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What should the international community do with respect to Chinese Communists vs Chinese on Taiwan situation militarily?

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
What should the international community do with respect to Chinese Communists vs Chinese on Taiwan situation militarily?
Nothing. Let them sort it out.

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Originally posted by Soothfast
Nothing. Let them sort it out.
Does that mean the US should cut them off?

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Does that mean the US should cut them off?
The situation is relatively stable. Taiwan is largely recognized as an independent nation. So, the guarantees of national sovereignty as provided in the U.N. Charter are the same for Taiwan as for any other nation. What's there to do militarily?

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Originally posted by Soothfast
The situation is relatively stable. Taiwan is largely recognized as an independent nation. So, the guarantees of national sovereignty as provided in the U.N. Charter are the same for Taiwan as for any other nation. What's there to do militarily?
The situation is stable with massive international (i.e. USA) support for Taiwan. Taiwan is not a nation.

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
What should the international community do with respect to Chinese Communists vs Chinese on Taiwan situation militarily?
Tell Taiwan to take a number behind South Korea in terms of nations who seek protection from the US against aggressive communist nations who are fixated on conquest.

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Originally posted by Soothfast
Nothing. Let them sort it out.
Agreed!

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
The situation is stable with massive international (i.e. USA) support for Taiwan. Taiwan is not a nation.
Taiwan is de facto a nation, although not de jure.

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
The situation is stable with massive international (i.e. USA) support for Taiwan. Taiwan is not a nation.
In what way is it not a nation? Even China has, in practise, resigned itself to losing sovereignty over Taiwan.

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Originally posted by Teinosuke
Taiwan is de facto a nation, although not de jure.
That's going to come as a huge surprise to the government of Taiwan.

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Originally posted by Sam The Sham
That's going to come as a huge surprise to the government of Taiwan.
What's going to come as a surprise? Taiwan is de facto a nation (ie, it structures itself as an independent country with its own government and institutions) but de jure (ie, in terms of international law) is recognised as part of China. The current Taiwanese President continues to maintain that China and Taiwan are one country:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_status_of_Taiwan#Question_of_sovereignty_over_Taiwan

President Ma also interprets the cross-strait relations as "special", "but not that between two nations". He later stated that mainland China is part of the territory of the Republic of China, and laws relating to international relations are not applicable to the relations between mainland China and Taiwan, as they are parts of a state.