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Originally Posted by driveway
Peaceful co-development between China and the West should not continue to happen so long as China maintains its beligerence over Taiwan. Western nations should absolutely refuse to work with China, and call the CCP out on its outright lies (the '1992 consensus'), when it comes to China's position regarding one of the strongest, most vibrant democracies in Asia.
China should be pressured relentlessly to, at the very least, drop its objections to Taiwan participating fully in such international forums as the World Health Organization and the International Civil Aviation Organization.
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I would like to see an independent Taiwan, but I totally disagree that Taiwanese political indepedence should supercede peaceful co-development between China and the West or be a necessary condition for it.
People in Taiwan are both the victims and the beneficiaries of living on an important strategic location for economic and security interests in the region. It was a strategically important location for the Dutch, the Japanese, and the fleeing Nationalist army in the past for similar reasons as those that make it important to the tensions between China and the US now. If it weren't, the US would have peaced out decades ago. The people of Taiwan have faced turmoil again and again for centuries because of this. It sucks, but Taiwan may always face difficulties like these as long as there are greater powers vying for control in the region.
The One China policy and diplomatic ambiguity in a context of peaceful co-development between China and the West has actually provided Taiwan the space for its democracy and economy to develop peacefully for decades. Taiwan could do worse than a context of peaceful co-development between China and the West. The rest of the world could also do far worse than peaceful co-development of China and the West.
Edit: Anyways, unless it's specifically about US involvement, I'm not going to be responding further. I'm sure nobody wants to take this thread further off the rails.