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- ABC News' Bob Woodruff traveled around Taiwan to speak with residents about U.S. delegations visiting the island and the historical context of Taiwan and China's tense relations.
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He said “No I’m a soldier!” Mad respect!!
That’s what you call a real soldier.
Will be turned to be bomb ash immediately once the war resumed.
@@kingley45 wrong, thats what you called a brainwash person
Doesn't really matter of he's afraid. Everybody is afraid. But doesn't matter because your gonna be fighting to the death for it. May as well brace yourself to your duty
He almost got mad at the question, you can tell he means it.
Long live Taiwanese people ! They have the legitimate right to choose their own politics !
Taiwanese people look how the us helped in Afghanistan. Not everything ends well, I wish for your well being and peace
@@MrFamilyMoments u think both r the same thing? Hmmm colonization for oil and old Cold War era conflict are the same?
@@MrFamilyMoments We held the Afghan people's hand for 20 years. They had freedom for 20 years. They decided it wouldn't worth fighting for. That's on them.
😂😂 you’re funny when you said people have rights
@爷爷 叶 they can and they do and always will.
I lived in Taiwan growing up, came back to the States in 2003. I never recalled people having English fluency to the point of conversation. Things have changed a lot I think since I left.
Why don't you go back ? You should go there and get nuked by china lol
I grew up in America and now I'm in Taiwan. There's an English school at almost every block nowadays.
I mean if you look at it, it’s seems it’s mostly people with higher education. The people who speak English are the military people. The street market people only spoke Chinese
Kids in Taiwan are expected to start school at a mere 6 months old. Also a few years back Taiwan's Minister of Education was considering adding English to the national language in addition to traditional Chinese.
I have a Lot of respect for the Taiwanese men and women that are willing to fight to protect their country. 🫡
I hope they are. You never know if everyone will just jump off and start swimming in the opposite direction.
Hell nah, the founder of KMT never wanted a divided China. It’s all bullshit that’s made up by recent politicians and western fake news.
Let them live their lives.
Exactly, 1C 2S is the best and most viable option for Taiwan's Mainland Chinese descendants. Taiwan's die-hard Separatists are puppets of the sinister US which is pushing hard for China Chinese to fight Taiwan Chinese
Like a frog in the well.
Like a turtle on his back...we help those in need
🤡
respect to them for removing those statues.
the origins of taiwanese modern history are bloody. The 228 incident is still in the memories of people.
No statues of the perpetrators are needed to remember things like that. Even tough without him Taiwan would not exist. It takes courage to stay loyal to ones new ideals.
hope that one day the US as well will remove the statues of slave holders and put up memorials to the victims instead.
*F CK YOU. PUT A MONKEY IN A HOUSE OR A TREE AND WHICH DO YOU THINK IT WOULD PICK TO STAY AND LIVE IN?
IF CHIANG KAI SHEK AND THE KUOMINTANG DID NOT GO TO TAIWAN TO ESTABLISHED ROC....... THERE WILL BE NO TAIWAN... PUT THAT IN YOUR MINUSCULE BRAIN.
Respect for taiwan.
Respect for something which doesn't exist.
@@walterthecat2145 respect for something that does exist
All bark no bite, besides releasing and lying about the ‘19
We must protect Taiwan for the future of video games
And you know it’s not even just video games to your phone washer computer the list goes on
China and Poo-Bear don't dictate where the US can and can't go! NEVER HAVE, NEVER WILL!
Exactly Right
Poo-Bear will get his ass handed to him just like Putin in Ukraine.
Stupid war propaganda, ... you guys are lemmings
If US is not provoking...China and Taiwan is living peacefully..
If it wasn't for U.S. there wouldn't be a Taiwan.
China's version of peace is unification through any means necessary. There's only peace with the international community acting as a deterrence to war.
@@bone3594 What? Is the island made by the US?
get educated, FOOL! China is in dispute with 17 other nations over land and sea borders….bullying small countries over the Islands in the South China Sea, United Nations ruled out against China’s claim over these islands but the PRC does not recognized the United Nations decision…and China are also building artificial islands to claim the surrounding waters up to 200 miles…and that’s why The United States are enforcing the freedom of navigation.
