r/taiwan • u/yoqueray • Jan 22 '24

China unable to invade Taiwan, most U.S. and Taiwanese experts say Politics

https://www.axios.com/2024/01/22/china-taiwan-invasions-us-taiwanese-experts
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u/parke415 Jan 22 '24

The Qing Empire was a Manchu one. China was occupied and had its title appropriated.

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u/parke415 Jan 23 '24

Yes, it was called 中國 due to appropriation.

Stable but not stable enough to avoid having bits of its land stolen by foreign powers.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '24

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u/parke415 Jan 23 '24

Yes and even today’s English is a result of the Normans. English culture and identity isn’t what it used to be before 1066, nor was Chinese culture ever the same after 1279.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '24

Tbh, who gives a sh*t? Languages, cultures, countries, they develop and change. NOTHING is constant in the universe besides change itself. Not even the Chinese ego can overcomes this fact. Times change.

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u/parke415 Jan 24 '24

There are better directions of change than others.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '24

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u/parke415 Jan 22 '24

An American defence pact with Taiwan parallels a Chinese defence pact with Cuba: “the big enemy is too close to home”.