan know mostly everyone is related to the mainland and no one wants battle. The retired generals agree, they dought any battle in the future as business is growing 👍

[@mmhcc9907]

Retired generals. I did not know that. Which ones? And Ms raimondo is such a classic troll.

[@SafepathUS]

@mmhcc9907 The retired generals of both sides were mentioned on other videos because their opinions probably are not forbidden to be known, and anyone's opinion can become rumors?

[@Mr.dc187]

The Chinese civil war never ended it was just on pause until now 😟😳 🇹🇼🇨🇳🇹🇼🇨🇳

[@metron0m]

There were no civil wars in China, Korea, Vietnam, Syria or Ukraine. There were American sponsored wars after Americans invaded and split them. Neighbors don't fight each other. Invaders do.

[@what-ug2lp]

U.S. defend Taiwan independence Tsai Ing-wen and Lai terrorism and fraud groups (Republic of Taiwan) , invading Republic of China 中華民國！it is fully evidences , don't trick !

[@voidvector]

US doesn't have a viable drone industry currently. Given what is happening in Ukraine and Israel, that fact is all you need to answer this question.

[@tdepp1178]

Lee Kuan Yew said Taiwan is China's core issue. For the US, it is a peripheral issue. Listen to this man and you will be better educated about China.

[@ska5568]

*China should help Hawaii independence ❤*

[@thematthew761]

Try

[@andrewlim9345]

The Taiwan dispute is one of the unresolved legacies of the Chinese Civil War.

[@lyttlebee]

Facts: technically the civil war is not over yet, even as of this date; kmt didn’t set up a new regime in Taiwan, it’s still the republic of china regime that was overthrown by the ccp on the mainland, thus you could say it’s a a tiny “leftover”regime of the republic of china in taiwan. In ccp words, taiwan is yet to be liberated, after which the whole of china would be reunited and the civil war would end forever.

[@OsirisMalkovich]

I ain't fightin' in no war. Best of luck to you, though.

[@kittoybig]

What business has USA got to with Taiwan which is part of China? Can you imagine the situation if Hawaii wants independence and China supports its independence by supplying arms ? How would USA react?

[@surfspark]

The difference here is china wouldn't dare.china knows what would happen if they do they will lose.

[@BijayBaruwal-ck1tx]

Given Ukraine situation... Taiwan should go for status like Hong Kong..... Americans ain't gonna fought your war.... Chinese military says they can easily sacrifice 150 millions for Taiwan... china is at least 2X more powerful than Russian

[@L-K-K]

Unfortunately, this current president already effectively declared independence during the inaugural speech by framing it as 2 sovereign countries - ROC & PROC - on either side of the strait. That's why we've seen escalation of Chinese military exercises surrounding Taiwan and recent Chinese definition of separatist acts of treason and associated punishment. Effectively sending clear signal that China won't tolerate any further separatist spins and pushing of boundaries. So this president has effectively made the best outcome for Taiwanese that much harder. Taiwan cannot exactly pick up the whole island and move to the coast of the US. It will always have to deal with China. One may argue that those fighting for their own sovereignty will fight harder and be a thorn forever, but a bigger portion might find it's not worth fighting if offer of a decent life is on the table. Unlike with Palestinians, China is not trying to ethnically cleanse Taiwan of its current population. And life in China is not as dire as Taiwanese gov controlled media brainwashed Taiwanese into believing. It boggles my mind when people claim Taiwanese wants this or that, as if brainwashing doesn't play a part in what they say they want. The only thing that's certain is most people want a decent live and be able to have grievances affecting this addressed by the gov. Protesting and voting aren't the only way to accomplish that. In fact, we've seen how both could produce very little change for the better in many supposedly democratic countries, and how many in such countries don't trust their elected gov or don't even vote.

[@chrissy4957]

Would’ve loved a balanced view by also inviting a Taiwanese perspective who is for unity. Not only a Taiwanese separatist perspective. But the latter did a good job by actually being quite neutral in his wording at least.

[@freespeech8520]

Taiwan island was given back to China (Republic of China) at the end of WW2 with the Cairo Declaration, and PRoC replaced RoC's seat in UN. The Chinese Civil War has never officially ended. China has more rights to Taiwan than the U.S. has to Hawaii, if you talk about international laws.