*inhales* smells like ww3
Inhales smells like a fearmonger that wants to scare people for your own amusement look us has no obligation to fight china for taiwan chins taiwan if china invades it sadly will be over quick
Thank you for such great reporting! "Give me liberty, or give me death." As a Taiwanese, I can't agree more!
we don't want to fight for yall or die for yall to be honest yall need to fight
by yourselves.
Better start preparing to migrate or die fighting now.
@@kcbiggestfan5577 🤣
🤔😁The title should say " US visits to Taiwan is to escalate tensions with China "
what one Country, Two System are ya talking about....we didn't agree to anything..😁
We're only here to provoke...I meant visit.
Wang, is that really you.....or are you a troll..? 🤔
We the United States will completely destroy China If they ever dare attack Taiwan.
The people of taiwan have tried freedom and democracy, and it has been working for them so far, that's why they find it difficult to submit back to an authoritarian state.
We stand with the 24 million free citizens of Taiwan and its legitimate Republic of China government exiled on Formosa 🇹🇼
Another island stands with another island
Taiwan is awesome. Never heard a peep of drama from them. They make high quality advanced manufacturing for all our tech. If there's any country we need to protect, it's them.
Taiwan and the US are so much alike as far as fighting spirit.
Taiwan air force is famous to fly their jets into the sea. Haha
I guess Taiwan will lose since America has never won a war alone.
Taiwanese army is a pretty big joke. Not pro China just facts. Actually a big problem and US investments are not really helping if the military is performing like that.
US people are white and Taiwan people are yellow, no, they're not alike at all.
@@fiv3passion968 has to be the most retarded statement i've ever heard
Hey..... Tell Winnie the Pooh to keep his military toys away from Taiwan...
Hey… tell that delicious looking honey across the strait to stop looking so delicious 🤤 🍯
taiwan is a big paw paw.
@@user-pr8nr5ix2p Peepaw is here
@@alexlo246 Nothing delicious here just lots of sugar, fats, and salt. Didn't you see all that trash on the beach in the video? There's trash everywhere! And it's SUPER SUPER HOT! My iPhone says 82 degrees feels like 110!
Who cares?
AMEN!
Taiwanese are resilient people. They will not give up freedom, sovereignty and democracy.
😁Ya sound like a propaganda slogan....😄
@@cosmoray9750 I mean he’s not wrong
Nope, all those fancy US weapons that got sold will just be in CPC's hands when they invade.
Ridiculous
Bro, Taiwanese people are getting peanuts for a salary, they barely can pay their bills, no one in their right mind will support such a government.
Wars and Rumors of Wars. Understand what time we are in people. It’s about to get real🙏🙌
Nah frr
Fascinating Times.
Facts💯
The start of WW3
i guess we forgot the 20th century?
There are 535 people in the US Congress and Senate. They will have to split the visits up and complete their pilgrimage to Taiwan to make it a Guinness Record. It is going to be truly busy times for Tsai.
Where is Pelosi now?
"This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave." -- Elmer Davis
Patriotism is no longer a thing unfortunately. Bravery is headed down the same path.
@@msrr1303 The coming war on China czcams.com/video/QXFProJC5FY/video.html
@@msrr1303 Sadly, the American left increasingly hates both patriotism and spirituality. o_O
clearly bravery is not in taiwan's dictionary when the country cant even convince its own people to accept conscription and military service up to 2 years. Taiwan is a such a far shot compared to Ukraine, when China does invade, it's over before we know it.
4:55 Wrong, Kinmen was never colonized by the Dutch, and was only occupied by Japan during the Second-Sino Japanese War
Kinmen (Quemoy) was never ceded to Japan in 1895 by the Treaty of Shimonoseki only Taiwan and Penghu. You can look up the history of Kinmen.
ABC grouped Kinmen with Taiwan probably for simplicity. This is television!
Even Taiwan itself has no balls to declare its independence....
No point to declare independence or no guts to declare 😊😊😊😊
@Stone King Taiwanese needs to first declare itself independent before other countries would recognize it. Once other countries recognize it, then it might build formal alliances, deterring attack by China. Only then will there be real peace. Until then, foreign entities are hesitant to invest in Taiwan, and Taiwanese people themselves continue to seek green cards as a backup plan. In this current state of perpetual war with China, Taiwan cannot trust aliens and do not naturalize any immigrants. Until it becomes a globalized country it will not have real friends. This will be its downfall.
