China has said it will “never compromise” on the issue of Taiwan, in its first military talks with the US since 2021.

It urged the US to “stop arming Taiwan” and take its concerns “seriously”.

This comes just days ahead of pivotal elections in Taiwan, which could push the island further towards - or away - from Beijing.

China claims Taiwan as part of its own territory, but the island sees itself as distinct from the Chinese mainland.

  • hottari@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    So much for capitalism bringing China and the US mutual relations closer.

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      10 months ago

      How about before Xi? What about the decades following 1971? It totally brought the two countries closer together and thinking otherwise is absurd

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        10 months ago

        The only thing that brought the two countries together was getting one over the USSR. Divide and conquer is the oldest trick in the book. After that, China threatening the US’s top spot as economic superpower made them the bad guys. The US hates competition unless it drives down worker wages.

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          10 months ago

          Ehh idk. Whoever thinks that China will take the top spot hasn’t checked China’s demographic pyramid. They’ll likely make a push for Taiwan in the next five years not because they’re finally militarily ready, but because if it doesn’t happen soon, it certainly won’t happen later on when the country is struggling to maintain the status quo internally.

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            10 months ago

            The demographics issue is overblown and often gets repeated uncritically with a bunch of assumptions. I guess we’ll wait and see. What’s definitely true is that based on current trajectory, China is poised to take the top spot.

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              10 months ago

              China is already faltering. Based on current trajectory they’ll be far worse off than Japan.

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                10 months ago

                Do you have any articles or anything on this? I’m interested in knowing the details.