[@evelinericksson1611]

One important fact that video gets wrong is that the Taiwan’s economic boom in the 70s and 80s was under the one party rule of KMT. Taiwan didn’t have western style elections until 2012. Since then the economic boom has stopped. Don’t link so call American style democracy with economic development in every country. There is no universally proved causality between the two.

[@frankmerriwell8339]

The Chinese civil war never officially ended. It's just on hiatus now. Whether it will be peace or war next is a matter up to the Chinese people on both sides to decide. The US has a history of meddling in internal business of other countries despite having absolutely no right to do so. From Korea, Vietnam to Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan. Americans also provided military aid to KMT party during the civil war but they still lost. Today's China is a nuclear powerhouse and the biggest economy in the world on PPP measures. If the US wants to pull out a Ukraine in Taiwan it won't end well - for both the US and the entire world.

[@melvingeraldsy1552]

Very biased video. Not gonna watch another video from this channel again...

[@SHAHSAHEB-ft5kd]

For arms business -- Yes ! For risk of nuclear war -- No ! In case of the second -- U S will also be effected !

[@bctvanw]

KMT has been voted out of Taiwan’s central government.

[@nigellawson8610]

If the Americans got into a war with China they would get seriously hurt, which is something they are not used to. Since America’s debacle in Vietnam, they have always been careful to attack enemies that are far weaker than themselves. As one foreign leader once observed, the US could not handle losing one hundred thousand men in a single battle. If the Americans pick a fight with China, they will be fighting the most powerful industrial nation in the World. They will also be faced with the daunting logistical task of conducting major military operations against a peer power thousands of miles from their homeland. The Chinese on the other hand, will be fighting in their own backyard. Therefore, the Chinese will enjoy escalation dominance, which would confer a major advantage over the US. In a long war with America, the Chinese would probably emerge the winner due to their superior productive capacity and social cohesion. It is worth noting that the American elites are fully aware of the fact that the Chinese are growing stronger both economically and militarily while the US is growing weaker as time goes on? Therefore, if the Americans do decide to settle accounts with the Middle Kingdom, they will have to go to war against the Chinese within the next few years. If they wait any longer the Chinese in the Western Pacific will be unassailable once they are able to achieve technical and operational parity with US Navy and airforce, which at this particular juncture in time is still unrivalled in power, reach, sophistication, and professionalism.

[@robertliang3529]

If giving a choice the Taiwanese prefer the present status quo. If not given a choice they will accept unification. That's the truth.

[@jchung5265]

the us will not allow a peaceful reunification !

[@ChineseNews2024]

Interesting analysis on a crucial topic! What do you think are the key factors that could potentially prevent or escalate tensions between China and the U.S. over Taiwan?

[@Hebrews-Haggai-]

THE CHINA WILL NOT ATTACK ANY NATION FOR WAR UNLESS THERE IS A FULL BACK UP SUPPORT THAT WILL PLEDGE TO GO AND HELP THEM AT ANY COST LIKE NORTH KOREA AND IRAN AND RUSSIA AND SOME AFRICAN COUNTRIES THAT ALWAYS SUPPORT CHINA.

[@glokingambo5983]

I dont think so, i would even bet on it never happening

[@user-oq1oc4qx4p]

Taiwan and Penghu are leftover issues from World War II. See Treaty of San Francisco. At the time, the U.S. government helped the Chinese Nationalist Party (Republic of China), which had been defeated in the Chinese Civil War, escape to Taiwan, which was then a Japanese colony. Look at Formosa betrayed. Formosa is the original name of Taiwan. After the Chinese Kuomintang came to Taiwan, it still maintained dictatorial rule, but moved towards democracy under pressure from the United States, and the Taiwanese entered the Republic of China to fight for their rights. The Chinese who lost their privileges in Taiwan united with the People's Republic of China to steal Taiwan and Penghu.

[@cungcung5042]

Treaty of San Francisco is not valid to be used as basis of Chinese sovereignty. Because both PRC & ROC never attended, never signed & never recognized it. In 1951, Japanese govt had Treaty of Taipei with ROC govt (which was still majority international recognized as Chinese govt & official representative of China in U.N.). In that treaty, Japan annuled the Treaty of Shimonoseki in Article 4, which means both agree that Taiwan cession to Japan no longer valid & should be returned to its rightful owner, China.