@Stone King It is called sarcasm and it is waste of time talking to you, bye
@Stone King theres point if declare indepedent they dont need use "chinese taipei' name again in sport or international even, they clearly scare to declare indepedent LOL
Traveled to Taiwan one time for a breakdance event and my time there was amazing. Great people.
Wish the best for Taiwan, THEY ARE WILLING AND READY TO FIGHT FOR THEIR FREEDOM! much respect.👍🙏🇺🇲
- this war is coming to a backyard near you.
Which freedom? America is coming for possession Chinese dont want this,
Well Taiwan should start with extending the military service from 4 months back to 1 yr or 2! And also require women to serve, like in Israel. That'll be a stronger deterrent for China.
The world needs the yanks to Stfu. Fix yourself first
Freedom is fake brainwashing concept
"The conflict between China and Taiwan goes back not just decades, but centuries." Actually, it doesn't. That's the whole point behind why China's claims are bogus. What a stupid thing to say. It's lazy, too. You're thinking of the Middle East, so you just transfer the same observation onto any conflict in the world to make you sound smart. "Oh, yes, that conflict, well to understand it, you actually have to go back centuries." (Said by every American trying to sound smart talking about any conflict in the world.) Chinese dynasties never had any meaningful political ties to Taiwan because Taiwan had nothing of value. It was easily ceded to Japan after the 1894 Sino-Japanese war, long before Chinese Communists came to power. It remained in Japanese control until 1945 when its fate was uncertain due to the Chinese Civil War but few Taiwanese (being business-minded and being in the South) supported the CCP. So, the conflict DOESN'T go back "centuries". It goes back decades. Stop saying things to make yourself sound smart that are actually stupid.
USA don't visit Taiwan for time being. Don't put Taiwan in jeopardy.
That's exactly what the CCP wants but ok keep pushing that
Who is responsible for Afghanistan?
Responsible for how it turned out? All parties. Taliban. Al Qaeda. New Afghan government. The Soviets. The USA. The blame game never ends. The new Afghan Resistance is wise though, they don't dwell on the past, they just want to kick the Taliban out and decentralize Afghan government like Allah intended.
Osama bin Laden, Al Qaeda, Taliban and ALL the Territories involved!
How many escalations happen. We always hear this
til the war happens im guessing if this is "normal"
Joe needs a war to win
Human will never live in peace.
China need to leave Taiwanese in peace.
Instead it will be in pieces
It’s a part of their territory. The ROC says that Taiwan is a part of China but that China is the ROC and not the PRC.
Don't name apple as mango.......Uneducated people trying to teach in University.
It's the Chinese civil war. Taiwan's constitution stated Beijing, Shanghai, and many China provinces as it's territory.
@@jamesmcgray1729 Says the communist BOT.
☣🇺🇸☢ Henry Kissinger, said to be America enemy is dangerous. To be America ally is FATAL! Taiwanese will have total Devastation... thanks to Pelosi and America! FREE HAWAII!
This was going on 50 years now..thats no story
70!
the fighter jet could've paid off my student loan
Tell China to go back to cooking Panda Express. I’m hungry!!!!
panda express is american lol , u stupid or what
Taiwanese people Americans stand with you...
Yes we do
As a fellow American I agree. Long live Taiwan! 🇺🇸🇹🇼
Agree
Didn’t Chiang Kai Shek and the ROC claimed to be the legitimate government of mainland China?
@@liamvarin6209 Americans troops just escaped from Afghanistan last year. They ran away like rats
It’s crazy because they have to be strong, they are in between so many different global powers like China America and Japan. In all honesty I would think they are the most ideal democracy though they are in a hard spot.
Taiwan stay strong. The world will support you. Fight for your freedom. The world is watching you. Stay strong 💪. The world is supporting you. China is making problems to pice full world.
Don't name apple as mango.......Uneducated people trying to teach in University.
It's the Chinese civil war. Taiwan's constitution stated Beijing, Shanghai, and many China provinces as it's territory.
@@jrkr7357 all good. Keep sangtion in china and support Taiwan freedom. Free Taiwan. China is making problems to the world. Gogo Taiwan.
