Due to the sad state of "Western values," and the poor leadership of the Catholic Church et al: authoritarian, Maoist and Stalinist revivalists like Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin get to capitalize on pretending to be the torchbearers for traditionalism and social conservatism against the decadent West or in this case, the pro-Western Taiwanese...
When do we find out China is helping the Dem parry here to change Trump policies?
Their stock market has tanked 27% since trump won.
“So it has been written So it shall be done”.
It’s just a matter of time before the Butchers of Beijing succeed in corrupting and infiltrating Taiwan’s society and politics to the point where the Taiwanese voluntarily hand themselves over...or before China invades them.
I am so sorry to read this. I have friends in Taiwan.
Taiwan has had a pretty clear 2 Party division since martial law ended in the 90’s.
Its quite similar in its dynamics to the Democrat/Republican split in the USA.
The author is being deceptive by calling the KMT (the party of Chiang Kai-shek) “Beijing friendly.”
I don’t trust him very much at all, and he is a sinister SOB, but I wonder if Putin has become more nationalist than communist.
A long shot but possible.
Embracing a church, even for personal reasons not related to religion, is something a communist would almost never do.
china is not doing it with glee and their boot camps for those who have gone off the reservation are likely pretty brutal.
Territorial expansion-Taiwan, new islands, North and South Korea,...
Trade wars and intellectual property theft.
Growing Naval and Space capability.
Cyberwars
Sounds like they have the enemy within working toward “reunification”.
This is unfortunate indeed.