Time for the EU to Embrace Taiwan

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  1. While I agree with the article mostly, CEPA dot ORG is insanely weird to me, cause they have NOTHING to do with Europe, they are a US based organization basically judging Europe and the EU, often very differently than they judge the US (as in want Europe to do something the US doesn’t, something risky). So while I’m all for recognizing Taiwan, I think it’s f-ed up, that a US organization (with the US being a leader with the switch to CCP) advises the EU (in which many countries still recognize Taiwan more than the US does) to embrace Taiwan. I mean shouldn’t they advise their own government to do it first…

  2. While I feel with Taiwanese, Ibdon’t see wh the EU should poke the dragon, when everybody else with much more involvement dances around the problem for decades now. What’s going on in that area really ain’t the EUs place to meddle in actively. Mediating if asked, maybe but not more.

  3. We should all support one China policy, that is the one in which Taiwan reclaims the rebelious mainland China regions.

  4. 80 odd percent of Taiwan wants to maintain the status quo (acting independent but just not stating as such). No need for any third state to poke the bear if their own people don’t want it tbh. When they do, fair enough.

  5. Yeah but what can the EU really do as their navies lack the logistical network and to blunt their surface warships are probably unsuitable for the job long-range deployment in the pacific

    Seriously the gold standard for air defence is the Type 45 Destroyer of the British Royal Navy

  6. I do wonder whats with the sudden open Taiwan support in recent months (correct me if Im wrong, but it wasnt very much in the news last year). I’m no geopolitics expert but it sounds like a calculated play against the rising Chinese influence in Eastern Europe. Basically the EU sending a warning to China to stop stinking up it’s backyard or else. Maybe someone with more knowledge of the situation could elaborate.

  7. The care for Taiwan is exaggerated. As far as realpolitik goes, they’re just a statement, a spine in China’s back. When it’ll come to it, doing something to protect them won’t be worth the risk. Instead of caring for these distractions we should concentrate on actually tackling the real issue, our realiability on foreign non-EU nations, mainly China.

  8. On geopolitics, sometimes I think Brexit is a wise plan. I once heard a German saying that says, if a thing costs a person one hour to finish it, it will cost two persons two hours.

  9. I mean, the article basically says the EU is doing a good job of moving that direction.

    Realistically, no major power can actually recognize Taiwan and nor should they unless Taiwan actually declares itself independent.

  10. Do the yankoids think we will cook their food? If they want shit for dinner, let them cook it, let them have it.

  11. Thank you for gracing us with your propaganda, oh wise uncle Sam. Is that really cool to accept think tank bullshit direct from the source? I prefer my lobbying work filtered through some news organisation first. If anyone knows who the fuck is paying for this sauce, please enlighten us.

  12. r/delete013 wants a total economic embargo on the US which is an absolutely stupid and an economically suicidal idea but then again he somehow thinks the US Economy and the US as a global hegemon will collapse which is absolutely daft and delusional

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