[@user-oq1oc4qx4p]

@@cungcung5042 The "San Francisco Peace Treaty" was recognized in the "Peace Treaty between the Republic of China and Japan" signed by the Republic of China. Article 26 of the Treaty of San Francisco [Peace between the Two Countries] If Japan concludes a peace agreement or a war claims agreement with any country granting that country better terms than those provided for in this treaty, such preferential treatment shall automatically apply to all signatories to this treaty. A total of 46 countries have signed and ratified the Treaty of San Francisco. If the peace treaty between the Republic of China and Japan can transfer the territorial sovereignty of Taiwan and Penghu to China, then 46 countries can lay claim to the territory of Taiwan and Penghu. After World War II, colonies established their own countries one after another. Taiwan and Penghu should establish their own countries.

[@user-gc9yh2ic4q]

The video claimed with a straight face that Taiwan "elected" a pro-indepenent government while failing to mention if not the votes split by a last minute surprise this wouldn't have happened and the "ruling" party is a pathetic minority. Also failed to mention is all candidates must, and had gone to Washington to report to their boss.😂

[@nukiolbartes6279]

Does taiwan support israel?

[@まなつのよのいんむ]

yes

[@L-K-K]

The US-backed gov does. Most of the population will be limited by the gov media control. Many are ignorant of what happens aboard. A minority knows and do have sympathy for the Palestinians - eg there was some Dr who volunteered with Doctors Without Border who were in Gaza and evacuated when it escalated. He understood what it's like for the Gazans. But like a lot of us in the West we didn't find out the true story until this latest genocide either. So don't write off Taiwanese people entirely.

[@jchung5265]

@@まなつのよのいんむ Taiwanese on the take supports Israel!

[@julioduan7130]

They support everything the US supported and oppose everything Mainland China supported no matter if it’s good, bad, evil or kind.

[@arunanarina1316]

​@@まなつのよのいんむ Seriously ? Supporting Massacre ? That's disqusting

[@MYInteriorArchitect]

اللهم رب أوزعني أن أشكر نعمتك التي أنعمت علي وعلى والدي ، وأن أعمل صالحا ترضاه وأدخلني برحمتك في عبادك الصالحين

[@joshuajayb6868]

The civil did not end pls

[@user-tc7fb2pb6j]

Not my own personal business

[@user-bx6mp9dc5p]

this documentary is not objective！

[@vincentxu4709]

As a Chinese, simple answer No

[@thefamousl9043]

Thnaks ❤

[@vincentxu4709]

@@thefamousl9043 No problem? Why did u say thanks.

[@siuchen7140]

No ..i don’t think so

[@PolarBear0110]

Unlikely. But if it does, U.S. interest groups from government to private will let it happen.

[@danielliaw]

When the dragon goes to war. The whole world diaspora of the dragon will be awaken.

[@tidusfantasy]

Im gonna go way over tangent here, that taiwanese journalist Brian Hioe is super annoying. He fidgets when talking in front of camera, and his face looks super unpleasant also. Maybe because im also asian, so we look at other asians differently

[@colinlee9678]

A tenant , regardless of his name, doesn't own the property in which he lives! Therefore, the inhabitants of Taiwan don't own the land in which they are breathing and living, regardless of what they call themselves, be it native Taiwanese, Chinese, Japanese or Americans !

[@jchung5265]

I heard the term 'settlers" , then "annex"🤫

[@4tech69]

No. China will take any time it wants. I wish that wasn't the case but that's the truth of it.

[@brianquigley1940]

Good reporting. Almost entirely impartial.

[@WaqasAli-dq9wg]

It's useless to cry over spilt milk 🥺🐢

[@jorgi6335]

Very pro-West, pro-capitalist, (unwittingly) pro-imperialist, and anti-socialist. AJ, if you sincerely care about the Palestinians, this (indirectly) pro-Western -capitalist and -imperialist nonsense and this ludicrous anti-Chinese and -socialist propaganda hurt the Palestinian cause. Shame on you!

[@thematthew761]

What?

