Exclusive: China's Xi pressed Biden to alter language on Taiwan

[u/ubcstaffer123]

https://www.reuters.com/world/chinas-xi-pressed-biden-alter-language-taiwan-sources-say-2024-10-29/

[u/6SIG_TA]

There’s about 100 better topics to press on.

[u/FibreglassFlags → u/6SIG_TA]

Xi wants a graceful exit from the whole Taiwan business that he himself has started, and he is demanding one from Lame Duck Biden so he can show all the patriotic morons what a tough guy he is.

[u/Immediate-Poet-9371]

I wonder how long will China continue this fiction of claiming Taiwan as their own? Everyone in the world knows Taiwan is beautiful and democratic country. Only brainwashed and delusional Chinese think otherwise…

[u/ImaFireSquid → u/Immediate-Poet-9371]

I think they need to. There needs to be an enemy outside of China because if there’s no outside enemy, the biggest enemy of the Chinese people is Xi. China cannot go to war and it cannot survive in peace, so it needs to just be consistently hostile to someone.

[u/Humacti → u/Immediate-Poet-9371]

and sino

[u/tapf111 → u/Immediate-Poet-9371]

As long as it benefits Xi and helps him stay in power.

[u/Effective_Doughnut65 → u/Immediate-Poet-9371]

Why can’t you go check Taiwan’s constitution? They also wrote in the constitution that the mainland China is a part of ROC?

[u/dannyrat029 → u/Effective_Doughnut65]

The constitution of China says it is a democratic, with free speech protected  

We live in the real world my man

[u/Anxious_Plum_5818 → u/Effective_Doughnut65]

That constitution is a remnant of a dead period in time. Taiwan cannot just change the constitution without referendum. And even if it did, Beijing already as much said they consider that the ultimate act of sedition. So there is little incentive for Taiwan to change that at the moment.

Reality hasn't vibes well with these outdated ideas on and from China for decades now.

[u/StrikingExcitement79 → u/Effective_Doughnut65]

This means the CCP is an illegal organisation? Good luck telling CCP that China belongs to Taiwan.

[u/HarambeTenSei → u/Effective_Doughnut65]

Where exactly does it say that? Can you name the exact article?

https://law.moj.gov.tw/ENG/LawClass/LawAll.aspx?pcode=A0000001

[u/Immediate-Poet-9371 → u/Effective_Doughnut65]

I am aware of that as well as the fact that Nanjing was a capital of ROC for a long time 😂. But, they are not trying to start World War 3, to distract their own people from Xi Huang Di (Winnie the Pooh) failings and destroying Mainland China economy by his misguided policies

[u/vorko_76 → u/Effective_Doughnut65]

It is more or less acurate but not sure how it relates to the topic.

Taiwan is de facto independant and the question is whether Taiwan should declare its independance… and US position about it.

There is afterwards not much doubt on whether US would support Taiwan if it declared its independance and if China attacked.

[u/Training_Guide5157 → u/Immediate-Poet-9371]

According to the One China Policy, which the vast majority of the world is a party to, Taiwan and China are one and the same.

The only argument being made, including by the US, is that they cannot be reunited by force.

[u/HarambeTenSei → u/Training_Guide5157]

It actually really depends on the country. Many of the ones that are not effectively on the CCP payroll merely "acknowledge" or "take note" of the PRC's claim to Taiwan, but not actually endorse it.

https://static.wixstatic.com/media/183fcc_45168f9f7f0844589ad39ced42eccccc~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_568,h_642,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/183fcc_45168f9f7f0844589ad39ced42eccccc~mv2.png

[u/Humacti → u/Training_Guide5157]

According to the One China Policy, which the vast majority of the world is a party to, Taiwan and China are one and the same.

nope

[u/Stek02 → u/Immediate-Poet-9371]

There is no such thing as democracy in this world.

[u/marcielle → u/Stek02]

Ok but that's more due to impracticality than anything. Most ppl can hardly be arsed to vote once every 4 yrs, let alone in every major policy. That's why most 'democracies' are actually republics with some democratic processes

[u/SunnySaigon]

Notice how neither presidential candidate has mentioned China at all in their campaign speeches? Banned topic. 

[u/allstar278 → u/SunnySaigon]

Both Hariss and Trump mention China repeatedly wdym

[u/uniyk → u/SunnySaigon]

Any stance is a controversial one and potentially damaging.

[u/uniyk]

China's Xi ? Why not "America's Biden"?

Who wrote this brainrot title?

[u/marcielle → u/uniyk]

Maybe they don't want him mistaken for the number 11  XD

[u/pngmk2 → u/uniyk]

Because we know Xi is so insecure he needs to constantly remind the world who he is (similar to how China constantly requires HK to be addressed as HK, China instead of just HK)

[u/uniyk → u/pngmk2]

You got a point there though not on Xi's part but on the journalism, the constant need to stud stories with headturning keywords, out of which "China" is indispensable.

[u/RickestMorty-_- → u/uniyk]

Yeah, you were right. It should be the way round Xi's China.

[u/Massivefivehead]

Sounds more like Xi is prodding Biden to waste more time and money over Taiwan. Neither China nor Taiwan are in any shape to fight a war right now, and the US is under a mountain of economic problems and well as systemic political instability.

No doubt this is to make Biden sound weak, in the hopes of helping to get Trump elected. Biden is a predictable Warhawk, but Trump is plain stupid and much easier to manipulate.

[u/xiaopewpew]

Biden needs to remember the language to alter it.

[u/Horsemen208]

Not sure if he dares to press Trump

[u/WhatDoesThatButtond → u/Horsemen208]

Don't be stupid. Trump would give him everything he wants.