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'Return to the right track' - Taiwan tells China to 'face reality' and respect election results (www.france24.com)

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Voters spurned Beijing's repeated calls not to vote for Lai, delivering a comfortable victory for a man China's ruling Communist Party sees as a dangerous separatist.

Lai Ching-te of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vowed to defend the island from China's "intimidation" and on Sunday the island's foreign ministry told Beijing to accept the result.

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls on the Beijing authorities to respect the election results, face reality and give up suppressing Taiwan in order for positive cross-strait interactions to return to the right track," it said in a statement.

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[-] Joncash2@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago

I said they wanted status quo. Which we do. You people keep telling us it's about independence. It's not.

[-] sxan@midwest.social 13 points 10 months ago

Isn't the current status quo that Taiwan is independent of China? From the Taiwan government's point of view, of course. It's pretty clear what China's POV WRT Taiwan is.

[-] Joncash2@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago

No and that's what annoys me about how people talk about Taiwan with no understanding of what's actually going on. Status quo is Taiwan and China are one, but Taiwan runs itself independently, just as Taiwan wants.

[-] fugacity@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago

Lmao no that's not the status quo of Taiwan. Or maybe I should ask you what happened to Hong Kong?

[-] Joncash2@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

Hong Kong was returned on a lease? There's no lease in Taiwan and the Taiwanese voted how they wanted? Not sure your comparison here.

[-] fugacity@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago

Now, if you really are Taiwanese, if China and Taiwan are one, do you really think China would let TSMC do as they please and not immediately takeover the company for SMIC? Or do you not remember what happened to Jack Ma? You think Taiwan can vote how it wants while still being part of China? Taiwan is part of China just as much as Ukraine is part of Russia.

By the way, last I checked in December when I visited my parents, rubber ducks and Winnie the Pooh aren't banned in Taiwan. I wonder about Hong Kong and its one country two systems ;)

[-] Joncash2@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

Jack Ma is fine and is still a multi-billionaire. What about it? And rubber ducks and Winnie the Pooh are both still big sellers in China. Again, not sure your point.

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