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       Re: Taiwan
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: February 20, 2026, 5:11 pm
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       > In fact, we're seeing something similar with Russia's war in
       Ukraine right now. Pundits have predicted that Russians will
       turn against the war any day now, but instead Russians support
       Putin and his war more than ever. Not only is Russia fighting
       the evil West, in their eyes, but they are correcting a
       historical injustice by bringing Ukraine back into the Russian
       fold. All while Western support for Ukraine is wavering more and
       more. No wonder Russia is slowly but surely winning.
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       Duginist detected.
       What this shows is that Dugin wants China to invade Taiwan.
       Which is precisely why China should not invade Taiwan.
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       > Granted I think a Chinese victory will be a Pyrrhic one, after
       years of grinding out a war of attrition and sending men to the
       meat grinder. But it would be a victory nonetheless, one that
       cements China's rise as the leader of a new world order.
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       Just as China is the winner of the Ukraine war weakening Russia
       (except Eurocentrist Xi is too psychologically colonized to
       capitalize on it by retaking Manchuria), Russia would be the
       winner of a war over Taiwan that will weaken China (and Putin
       unlike Xi would capitalize on it for sure).
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       > China will find overland routes from places like Russia
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       Homework: who would now have control over China?
       At least one commenter sees through it:
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       > The rhetoric from the CCP is very worrisome.
       >
       > If folks haven't been paying attention the reunification
       rhetoric has been steady and escalating, stating that military
       intervention is inevitable. It entered a new phase, of drumming
       up public acceptance that military action is the only way. Lies
       like "most of the Taiwanese people self-identify as Chinese" but
       a survey inside the independent nation of Taiwan show the
       complete opposite -especially under 40- as low as 3% identifying
       as such. Wonder where they got this playbook? -cough, Russia.
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       And a few others implicitly acknowledge who will gain control:
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       > I guess it depends upon whether they can get Russian oil and
       food supplies
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       > China can get oil supply from Russia via continental oil
       pipelines.
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       > In a possible war senerio,Russia easily would betray his ally
       China
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       #Post#: 32333--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Taiwan
   DIR By: Zhang Caizhi
       Date: March 10, 2026, 4:48 am
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       Taiwan donates NT$5.14 million in humanitarian aid to Israel
       Equipment purchased with Taiwan funds is being used for rescue
       operations in Beit Shemesh
  HTML https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6314374
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       > TAIPEI (Taiwan News) —  Taiwan has donated NT$5.14 million
       (US$162,074) for life-saving equipment and emergency operations
       in Israel following Iranian ballistic missile strikes, per
       Maariv.
       >
       > At a Zihuy Korbanot Ason (ZAKA) humanitarian volunteer
       organization conference on Tuesday attended by thousands of the
       group’s volunteers, Abby Lee (李雅萍),
       Taiwan’s representative to Israel, emphasized the depth of the
       partnership between the two countries.
       >
       > Lee said that since the Oct. 7 attacks, “Taiwan was among the
       first to strongly condemn the terrorist attacks, and provided
       humanitarian aid and financial assistance to support kibbutzim,
       communities, and local authorities that were affected by the
       attacks and the threats that followed them.”
       >
       > The representative highlighted in particular a dedicated
       contribution of NT$5.14 million, which was used to purchase
       life-saving operational equipment. “We are particularly proud to
       contribute to initiatives led by ZAKA and are pleased to see our
       contribution transformed into equipment of real value on the
       ground,” she said.
       >
       > She said that in Beit Shemesh, where nine people were killed
       after an Iranian ballistic missile struck the area, ZAKA
       volunteers used portable lighting towers purchased with the
       donation. The equipment enabled operational work under complex
       conditions and during nighttime hours.
       >
       > “Our contribution is more than financial assistance. It is a
       message of hope and solidarity to those affected by the war,"
       Lee added, "Taiwan and Israel may be geographically distant but
       we are neighbors in our values, small democracies under constant
       external threat that continue to thrive and stand by one
       another.”
