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The CCP is so terrified of that little island.
China is literally Taiwan's biggest partner...
Ofcourse the losers of civil war shouldnt get to hold a territory as hostage with american bases there lol
I mean I'm no fan of the CCP either but there's likely not much fear involved here. It's basically an ego project, not unlike Cuba on the other side.
Very much unlike Cuba on the other side
While the US enacts an illegal embargo on Cuba with the explicit purpose of "hunger, desperation and overthrow of government" (look those words up on google), China is happily Taiwan's biggest trading partner by a long shot.
You're falling to anti-China propaganda of "both sides equally bad".
This is the second comment that I've seen where you compare to Cuba. Are you saying what China is doing is ok because America fucked over Cuba?
China is doing nothing though? Like, the Zionist media have been hinting at China attacking Taiwan for the best part of 20 years, and China is still Taiwan's biggest trading partner.
Please explain to us: what is China doing to Taiwan?
Nope. In my other comment I was saying that both are bad but America is worse; here I'm trying to say that both are ego projects, and therefore that the CCP's treatment of Taiwan doesn't imply fear any more than America's treatment of Cuba does. No real relation between the two comments except using the same comparison of how either powerful empire treats its pet rebellious province. For the record I think mainland China should leave Taiwan the fuck alone.
Not the island itself but what America/the West turned it into: an unsinkable aircraft carrier (quoting general MacArthur here). But the days of Western imperialism might just be over, or at least that seems to be the way things are going, so I assume that island and mainland China will be just fine in the near future.