How about fighting for the children of this country with free medical...what about the homeless and opioid epidemic s..that affects me and my community...I don't care about this stuff...not my problem...those people don't fight for me ..why the hell would we spill American blood over this? Not my problem
The world is with taiwan for peace.🇵🇭
@Hew yes coust you have no pice. Your life is full of hate. That's why you will never find pice. Even in your death you will never find pice. Preyer for you. Find the loard Jesus Christ.
US just told Nvidia and AMD to stop selling AI GPUs to China and Chinese companies like Bidu and Alibaba. Basically, China’s supercomputer endeavors have to an abrupt end!
Source?
no not even close .
In your dreams. China is so far ahead in this field it's not funny.
Wow u got insider trade?
True ! Just read the news.
Slava Taiwan and Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 🇹🇼
Jesus
I'm Taiwanese and you're all so stupid
War is so stupid🕊
This looks like Ukraine all over again!!
what happened in world war 2 isnt finished history isnt repeating itself its just picking up were it left off from.
Better war than appeasement. Dictatorships have to be stamped out. Can’t be scared little pansies and let them do whatever they want
Yup, be ready for billions of American dollars to be sent in aid. Sadly
US is a money machine you know this!
Yes. But the USA "promised" to help Taiwan to go to war against China for their sake. Both have nuclear weapons. So it looks ugly
I always like the drama of the Nancy Pelosi filler music that is used to set the mood and limit thinking to what the filler music implies to one's brain.
pelosi and her husband shorted the market... isnt it obvious... $$$$$
How many times is China going to escalate their threat.
they will respond in kind every time
Is us behind every conflict like Ukraine
@@ameidi80 no Russian bot
@@ameidi80 is Russia invading other countries like Ukraine?
@@ameidi80 never said America was one hundred percent perfect, we are the moment have a joke of a president, but outside of that , without America in this world the entire planet would be forced to live in darkness and enslaved..!!!
I am an American in Taiwan and I always wondered how advanced the military bases are in Taiwan right now. I feel a bit safer after watching this video and hearing many Taiwanese believe in freedom/democracy. Living in Taiwan for 2 years, I can say that most people love America and Japan the most. They also hope no war occurs and wish China was more of a friendly business partner rather than a bully making threats.
pelosi and her husband shorted the market... isnt it obvious
yeah cause they're complete cucks indoctrinated to forget what japan usa and england have done to them
*Free Taiwan! Free Tibet!*
It's great that the alias are showing there support.
I've worked for a Chinese woman who's new in jthe states and let's say she's very "nationalistic." Very, very strange people lol.
So if the Chinese are nationalist they are strange but if Americans are they are normal?
@@user-jc2ps4nq7b Well, at least we back it up. China’s a paper tiger. Just like Russia.
@@arnie3631 strange as in, if you badmouth china, she gets pissed off, but on the other hand, she decided to move herself and her money to the states because china is a $hithole.
@@user-jc2ps4nq7b american people truly believe in america, whereas chinese people say they love china, but they send their kids and money abroad. how often do you hear news about american people smuggling into china? and how often do you hear news about chinese people overstaying in the states, and trying to buy their way into the states??
@@cynicaldudeMe a lot of americans have moved to canada and Europe because US has a lot of gun violence and racial discrimination against minority groups , so what kind of belief you are talking about. Do you denounce white supremacy?
Leave Taiwan alone.
Dear Hawaii, why aren't y'all learning from Taiwan!?
Long Live Taiwan!!!
Taiwan is independent
Taiwan is already a country and powerful
错误的，台湾是中国不可分割的一部分
Such brave people!!
India should support Taiwan more openly.
If China support Kashmir , how India reacts?
☣🇺🇸☢ Henry Kissinger, said to be America enemy is dangerous. To be America ally is FATAL! Taiwanese will have total Devastation... thanks to Pelosi and America! FREE HAWAII!
India should work on building toilets
India should clean up its reputation and crack down on scam call centers.
@@fiv3passion968 🇺🇸 it can't! Indian govt and USA govt and Corp are behind it!
It is like when people visit Ukraine.
Taiwan has been independent from China for over 70 years.
They are independent through defacto, they were never recognized as a state, they are not in the UN like Ukraine, this is a civil war between Taiwan and the CCP, not between Taiwan and China because Taiwan is still China just like Hong kong
@@pamilerinluwoye9104 Absolutely technically correct, until Taiwan says we give up on China we'll just be our own country. What would your response be then? Seems to me a country isn't a country until the world agrees that it is.
