cross-posted from: https://lemmus.org/post/556545
US Announces $345 Million in Unprecedented Military Aid for Taiwan
US OKs First-Ever Foreign Military Financing Arms Package for Taiwan
“This severely violates the one-China principle and the stipulations of the three China-U.S. joint communiques,” ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters in Beijing on Thursday. “China deplores and firmly opposes it.”
In explaining the change, two U.S. officials said: “The United States has provided Foreign Military Sales (FMS) to Taiwan for years. FMF simply enables eligible partner nations to purchase U.S. defense articles, services, and training through either FMS or, for a limited number of countries, through the foreign military financing of direct commercial contracts (FMF/DCC) program.” The officials were not authorized to comment publicly and did so on condition of anonymity.
“In the face of increasingly aggressive People’s Republic of China military actions in the (Taiwan) Strait, the United States must move quickly to provide support for Taiwan’s defense,” said Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
One-China? Yeah, mainland china and thats it! No Hong Kong and no Taiwan for Winnie the Poo!
Good. China has enough slaves. It doesn’t need more.
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Cry harder Xi, you can whine all you want but Taiwan is independent and always will be. Nobody wants to be a part of your genocidal authoritarian regime.
Taiwan is not recognised as an independent country by much of the world nor even the United Nations. It undergoes extraordinary naming contortions just to participate in events and institutions like the Olympic Games and the World Trade Organization.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38285354
Jimmy made video on it:
Taiwan Voters Choose China Over Independence!
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has approved the first-ever U.S. military transfer to Taiwan under a program generally reserved for assistance to sovereign, independent states.
Beijing, which regards Taiwan as a renegade province, has repeatedly refused to rule out the use of force to reunite it with the mainland and vociferously protests all U.S. arms sales to the self-governing island.
China’s foreign ministry immediately lashed out at the move, calling it a violation of U.S. commitments under its “one-China” policy and a number of subsequent agreements in which Washington pledged not to support Taiwanese independence.
FMF simply enables eligible partner nations to purchase U.S. defense articles, services, and training through either FMS or, for a limited number of countries, through the foreign military financing of direct commercial contracts (FMF/DCC) program.” The officials were not authorized to comment publicly and did so on condition of anonymity.
The notification, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press, did not specify what military equipment or systems would be paid for under FMF, which commits U.S. taxpayer dollars to pay for the supply of materiel to foreign countries.
“These weapons will not only help Taiwan and protect other democracies in the region, but also strengthen the U.S. deterrence posture and ensure our national security from an increasingly aggressive CCP,” he said in a statement, referring to the Chinese Communist Party.
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One-China my ass, if West Taiwan wants to stay independent they should stop fiddling with the sovereignty of other countries.
If only North Mexico was also staying out of foreign nations, instead of having 800+ military bases in them.
I can’t believe people in this thread are actually advocating for more weaponisation and war. However, even if something does spark, it will be the west that suffers. How will the US get all if their fancy phones when TSMC foundries get flattened?
I am learning more each day that lemmy is not “left leaning” as most people claim.
They seem to be pro-war and pro status quo and much more.
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Its more like the neolib NATO Nazi predditors have invaded Lemmy, ending up in pro NATO terrorism arguments.
Cry more.
Please do not overinterpret this move.
More proxy wars.
That is what we are good at.
Bringing freedom to the world by killing mostly civilians with our drones.
Yeah, Boi! HIMARs for everyone! Imagine making a landing on a beachhead with 180,000 tungsten balls raining down on you, lmao. Fawk no, son!
Fucking Nazi scum
When enabling sovereign nations to defend themselves in case their imperialist neighbor decides to make their threats a reality gets you branded a Nazi, then that word has lost all meaning.
Ah yes sovereign DPP (not a US puppet), perhaps it might be time for Russia and China to boost the sovereignty of South American nations with nuclear warheads and military personnel. Remember Cuban missile crisis?
Please show me where in this article Taiwan is being provided with nuclear warheads and military personnel. Also, please kindly provide recent sources for the US considering these unnamed south American nations part of their own territory, e.g. by linking official maps. I’m also interested in sources for the US planning invasions to integrate their territory.
If you can’t provide this, then your comparison is hardly appropriate.
I’d also appreciate if you elaborated your first comment by explaining how this is linked to national socialism.
I can’t believe I’m actually actively defending the US, but you tankies are in every geopolitical post here on Lemmy.
China will make USA DSA on the map if they actually try meddling, since Taiwan is official territory. They sat silent on Russia, but are prepared for this in advance. I will not be surprised if this creates a war directly between China and USA. USA politicians visiting HongKong to support rioters, then the recent Pelosi visit ending all bilateral relation talks is already a mountain of problems.
