East Asia News & Politics Thread: China, South Korea, Japan...

I'm kind of curious: would the CCP agree with a reunification under Taiwanese rule? Based on recent attitudes, it's very likely a hard no, though....

...No. No, they would not.

I only have superficial knowledge of the situation there, but as a rule the more pieces of land outside the CCP influence the better, correct?

More or less.

In East Asia China's immediate concern is its locale, with taking Taiwan being an obsession.

The Chinese establishment, to some level, perceives the US and its East/Southeast Asian allies as attempting to contain its strategic reach through a series of military-political alliances. Every island chain they claim in the South China Sea is another step in breaking out of this containment zone.

Regarding Taiwan, there's a level of paranoia that someday the "breakaway province" will formalise its relationship with the US, turning it into a forward base from which the US military can strike at the heart of China's economic centres. That's hardly the only reason why the CCP is pushing a reunification, of course, but it's the one that's most relevant to their expanding outreach to the Pacific.

And there's a certain political and ideological directive to take over the "province that got away".

Yeah Taiwan getting annexed by China would be a nightmare. Xi Jinping would fuck them up.

We'd be as "autonomous" as Hong Kong if we're lucky.

Edited by M84 on Feb 27th 2019 at 10:24:55 PM

I assume the CCP's treatment of Hong Kong in recent years made a lot of people really wary?

Wildwestpyro would probably be the best source for that since they are from Hong Kong.

But yeah, things have really gotten worse under Xi Jinping. He's really cracking down on, well, fucking everything.

Edited by M84 on Feb 28th 2019 at 12:00:30 AM

He’s so power hungry he repealed laws put in place to keep leaders from staying for life, which was in place since Mao. He’s...not going to get any better.

Frankly speaking, yes, and I'm under the impression that the PRC is playing the long game and trying to slowly turn Hong Kong into their own annexed state.

Discussing with the Chinese history professor every day at my college, it appears that Xi's old-style paternal autocrat faction has really taken over. Here we go again, folks.

Edited by TheWildWestPyro on Feb 27th 2019 at 11:22:58 AM

I mean, was that really a surprise? Everyone knew that's what the CCP was going to do right from the get go. Their "assurances" usually don't mean much, those lying snakes.

And that's an insult to snakes. I know.

Man, M84's signature just keeps being proven right every damn day.

And they keep getting away with it because everyone wants to buy what China's selling.

Not so much a question of want than requirement. They've so comprehensively supplied the whole world so far with everything except food that a collapse in supply would devastate whole sections of the World Economy. That's pretty much what they're counting on to escape retribution.

Confirmed that major war games like Foal Eagle will be discontinued in South Korea.

China’s expanding war on Islam: Now they’re coming for the Kazakhs.

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Ghosn is released on bail, which is not done always in Japanese law enforcement.

He has restricted access on who he can talk to and what electronic devices he can use until the next trial.

I wonder how long they can keep this going, seems like they really have nothing.

If anything, the prosecutors are trying to appeal it.