People & Power - Diplomatic duelling - 25 Nov 07

[Kiyaz]

Taiwan can not last for long because China's power is growing at an amazing pace what Taiwan people need to do is switch sides now before all your alleys switch sides including the United States. Taiwan used to refuse the chinese because Taiwan was wealthy while China was poor but the table has turned. Just unit again like Hong kong and China, and still maintain autonomy. No more West.

[hajqbvii]

Samoa's poverty is the lack of opportunities.

What PM Tuilaepa should insist upon is 50% of labor force to be locals! I hope that's happening. With 97.5% literacy on the islands

maybe an apprentice program Labor field could help....not everyone can go or wants college.

[mercedescl]

That's funny. I am proud to be a Canadian and I am not supporting the separation of Taiwan and China. But you can't deny that PROC is hopeless against Taiwan independence; most Taiwanese don't want to become Chinese; the US is still a lot stronger than China; and as people like you exist, the road to unification will only be longer, if not impossible.

[mercedescl]

I don't think our knowledge gaps are that wide: Since when Taiwan is governed or owned by PROC? Since when the US is weaker than China? I don't know how your "Civil war arguement" helps because it just proved that China had been separated into two nations, and one of them wants to be called "Republic of Taiwan" sooner or later. If your personal attacks and "military threat" continue, Republic of Taiwan will just appear sooner, not later.

[mercedescl]

How my YT channel related to my nationality? and How it improves your idiotic arguements? That just proved that you have no new tricks or knowledge or friends at all. No wonder no Taiwanese or Hong Kong citizens want to be called Chineses.

[mercedescl]

That's not what Stephen Harper had in mind. I don't know where you data come from, but our major trading partners are US (79%), UK(2.5%), and Japan(2.3%). Canada has everything China wants: corn, oil, water, wood, etc; and 1.4 billion is just a droplet compare to our 1.165 trillion GDP. If you think Canada will be afraid of China, better think again.

[mercedescl]

I am 100% Canadian with Canadian parents and never set foot in Taiwan. Your attitude clearly explains why Taiwanese don't like to be Chinese.

[mercedescl]

That's laughable. How many carrier groups PROC has? 11? None!How many rich Chineses want to keep their money in China? 10 million? None!How many Senkaku Islands did China get back in the last 6 decades? None! It can't even challenge Japan, nevermind the US.

[mercedescl]

So? Who cares about how you feel? or How PROC feels? Taiwaneses want independence, PROC can do nothing about it. Please, talk more about invasion and war, Taiwanese independence movenment needs them.

[mercedescl]

That's because PROC is in no position of forcing an unification, at least not yet. With only military bluffing, PROC will only push more and more Taiwanese to support the independence. Funny how you are calling someone "stupid" when you have no idea of the functions of democracy and the real situation.

[mercedescl]

No matter what you say, no democracy in mainland China means there will be an independent Taiwan state, period.

[mercedescl]

Where is the armed conflicts? Very few Taiwaneses now interested to be united with communist China. Don't you see that both sides can't afford a war?

[mercedescl]

It's funny that you say that. First, I am a Canadian. Second, you just can't deny the facts that i stated, can u? If you say Taiwan is Chinese territory or there is only one China in the world, some truth may hold, but Taiwan is definitely NOT part of communist China, period.

[flyingbird0214]

After all the West did for these tiny countries and this is the way they pay back. Traitors! Ungrateful traitors!

[abas90]

Some countries, like Australia and NZ, like to keep these south pacific countries poor and undeveloped so they remain under their domination.

While countries like to help these SP countries to develop, like roads, education centers, sport stadiums,..etc, and meet their challenge in the 21st century.

[mercedescl]

What's the point of proving "civil war" still exist? Beside, Chinese civil war is fought between KMT and the Chinese communist party, I dare you to name one local Taiwanese who had fought in that war.

[mercedescl]

The world isn't just China either. Taiwan (ROC) and PROC are two different nations. That's the fact. Now the issue is that how to turn PROC into a democractic nation so Taiwaneses can see the benefits of being part of China and accept the unification process.

[mimeNo9]

I love the backdrop of Kuala Lampur. What mosque is that?

[mercedescl]

That's the fact already. No government or candidates in Taiwan can succeed on the platform of unification or calling themselves Chineses.

[mercedescl]

Taiwan is named ROC now, but that also mean Taiwan is not part of PROC or communist China. Until mainland China to have democracy, I can't see that situation to change.

[mercedescl]

Simple rhetoric can't cloak the fact that PROC can't unify Taiwan with military operation, nor political pressure, at least not yet. This era is no 19th century, and PROC is not a powerful naval nation like the US either.

[mercedescl]

If you don't have enough intelligence capacity to understand the current situation, I can't continue this discussion with you. Whatever the historical legacy is, Taiwan is a nation separate from communist China already; no matter you like it or not.

[hajqbvii]

Ahh...now I understand why Australia flashed so much money at the South Pacific Summit in Tonga!

[mercedescl]

That's laughable. More PROC's military threat to Taiwan, more people will support independence of Taiwan. Beside, you can't help but to agree that Taiwaneses and Taiwanese government have no link with communist China, right? Even if Taiwaneses are Chineses, that doesn't mean Taiwan belongs to communist China right? Personally, I support an unification; but reality is reality, I can't twist passion as fact.

[mercedescl]

Being a Chinese and being a citizen of People's Republic of China are different. Taiwanese never fought in "Chinese civil war". The fact is that KMT fled to Taiwan after they lost in "Chinese Civil War". Wait till PROC conquered Taiwan with military force, Taiwan is still not, and never had been, part of communist China.

[TaiwaneseAmerican]

It is more like the United States declaring independence from British rule. China gives Taiwan away when they lost a war with Japan. Taiwan is a full fledge democracy, no Taiwanese in their right mind wants to join a tyrant Communist China.

[mercedescl]

Enough history lessons, but the fact is that Taiwaneses never, and don't want to be, governed by Communist China.

[jimmiejack4]

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