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       #Post#: 32489--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Taiwan
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: April 12, 2026, 7:56 pm
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       Duginist detected:
  HTML https://asiasociety.org/policy-institute/positioning-kmt-us-china-taiwan-triangle-cheng-li-wuns-early-tenure
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       > Cheng’s comments on the Russia–Ukraine war have also raised
       concerns in Washington and Europe. In a Deutsche Welle
       interview, she stated: “The core reason the war erupted was
       NATO’s constant eastward expansion.”
       > ...
       > the effect was to echo Kremlin talking points that Western
       security commitments produce conflict while authoritarian
       revisionism is treated as understandable or “complex.”
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       Cheng's statements on other issues can be easily understood
       within the above context:
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       > Cheng’s formulation of the 1992 Consensus also reflects a more
       structural change. She emphasized that consensus is a “verbal
       expression of adherence to One China”—language that hews more
       closely to Beijing’s One-China narrative than the KMT’s
       long-standing buffer of “One China, respective interpretations,”
       a formulation consistently articulated since the early 1990s and
       later prominently reinforced during the Ma Ying-jeou
       administration.
       > ...
       > By explicitly rejecting “respective interpretations,” it also
       removes the mechanism through which such ambiguity has
       traditionally been sustained, creating a tension between the
       claim of interpretive flexibility and the conditions required to
       support it.
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       > Her defining line, “I want every Taiwanese to proudly say: I
       am Chinese,” captures both her mobilizing strength and
       polarizing effect.
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       So does this leave room for the interpretation that to be
       proudly Chinese, you should at the absolute minimum want China
       to take back all the territory that Russia has stolen from
       China, and additional territory from Russia as compensation? I
       think we all know what Cheng's answer would be.
       #Post#: 32619--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Taiwan
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: May 14, 2026, 7:36 pm
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       Continuing from:
  HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/china-and-united-states-relations/msg32601/#msg32601
       Even worse than I expected:
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMuI-HCa6zU
       At this point, I am ready to believe the theory that Xi had
       knowledge ahead of time that Trump was going to kidnap Maduro in
       Venezuela and could have stopped it with PLA forces present in
       Venezuela at the time but chose not to (in effect sacrificing
       Venezuela), calculating that giving Trump this success would
       embolden Trump to invade Iran (in effect sacrificing Iran) which
       would then absorb US resources that would otherwise have gone to
       Taiwan.
       #Post#: 32621--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Taiwan
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: May 16, 2026, 6:34 pm
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  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EulMKOrTdcU
       If I were Iran, I would ask Taiwan to end recognition of Israel.
       In exchange, I would tell China that if it invades Taiwan, its
       ships will no longer be allowed through Hormuz.
       #Post#: 32625--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Taiwan
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: May 17, 2026, 10:02 pm
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  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTpNxv2nTUo
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       > Taiwan should’ve very concerned after Trump’s visit with
       China! 😢
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       > A bully won't protect smaller kids from being beat up by a
       bigger kid. To them might makes right. And Trump is a bully.
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       > Trump will sell out Taiwan if China gives trump family some
       lucrative business deals
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       > Trump will sell out Taiwan in a heartbeat for his own
       financial gain.
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       > If I were Taiwan, I'd be worried. Nothing Trump says today
       will stop him from selling Taiwan out tomorrow.
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       > Is there any place in the world Trump isn’t crapping on?
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       > trump is managed by russia and israel.
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       > As mentioned in this video, Taiwan is setting up DEFENSIVE
       systems to protect themselves, and China claims this as
       provocation. That's like saying somebody setting up a house
       security alarm is provoking a burglar to come rob them 🙄
       >
       > If China didn't have daily military drills surrounding Taiwan,
       there would be no need to buy increasingly more defensive
       weapons.
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       #Post#: 32639--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Taiwan
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: May 20, 2026, 10:04 pm
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       Everything I hoped could be avoided:
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF53ep-paIM
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       Re: Taiwan
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: May 28, 2026, 7:36 pm
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  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwGXVFq_Ppk
       MV repost:
  HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/news/japan-to-export-jets-missiles-to-12-nations-bid-to-counter-belligerent-china-in-/msg32598/#msg32598
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  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-w4IBLom_g
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