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Taipei says it’s yet to receive formal notice as concerns grow over Washington’s commitment to island’s security

The U.S. is pausing a $14bn arms sale to Taiwan as it diverts munitions to sustain the war against Iran, exposing mounting anxieties over rapidly depleting stockpiles.

It comes just days after Donald Trump returned from a high-profile summit with Xi Jinping in China, a country that claims sovereignty over self-governed Taiwan and has threatened to “reunite” it with the mainland by force, if necessary.

Trump said he had discussed the matter of the $14bn arms deal “in great detail” with Chinese president Xi Jinping and would make a decision “over the next fairly short period”, breaking decades of U.S. policy that states decision on Taiwan should not be made in collaboration with Beijing.

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[–] Kynsey@lemmy.ml 0 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Well if you mean in the 1950s during the civil war sure. The US is the reason that the Taiwan Island was not rejoined with China then. But to suggest that the CPCs preferred method of reunification is by military force TODAY is to show a complete lack of awareness as to how the CPC operates. They will always choose the diplomatic option whne it is available to them. Yet allowing Taiwan to be turned into an unsinkable US aircraft carrier off their coast is untenable. They would have no choice but to attack. Also, this has nothing to do with Donald Trump. You are falling for this trap of assuming US policy is led by the President. Harris would have done the same thing because the reason this is occuring is that the US has realized after its war with Iran that the war it had been planning with China is not winnable. So it is backing down.

[–] Limonene@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

China is authoritarian. There is no way to nonviolently unify Taiwan under China, because the residents of Taiwan would be forced to live under the Chinese government, which would use violence against them.

[–] Kynsey@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 hours ago

"China bad" essentially. lol. Such a nuanced and factual argument. I can't compete!