alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoXi told Biden at summit that China will reunify with Taiwanabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1279arrow-down111
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minus-squareJTskulk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·11 months agoHow will China convince all those Taiwanese people to vote for unification?
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·11 months agoTake a look at Hong Kong
minus-squarececinestpasunbot@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·11 months agoI suspect China believes it can outpace the economic growth of Taiwan in the long run. If Taiwan’s business elites start to think they’re missing out on that growth by opposing reunification, then you’ll see a political shift in Taiwan.
minus-squareAsafum@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down3·11 months agoIn Chinese: “it sure would be a shame if I happened to lose control of all these bullets and bombs around my your country.”
minus-squaresebinspace@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agoBold of you to assume they’ll actually count the votes
minus-squarerottingleaflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down6·11 months agoThey’ll just surrender to the lawful government of the Chinese Republic.
How will China convince all those Taiwanese people to vote for unification?
Take a look at Hong Kong
I suspect China believes it can outpace the economic growth of Taiwan in the long run. If Taiwan’s business elites start to think they’re missing out on that growth by opposing reunification, then you’ll see a political shift in Taiwan.
In Chinese: “it sure would be a shame if I happened to lose control of all these bullets and bombs around
myyour country.”Bold of you to assume they’ll actually count the votes
They’ll just surrender to the lawful government of the Chinese Republic.