...'the Taiwan Relations Act has required the United States to help Taiwan to defend itself, though Washington would not necessarily intervene if China attacked the island.'
If the Act 'requires' the United States to help Taiwan to defend itself, how can one say Washington would not necessarily intervene if an attack took place?
We need to reassess every detail of our foreign policy and introduce some integrity into it. We either help to protect Taiwan from invaders or we renege. Perhaps the arms dealers reap the spoils of the halfhearted status quo.
It is more likely the United States will have to make a major revamping of its worldwide foreign policies.
Is this some headline put out by China's propaganda agency?
China has not put politics on the backburner. Who do you think was dictating that during the ARATS head's visit to Taiwan, Taiwan's government must not allow any freedom of the press, freedom of assembly or freedom of speech?
Why are Taiwan's flags being confiscated.
Why are 700 policemen surrounding the places where China's envoy is? Why are they suppressing any protest or dissent. Why did they threaten the Tibetan representative in Taiwan and tell him that if he showed up he would go to prison?
Taiwan elected a president (Ma Ying-jeou) who campaigned on the economy and change, who pretended to love Taiwan and called himself Taiwanese, but once in power, he and his KMT moved quickly to try to entrench themselves back into one-party rule and suppress any opposition. The moment after taking office, Ma removed the name 'Taiwan' from the presidential office website, and proceeded in slowly exploring measures to eventually force the Taiwanese people to be unified to China, the one thing he promised and acted like he would never do during the campaign.
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