Before 1661, no Chinese were on the island of Taiwan, which belonged to the Netherlands in the 17th century. Later, the pirates defeated the Netherlands and occupied Taiwan. The Qing Dynasty then defeated the pirates and ruled Taiwan for a while, but Qing rule was limited to a small area of the western plains of Taiwan. In 1895, Japan defeated the Qing Dynasty and ceded Taiwan to Japan. From the 19th century to the middle of the 20th century, Taiwan belonged to Japan. During Japanese rule, Japan sent troops to conquer eastern Taiwan and achieve complete control of the island of Taiwan. For 127 years, Taiwan has never been a province of China, and China has never ruled Taiwan.
If they DIDN'T HIT the drone, it's an embarrassing show of incompetence of the Taiwanese defense forces.
It's a warning shot Albert Einstein
@@foosic1742 facts he sound stupid asf
They were warning shots dumbass
I know Sun Li-Fang is straight cappin about not being scared of china attacking 😂
Mad respect for China!!
why? do you know anything? are you one of these losers who has done nothing with their life so they hate on everything good and true in this world and support despotic horrific regimes? no matter what you think the USA has done evil, we have saved more than we have killed. South Korea. Taiwan. the whole of Europe. China should be bombed to oblivion and its people turned to dust
There is nothing more dangerous than a man forced into a corner and determined to defend his home… Ukraine has proven that
@爷爷 叶 That’s essentially what Russia said about Ukraine…
The ROC and Chiang Kai Shek claimed to be the legitimate government of mainland China. Sounds like a civil war to me.
@爷爷 叶 its not civil war when they are different countries, and even recognized by some places :)
@爷爷 叶 yeah thought your fantasy that is a civil war, more like an authoritarian autocratic communist regime bullying a smaller country trying to force his will on them and steal their land and resources. The Communist tried to take Taiwan after the real civil war and failed Taiwan has never been part of China and ever will be!!
@@Dept246 stop misrepresenting things. They claim to be the legitimate CHINESE govt, not “mainland” China.
Tell me, when was the last time they asked for reunification?
How many missiles have they fired around the mainland while making a fuss about it being theirs?
She had no business being there.
Winnie the Ping is mad? Silly old bear!😆
Xi is a gangsta actor
just like USA President
So another war starting, it’s been some real experience this century has!
Tsai Ing-wen has been "increasingly advocating for Taiwanese Independence"? Where are you getting this? Does the author of this piece know any of the essential facts about Taiwan's political situation? Please cite a single instance in which Tsai has "advocated" for Taiwanese Independence. If she had done so even once, China would already have invaded. The DPP does not have Taiwanese Independence as part of its political platform. If they did, they would never have been elected to the presidency.
these article is to push hatred against china, but there is one thing that is absolutely will never happen *taiwan will NEVER claim independence.
Taiwan 🇹🇼 🇹🇼 🇹🇼 is Taiwan not China
actually Taiwan call themselves ROC wich means republic of china, read more books before u type those simple minded words on the Internet.
Start the war please
Sincerely
Lockheed Martin and Raytheon
Sincerely anyone holding puts on n the market
Yep the rich are raising funds again after the covid pandemic economic debacle. The rich have for millennia gone to war if they wanted to amass money and properties.
don’t forget Cheney’s Halliburton
No no no, there's more money to be made during peacetime, so more money for weapons. Taiwan would buy millions of missle if it could. Money runs out quick during war.
She’s a joke
If it’s part of China, why doesn’t Xi visit Taiwan? I don’t get the CCPs logic.
U r mind sick or have no knowledge about history
I can see China being unprepared just like Russia.
They're in a far worse state than Russia was before invasion, only advantage is they have a lot of people
They think USA got their backs 😂 ok 🙄
Did you just forget Oxygen cuz your brain needs it to function
you never know.. Taiwan is extremely important to the US and many other countries when it comes to technology. The US will get involved if it affects self interests.
@@lindasandoval7919 I’ll be sure to pack it in my lunch next time i go to work
@@superduperboyx they will leave them high and dry just like they did Afghanistan and Ukraine
are you sure? taiwan is the largest producer of microchips and microprocessors, and US like that hahah they want to take that from taiwan so nothing they can do is to help taiwan not become china 😂 cause they cant have share anymore if taiwan becomes china, taiwan is rich though they can afford US military equipments they just bought 2 billion dollar military equipment in US recently... taiwan has high gdp they can buy alot of military equipment from different nations
Are we really going back to shooting each other over land? I really thought humanity gotten over that. God bless this world, Pray for PEACE.