[@jorgi6335]

@@thematthew761 AJ (Al Jazeera) supports Palestine. But, at least here, they support US hegemony and western imperialism (probably because they dislike socialism more than they dislike US imperialist capitalism, because Al Jazeera is a big capitalist (news) organization). But when they’re, directly or indirectly, supporting the US military dictatorship around the world, then they also betray the Palestinian cause. I think they are aware of this, but again, since “socialism” or “communism” is a scarier word for them than Western imperialism and liberal capitalism, they consequently support the western imperialist endeavor to create separatist movements within China and US/NATO military bases around China to encircle it so the US can threaten it with nuclear bombs to, first “contain” it, and then to completely eliminate it, to destroy socialism all around the world, so it can continue its all-destructive and self-destructive development to the very end of humanity (maybe Zuckerberg and a few others will survive in that case). That’s why AJ’s support for Palestine pales when you look at their stance on other geopolitical issues. So again, shame on them!

[@thematthew761]

@@jorgi6335 why can’t the ROC just be themselves

[@jorgi6335]

@@thematthew761 First and foremost because it’s always been apart of China. ROC has never recognized PRC as the government of China. They have seen themselves as the only legitimate rulers of China. Taiwan has always been a province within China, according to both PRC and ROC, and mostly every other country in the world. The only reason they’ve been able to maintain their bourgeois dictatorship (i.e. “liberal democracy”) is that the US has backed them with millions and millions of dollars for military support. Also hundreds of NGOs and capitalist media influence to foster separatist sentiments and movements within the region. And additionally, in a hypothetical world, where China would let the separatists declare independence, the US would put lots and lots of military bases with nuclear weapons, just a few miles away from the mainland coast. For China to allow something like that, would of course be nothing else than plain suicide. Don’t trust the mainstream, Western, corporate media. They lie to you, and they’re all one and the same, from CNN to Fox News. Their differences and “culture wars” are just distractions. If you see beyond them you realize that they’re all just corporate media, defending capitalism and imperialism, which hurts us all. Seek independent media. And not the fascist kind; because even though they may seem independent and contrarian, they are in reality more often than not heavily financed. Fascism has never been grassroot, it’s always been astroturfed to power, like it’s becoming now in the US and in Europe, when people lose faith in the liberal paradigm, like they did in the 1930’s. The only real contrarian, grassroots movement you can find are socialist/communist ones. They don’t receive any money whatsoever, if they’re not outright censored or prosecuted. Socialism is the right way to go, brother. Be my friend. Become our comrade!

[@jorgi6335]

@@thematthew761 I tried to give you an extensive response, but AJ or YT (don’t know which of them) censored my comment. Don’t have time or energy to write a new one… sorry

[@FelixGott-yyds]

taiwan just a quasi colonial government successful like others，so…😅

[@user-jq3ke9hc1j]

唉呀！我們真的快受不了！＾者些外國人不知道是怎樣，沒錢，沒米，妹妹還是什麼的。，真的！° 1:54

[@kxdlxnn]

你在说啥？指他们评论区的人收钱了吗

[@myresponsesarelimited7895]

Well America has to find some way of kicking off. 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@User-1983-bi8bw]

任何一個主權國家， 它的反對分裂的堅決態度，是長期歷史所證明了的！ 古今中外莫不如此！ 當年有阿根廷對福克蘭群島的行為，就有英國撒切爾夫人的英國人民的同仇敵愾，和英國收回福克蘭群島的戰爭！ 如果蘇格蘭要獨立，英國政府就领导英國人民，堅決地拒絕。 你應該想得到結果。 加泰羅尼亞要獨立，西班牙政府絕不會任其發展。 美國獨立戰爭中， 那個美國北方（北方聯盟），在林肯總統的領導下，不惜反動戰爭，堅決地維護國家統一。 那場戰爭共有62萬人死於疆場，其中絕大多數為志願兵，其數量超過美國歷屆戰爭的總和。 看看一直以來來美國人民是怎樣崇拜林肯總統的吧！ 是他挽救了聯邦的統一！ 孫中山創設興中會時，就提出「恢復臺灣，鞏固中華」。 1912年元旦，孫中山向中外宣示：「中國如不能收復臺灣，即無法立於大地之上。」 任何一個主權國家，都不會同分裂分子同等談條件，不經過戰戰爭而容忍分裂的！ 美國不會，中國（就是聯合國承認的那個）， 有十四億人民的中國，更不會！ 如果分裂分子要抵抗， 就只好消滅他們！

