China Demands Withdrawal of US Missile System from the Philippines, Calls it a Threat to Regional Peace and Security (peoplesdispatch.org)

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China reiterated its concerns about the Philippines’ plan to acquire the US Typhon missile defense system. In the foreign ministry press briefing on Thursday, December 26, the spokesperson of the ministry, Mao Ning, claimed it is a “strategic and offensive” weapon which may fuel arms race in the region. China also restated its long-standing demand for the withdrawal of the system already deployed near its borders.

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[-] theonlytruescotsman@sh.itjust.works -1 points 6 days ago

Why would China invade Taipei if Taipei doesn't launch an independence campaign?

[-] Schlemmy@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 days ago

How can they do an independence campaign if they're independent? Real question, not trolling. I'm not well informed on the geopolitics.

[-] theonlytruescotsman@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago

They're not independent, no country in earth recognizes them as such. China calls it an autonomous region like Tibet or Hong Kong, they're still fully subject to the mainlands laws, but they decide how to tax and what to do with taxes.

There is an independence party in their local Congress, but that's about it. If they use the weapons the US gifted China to declare independence, then yes China will 'invade,' the same way the FBI invaded sovereign citizen's homes in the US.

[-] Schlemmy@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 days ago

I never knew. Wild story.

Apparently:

19 UN member states recognize Taiwan (Republic of China) as an independent country
57 countries recognise the Taiwanese government as representative of the Chinese people but not as an independent entity
The holy seat (Vatican city) recognizes them as a sovereign state
There are 10countries that don't recognize China nor Taiwan
Vatican city was the first country to give recognition (1942)

This is all new to me.

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