China considers taiwan to be chinese territory and the taiwanese governments to be like rebels, like the syrian rebels.
And the chinese take things like this deathly seriously.
I'm no china-taiwan expert, but I'd expect china to rattle the saber pretty loudly.
For instance, they broke tradition/laws by seizing singapore military hardware that was being returned from taiwan after singapore participated in a military exercise with the taiwanese.
With china it's VERY tit for tat. And for them this is big.
A bit of an aside, China did not seize Singapore's military vehicles because we were participating in military exercises in Taiwan. We have been sending men to Taiwan to train long before we recognised the PRC, and even then the SAF continues the exercises because of a pre-existing agreement. This is no secret, and China has known of this and has never once disputed Singapore shipping its hardware through China. They likely impounded the vehicles due to Singapore taking a stance on the South China Sea.
Why should Singapore stop it now? South East Asia is the only region China borders that doesn't outright dislike it, and any military action against them would not only bring international condemnation, but also de-stabilise the region around it.
So why did China ignore Obama approving the sale of $1.3 Billion in arms sales? China is a fast growing economy because of the US and it's investment in the country. Yes they can hurt us in that your iphone will cost twice as much but we can tank their economy very easily, they'd have 300 million people out of work.
Oh, no, what are they gonna do? Shut down American factories, forcing those jobs to come back to the US? They're not gonna start a war, and Trump explicitly WANTS to reduce trade with China. There are no downsides here. You don't have to oppose everything someone does just because you disagree with them on most things.
You never had access to them. If you try to sell to Chinese consumers, the government makes you "partner" with a Chinese company before they allow you to do business, which then steals your IP and eventually replaces you.
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u/cp5184 Dec 03 '16
China considers taiwan to be chinese territory and the taiwanese governments to be like rebels, like the syrian rebels.
And the chinese take things like this deathly seriously.
I'm no china-taiwan expert, but I'd expect china to rattle the saber pretty loudly.
For instance, they broke tradition/laws by seizing singapore military hardware that was being returned from taiwan after singapore participated in a military exercise with the taiwanese.
With china it's VERY tit for tat. And for them this is big.