alt Hacker NewsPeople keep making this strange claim about Taiwan, the only liberal democracy in the East without a single American soldier on its soil.
Almost like Taiwan is a sovereign nation uninterested in participating in the PRC and USA's fight for global hegemony.
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godelski • yesterday at 5:31 AM
I think the funniest part is the fact that all the western countries are even afraid to recognize Taiwan's independence. It's a much better argument to say Korea or Japan are ruled by the US (and Korea and Japan absolutely hate one another!).
Does the US have influence in Taiwan? Certainly! But if that meant Taiwan was the US's puppet then Taiwan would simultaneously be China's puppet. Schrödinger's Vassal
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The US would already be at war with China if the US tried to insert a military base in Taiwan.