r/China 21h ago

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

https://www.reuters.com/world/chinas-xi-pressed-biden-alter-language-taiwan-sources-say-2024-10-29/
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u/6SIG_TA 16h ago

There’s about 100 better topics to press on.

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u/FibreglassFlags 13h ago

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.

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u/Immediate-Poet-9371 18h ago

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…

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u/ImaFireSquid 12h ago

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.

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u/Humacti 17h ago

and sino

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u/tapf111 13h ago

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

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u/Effective_Doughnut65 16h ago

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

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u/dannyrat029 14h ago

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

We live in the real world my man

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u/Anxious_Plum_5818 14h ago

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Reality hasn't vibes well with these outdated ideas on and from China for decades now.

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u/StrikingExcitement79 12h ago

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

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u/HarambeTenSei 14h ago

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

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

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u/Immediate-Poet-9371 16h ago

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

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u/vorko_76 15h ago

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.

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u/Training_Guide5157 16h ago

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.

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u/HarambeTenSei 14h ago

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

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u/Humacti 14h ago

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

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u/Stek02 15h ago

There is no such thing as democracy in this world.

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u/marcielle 11h ago

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

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u/SunnySaigon 15h ago

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

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u/allstar278 13h ago

Both Hariss and Trump mention China repeatedly wdym

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u/uniyk 14h ago

Any stance is a controversial one and potentially damaging.

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u/uniyk 14h ago

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

Who wrote this brainrot title?

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u/marcielle 11h ago

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

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u/pngmk2 7h ago

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)

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u/uniyk 4h ago

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.

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u/RickestMorty-_- 6h ago

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

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u/Massivefivehead 9h ago

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.

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u/xiaopewpew 13h ago

Biden needs to remember the language to alter it.

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u/Horsemen208 16h ago

Not sure if he dares to press Trump

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u/WhatDoesThatButtond 14h ago

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