Max's enBlog: Bum

Taiwan and Chinese missiles

Will Hutton's take on the Chinese anti-satellite missiles. As a Taiwanese I would rather err on the caution side, since if China decides to invade most casualties will be from not Chinese, not Americans, not Japanese, but Taiwanese – by a large margin, sadly.

Few people really understand what mainstream Taiwanese are really struggling for is not about independence, but about the free wills to decide our future. The obstacles of this reunification stuff are never about language, never about culture, never about colours of skins. They are about politics, economy, values, and most importantly, about humanity.

If China doesn’t change its attitude regarding Taiwan or there are no reforms within it, the Taiwan Strait may well end in bloodshed. America and Japan probably would offer limited military support then, and the EU would pay some lip service. And if China were to take Taiwan by force, there would be no peaceful integration like HongKong. Taiwanese dissidents will try to create chaos in Greater China, where global economy heavily depends on. It would be a major setback for the world.

May God show mercy for Taiwanese, and for all.

posted by Max.L @ 6:56 PM