Taiwan is a curious case. They appeared to be a healthy nation with sensible people and a reasonable foreign policy. But somehow their political system has been hijacked and they are heading back to where they were two generations ago when they were a military dictatorship steered by the US.
Maybe the young people there in Taiwan can still turn things around. Because it’s increasingly obvious that what the US fears is that with time as mainland China develops and becomes more prosperous….a rapprochement is possible for a peacefully united China. Which of course the US is gouging old wounds to prevent that healing.
The Philippines on the other hand was always a corrupt shell of a nation. Note they are ruled by the son of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos:
Taiwan is a curious case. They appeared to be a healthy nation with sensible people and a reasonable foreign policy. But somehow their political system has been hijacked and they are heading back to where they were two generations ago when they were a military dictatorship steered by the US.
Maybe the young people there in Taiwan can still turn things around. Because it’s increasingly obvious that what the US fears is that with time as mainland China develops and becomes more prosperous….a rapprochement is possible for a peacefully united China. Which of course the US is gouging old wounds to prevent that healing.
The Philippines on the other hand was always a corrupt shell of a nation. Note they are ruled by the son of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bongbong-Marcos
I don’t think we need to say more there. That nation is corrupted, poor, hijcked and most certainly heading for Ukraine’s fate.
Choosing the youth to Die for Taiwan; YesXorNo; 2021-08-07
https://yesxorno.substack.com/p/choosing-the-youth-to-die-for-taiwan