[@Poplin2349]

你知道什么东西叫的最大声吗？狗

[@PhilipKuruvilla-pd8ud]

Yes yes yesyes yes what a rubbish question yeah china back in 5 years

[@evechristmas5248]

you should ask when？🤣🤣

[@rogeliolopez8758]

🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳

[@Rajputrajx]

EVERYONE SAY INDIA 🇮🇳 NUMBER 1. JAI SHREE RAM 🙏🙇🙌🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@yongdeng1813]

#1 in missing toilets?!?!😂

[@jorgi6335]

Are you a Modi fascist/supporter? Just asking

[@Mei-gongchangdangNb]

UN 2758

[@sirloin869]

boomboom...

[@yin3331]

and taiwan Support 🇮🇱！aj Pro-taiwan，so……

[@jchung5265]

shows you the puppets

[@Worldaffairslover]

Taiwan and the free world will prevail.

[@metron0m]

If you are dependent on American weapons, you aren't free.

[@user-pc3we6gf6j]

Somehow, I strongly doubt that China is willing to jeopardise all of its hard-earned achievements in a proxy war with an increasingly desperate and belligerent rival. I mean, it has not militarily intervened anywhere since its failed invasion of Vietnam in 1979, something that it almost immediately regretted.

[@ex0duzz]

That just means you don't understand China or Chinese people. Taiwan is a red line. Unification is something that always happens for milenia and is also a historical injustice that will be corrected. If china was going to sell out for money, they would be ROC to begin with and not China.

[@lagrangewei]

Taiwan is not Vietnam, Vietnam is ASEAN affair, they don't really care about Vietnam, it was just to demostrate to Vietnam that their treaty with USSR is just paper and USSR failure to intervene prove it. Taiwan however is their soverign territory. Chiang Kaishek was not the president of ROC at the end of the civil war as he was force to resign over turning a blind eye to corruption that led to hyperinflation. the last acting president of ROC surrendered to China, so this rebel held territory must be recovered. this is a civil war, their people can never allow their territory to be stolen by rebels.

[@user-pc3we6gf6j]

@@lagrangewei Except Vietnam could handle itself and that is how they ended up winning without the USSR's involvement. Again, I trust the PRC to know what is best for them and to not take the bait here.

[@eddychan2112]

I think China will not invade Taiwan unless the followings happen: 1) Taiwan officially declare independence, 2) USA provides the most advanced weapons to Taiwan or 3) Taiwan goes nuclear.

[@jetli740]

what history are you get ur info from? Cn March right to vietnam capitol Han noi, then they retreat, it a warning to VN to stop attack lao. you really need to learn history before make dumb comment

[@feisalboudghene228]

Let Taiwan and taiwanese decide no interference from China.

[@almabrisiarodriguez-xh2lo]

❤ISRAEL ❤ISRAEL ❤ISRAEL ❤

[@scoremxcom]

Emerald City ❤ Emerald City ❤ Emerald City ❤

[@jchung5265]

South Africa ❤ ❤❤

[@taiwanstillisntacountry]

British-Raj

[@alinazang6651]

You purposely made a very key omission in your video. At 2:49 you said, "let's get some basic things out of the way... the Chinese government insists there is only one China and Taiwan is part of China..... and the elected government of Taiwan insists it is already its own country." What you have OMITTED is: "Taiwan also insists there is only one China and that it is the government of all of China including the mainland - according to its own constitution". Now imagine if Ireland insisted that it was the real government of the United Kingdom and then sought American help including military aid. No country's government would ever tolerate some renegade territory to set up its own government and try to persuade the world that it is the true government, especially if it got powerful foreign actors involved in that dispute. Why did you make this key omission? It's pretty telling as the rest of your narrative is similarly biased.

[@fatdoi003]

from the beginning they said the civil war was ended..... no it hasn't, it's just on hiatus .... so much false information is unbelievable

[@yongdeng1813]

Good job buddy for poiting out the” intentional miss”….AJ might as well be american journalist that is 99% biased

[@jorgi6335]

Yes, AJ never stops to disappoint. All these anti-Chinese, antisocialist, pro capitalist, and thereby pro imperialist propaganda must be on purpose. I wonder why. Who owns them? What finances them? That is, who “controls” them?