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Can Texas vehemently oppose sovereignity claim of the US Government?

Taiwan vehemently opposes China's sovereignty claims when U.S. President Donald Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping told him he will not invade the island while Trump is in office.

Asked about Trump's remarks at a daily news briefing in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said Taiwan is an inalienable part of Chinese territory.

"The Taiwan issue is purely an internal affair of China, and how to resolve the Taiwan issue is a matter for the Chinese people," she said.

Does Trump think he is the king of the world when dealing with China?
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Diotrephes · 70-79, M
The Chinese think that any land that has any Chinese on it is part of China. Taiwan was never part of ancient China.
sree251 · 41-45, M
@Diotrephes
The Chinese think that any land that has any Chinese on it is part of China.

There are Chinese in literally every country in the world. The Chinese diaspora is amazing. However, only China is regarded by the Chinese as sacred soil of their ancestors.

Taiwan was never part of ancient China.

Of course. Ancient China itself is an idea. It grew out from nothing just like any other country.
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
@Diotrephes they also think their maritime borders extend into other countries territory
sree251 · 41-45, M
@AthrillatheHunt
they also think their maritime borders extend into other countries territory

If you are talking about the South China Sea, other countries' territories were invented by western occupying powers without regard for the rights of imperial China.
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
@sree251 imperial China hahaha
sree251 · 41-45, M
@AthrillatheHunt
imperial China hahaha

Exactly. A time will come when imperial US will lose all its military bases and territorial claims also. Imperial China is resurging and rising like a Phoenix to greater heights. The US has no cultural glue. Forget the latter day immigrants (Hmong, Vietnamese, Afghan, Syrians, Iraqis, Somalians, etc) from lands ravaged by US foreign wars. They all hate America even though they are lodged in towns and cities from LA to DC. Even the Mexicans and blacks hate Uncle Sam. And the Europeans are sucking the US Treasury dry and racking up the national debt to fight their damn forever foreign wars. China is something else. The Chinese, even those in America, look up to their motherland. And they are all smarter than Americans
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
@sree251 U drunk or stoned ?
sree251 · 41-45, M
@AthrillatheHunt
U drunk or stoned ?

What do you think, buddy?
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
@sree251 I’m guessing stoned . After more than a century of shame NOW they wanna be imperialistic ? It’s not in their nature . They are isolationists who want to sell products to a world they don’t want to be a part of
sree251 · 41-45, M
@AthrillatheHunt
I’m guessing stoned .

You guessed right. You are not on my plane.

After more than a century of shame NOW they wanna be imperialistic ? It’s not in their nature . They are isolationists who want to sell products to a world they don’t want to be a part of

They want to sell products? Or did we want them to make our products in the first place? I was not even born when my parents went to China. They were in the fashion business and among the first to move their products to China for manufacture. Sure, their economy boomed as a result of our sourcing suppliers from China. They were not begging for our business as Trump found out. They are not even held hostage to our high tech capability as Trump also found out. We helped Israel to bomb Iran using our GPS. The Iranians struck back using China's Beidou satellite guidance systems. The Chinese are ahead of us. They always were. Culturally superior. We are not even a race for crying out loud. We are a bunch of cowboys getting screwed by the sneaky immigrants in our midst.
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
@sree251 China decided a long time ago not to spend one yuan on R and D. They just steal . They can copy but not innovate. And cowboys and immigrants ? Lol
sree251 · 41-45, M
@AthrillatheHunt
They just steal . They can copy but not innovate.

There is nothing wrong with copying. This is how we learn from each other in the marketplace. There was a time when every western nation was going to China to plunder and steal everything they could from the Middle Kingdom.
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
@sree251 Are we talking about the same China ? until 2000 the only thing they had plundered was their opium. They were a rural peasant nation that couldn’t even feed their own people and had many mass starvations , same as N Korea in 2025
sree251 · 41-45, M
@AthrillatheHunt
Are we talking about the same China ?

There is only one China. Do you know of any other?

until 2000 the only thing they had plundered was their opium. They were a rural peasant nation that couldn’t even feed their own people and had many mass starvations , same as N Korea in 2025

Who taught you world history? American inner city public schools are turning out folks like you.
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
@sree251 my bad. They gave us gun powder and noodles , oh and opium. Tens of millions of them starved to death in the last century .
Tens
Of
Millions
Can’t argue about the quality of education in our inner cities though
sree251 · 41-45, M
@AthrillatheHunt
Tens of millions of them starved to death in the last century .

True. They have faced and survived hardships under brutal imperial governments. Whole families died of starvation living in the streets. We can't even fight rice farmers in Vietnam and goatherds in Afghanistan. Our generals were playing golf in Danang while supply ships were plying our soldiers with Coca Cola and ice cream. If we didn't steal the atomic bomb from Hitler's Germany, the Japanese would have had our heads on sticks and we would be speaking Nippon Go.
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
@sree251 our POV is we smuggled it (them) out of Nazi Germany thank you very much lol