War….war never changes.
It’s almost like there’s a force making humans continuously kill each other…..
nations killed each other over salt it was to believe the nation who had the most salt was powerful for instance that stuff we call gas that EVERYONE! uses in their cars people died for gas on both sides aka ISIS and especially during the Iraqi war a couple years ago we all have something to do with death and war don't act like you never been in a car running on gas. the war for recourses and land is only going to get bigger and bigger we are running out of material on this earth and we are not advanced enough to leave this planet.
@@patrickcarpenter2349 my theory… money. US only economic threat is China…
Freedom is always worth fighting for !
I turn off the volume during CZcams ads!
Is Taiwan under the impression that we will fully back them when this becomes a war?
Of course they are. Why wouldn’t they be? Just another country to launder tens of billions of dollars through, just like Ukraine.
@@jaimeestrada1502 honestly at that point I would just swim to Cuba and let the sharks take me.
Yes they are and yes we will. Sadly.
Yes they are and yes we will. It's our responsibility to defend them.
@@NorthernNorthdude91749 no it isn't, that's the USAs problem. Always sticking our nose in other countries relations. We need to mind our business
Bob Woodach has done a good job as a useful guest of the Tssi Ing Wen regime. Obviously he saw what she wanted him wade and write about. And that is wbiggedt problem with his piece. Taiwan’s democracy is hard won. But I’d slowly but surely chipping it away. She closed down a TV news station not known for serving her with compliments. Do you call that a democracy? Polical harassment and selective prosecution are the hallmark of her regime. Fattening cronies is an outstanding feature of her policy. Mind you she sealed the disclosure of the government purchase of a home grown Covid19 vaccine that failed to file a report on its efficacy which naturally won no recognition from any international agencies. In his well funded report Woodsch glossed over the fact that Taiwan has serious problem enlisting youn prole to join the military. There’s a a well known gossips among families of Taiwan’s airforce: they called their flying machines ‘flying coffins’.
See how you can criticize Tsai? That is very democratic. Try such a harsh criticism of Xi in China, and you'll end up in a "mental hospital".
try to say that same in china about chipingpooh and youll get jailed for 15 years, just like in russia XDD
I can't say I'm a big fan of Tsai, but with how she deals with international stuff and sovereignty, I haven't had any issues.
Taiwan is going to get crushed messing around with those crazy Chinese
Stop addressing Taiwan as its own country. It’s part of China. Has been since WW2
The Chinese military has been building up, training and expanding.
The US Military is focused on pronouns, equity and ensuring no one is offended.
We are doomed.
I spot the Fox News/Tucker Carlson supporter!
@@LiquorMaster I spot the Biden Bot
Nothing you or I said means I’m wrong.
Emma and her two mothers 😂🤡
Taiwanese: "i had been hearing China's rhetoric ever since I first learned how to zip my pants."
Dangerous kind of thinking though. Complacency. China's military capability continues to improve and challenge other world powers.
Independence will mean the end of Taiwan!
People, yall do realized that Taiwan is also Chinese. I'm not on China side by the way.
Future independence of Taiwan? Dude, learn your geopolitics - Taiwan is independent.
No they're not..
taiwan is never an independent country. and it is always Chinese island. YOU stupid americans should rest in peace.
@@hahdakdahkdhalsla Uh, independent economy, military, Healthcare, education, social security, distinct flag and currency, and an independent democracy (with democratically elected president) . . . tell me, how does Taiwan depend on mainland China?
@@hahdakdahkdhalsla Learn your international law. Taiwan has its own government, it governs a defined set of people and a defined part of land. This makes it an independent country.
"Future" independence for Taiwan is as stupid a statement as "future independence for the USA".
@@martinfiedler4317 Even the ROC says that Taiwan is a part of China. Remember the Chinese Civil War where the ROC and Chiang Kai Shek claimed to be the legitimate government of mainland China. Taiwan is independent but is not a country. The Chinese Civil War has not officially ended. Taiwan has not changed its constitution, has not declared independence and is only recognized by 14 governments around the world. Taiwan’s status is still a gray area.
