China has not invaded yet
Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump has threatened to leave NATO should he become US president. What does this mean for the day-to-day lives of ordinary people living in Taiwan? It probably means very little.
Russia invaded and currently occupies Crimea. Very little has changed here. In the past decade Russia invaded Georgia. They currently still occupy 20 percent of Georgia. Very little has changed here.
What if Trump as US president reduces the US military presence in the Pacific? It seems that very little would change in Taiwan.
Yes, China is building military bases. That does not mean it will invade. China has had missiles pointed at Taiwan for more than 50 years, but it has never used them. Taiwan has a DPP president. China has not invaded. In the year 2000 Taiwan elected its first DPP president. China did not invade.
In 1996 Taiwan re-elected Lee Teng-hui (李登輝) after he said Taiwan and China had a special state-to-state relationship. China did not invade. Both Taiwan and China have prospered economically under the “status quo” which has existed for more than 50 years. There is no economic motivation for China to invade Taiwan.
Andres Chang
Taipei
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