Chinese trills are out in force
This is terrible.. We are all in grave danger..
barking dogs never bite.
The thing that I don't agree with is u s.defending other countries at the expense of Americans
Really hope the US gives Taiwan powerful weaponry to defend themselves against China! Taiwan isn’t a provocative nation to China nor is Taiwan a part of China! Stand for Taiwan! 🇹🇼
The US giving Taiwan powerful weapons is akin to the Cuban missile crisis and will give China more of a reason to invade.
It wasn’t Americans who said “give me liberty or give me death” it was black slaves in Haiti fighting French and American imperialism. US propaganda working hard, how is this different from European continued occupation of the US or the English in Northern Ireland.
@ 6:13 trash on the beach
A lot of it probably got washed out to sea from rivers, then washed back up onto the beach.
Freedom to the people!
Freedom must be defended and fought for at all cost!
Since when working as a wage slave is considered freedom? Taiwanese people been paid peanuts as salary lol no wonder majority of Taiwanese couldn't care about MuH FrEeDoM. 🤪😆
Why not take care of internal issues first before going to others home. Water supply for the people needs to be resolve. Money spend on military why not spend on the people instead. What a joke this political people are playing.
Lets help Taiwan with real military equipment
She created trouble for Taiwan
Mad pride for my birth country. 🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼
-infinity social credit 😬
台湾小朝廷，偏安一隅
Love not war
☮️
Spread cheeks, not hate
@@jackkaufman9864 you gotta bend over first
China will not invade Taiwan.
Look at how much trade China relies on with the West, both selling and buying. And they have already been told that all trading would cease, with anyone in the West, and all they would have to trade with would be North Korea, Iran and Russia, and they are already BROKE.
So why even speculate about it ?
The U.S is broke also. We depend of China for a lot of goods. I think we need them more than they need us at this point. We are in a bad state right now.
Russia would never invade Ukraine! So why even speculate?
Obviously, clueless Stephen.
@@bluntedvegas702 Yeah those “Russia would never invade Ukraine” comments did not age well at all…. 😂
@@bluntedvegas702 Yes, you are clueless.
Russia is ruled by 1 person, China by a very large 480 person Committee.
Russia has a ruler who thinks that the old way of life in Russia should be preserved and that is in his own statements and actions, whereas China is totally reliant on export goods productions.
Russia's main source of GDP is oil and gas
at around 83%, and Putin never even thought that Europe would stop buying it, whereas China HAS to sell goods and in a very competitive market.
Putin sees Ukraine as a state of the old USSR and he wants their agricultural/seaports close to Asia.
China wants to extend control of the area towards the Pacific for fisheries and shipping lines up to Europe, to protect it's goods exports. Have you heard about their multi-trillion $ "Belt and Road" Goods Movement Plan. ?
China know full well that their entire Trading GDP would instantly freeze, amounting to a complete and utter financial meltdown, at a time when the Chinese population demographics are such that the 18-40 year old group are already screaming out for a western style democratic Leadership system.
Communism died in USSR, Putin is trying to revive it.
And China is desperately trying to hold onto it.
The Chinese Leadership's comments and actions is all about trying to raise the level of support for them, and has nothing whatsoever to do with the real situation.
They often repeat this "Military" muscle flexing whenever there is unrest in China.
Have you been asleep all your life ???
Because SOMETHING has made YOU clueless.
@@stephenprice8172 But, can the world really stop buying Chinese goods and raw materials? It works both ways.
The battle started centuries ago? Nonsense. Japan returned Taiwan to China in 1945.
We should keep our big noses out of the business. Everything we touch we destroy… we never seem to make anything better.. We can’t even run our own country properly, ethically or peacefully… How can we tell others how to act when we aren’t any different and every promise we make is changed from one president to the next..
Lol..... you realize thats what we did in WWII. Do you remember what happened then dummy?
I think the Panama Canal worked out. Just responding to the "everything touched is destroyed" bit.
We stand for democracy. Taiwan themselves said they are tired of being pawns for superpowers and want to be recognized as a sovereign country. China won't let them so something has to happen?
Wars come and go. The only difference is who gets rich and who gets dead. U.S. prefers to be rich and starts WAR elsewhere around the globe. That's what we Americans are good at.
Let's cut the crap and just bomb Russia and China.
Long live Pres. Joe Biden 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