September 2, 2024
TAIPEI, Sept 2 (Reuters) – If China’s claims on Taiwan are about territorial integrity then it should also take back land from Russia signed over by the last Chinese dynasty in the 19th century, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said in an interview with Taiwanese media.
China views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory and has never renounced the use of force to bring the island under its control. Taiwan’s government rejects those claims, saying only the island’s people can decide their future.
Speaking in an interview with a Taiwanese television station broadcast late on Sunday, Lai, who China calls a “separatist”, brought up the 1858 Treaty of Aigun in which China signed over a vast tract of land in what is now Russia’s far east to the Russian empire, forming much of the present day border along the Amur River.
China’s Qing dynasty, then in terminal decline, originally refused to ratify the treaty but it was affirmed two years later in the Convention of Peking, one of what China refers to as the “unequal” treaties with foreign powers in the 19th Century.
“China’s intention to attack and annex Taiwan is not because of what any one person or political party in Taiwan says or does. It is not for the sake of territorial integrity that China wants to annex Taiwan,” Lai said.
“If it is for the sake of territorial integrity, why doesn’t it take back the lands occupied by Russia that were signed over in the Treaty of Aigun? Russia is now at its weakest right?” he added.
“The Treaty of Aigun signed during the Qing – you can ask Russia (for the land back) but you don’t. So it’s obvious they don’t want to invade Taiwan for territorial reasons.”
China’s Taiwan Affairs Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. China’s government says Taiwan has been Chinese territory since ancient times.
The Qing signed over Taiwan to Japan in 1895 in another “unequal” treaty, and in 1945 at the end of World War Two it was handed over to the Republic of China government, which four years later fled to Taiwan after losing a civil war with Mao Zedong’s communists.
Lai said that what China really wants to do with its designs on Taiwan is to change the rules-based international order.
“It wants to achieve hegemony in the international area, in the Western Pacific – that is it’s real aim.”
“If it is for the sake of territorial integrity, why doesn’t it take back the lands occupied by Russia that were signed over in the Treaty of Aigun? Russia is now at its weakest right?”
Right! Mafia land is at its weakest in its history since before WWII. Don’t worry about their nukes. Most won’t work, and their carrier rockets are also deteriorated.
Maybe mafia land will get the hiccups when they read President Lai Ching-te’s words. While all its focus and efforts are in Ukraine, bat virus land should make its move.
If they decided to take back historical Chinese territory, muscovy wouldn’t say a peep. Their hatred for Ukraine and Ukrainians would override any thoughts of confronting China.
Too bad bat virus land has its own Ukraine that it’s obsessed with, only that it’s called Taiwan.
I hope Taiwan are not going to pin too much hope on the West to help if the Chinese invade. Their performance in Ukraine is not going to give the Taiwanese too much confidence.
Support for Israel, support for Taiwan and the renunciation of support for Ukraine seems to be embedded in the feeble minds of magaputler shitheads.
Yeah. The US sent F35s to Israel last week. Yet all they can send Ukraine is fucking excuses.
Simply outrageous.
There are a few reports stating that Iran will be sending ballistic missiles to the shithole in the next few days.
https://kyivindependent.com/bloomberg-reports/
The shitholes are doing what they want, and what do we get from Washington and Berlin?
I count the days to see this piece of useless garbage called Biden exit the Oval Office … and his little dirtbag, Sullivan, too.
Some people call Washington a swamp. They are right.
I am confident that the Taiwanese people are horrified by the way we acted during this war. They have lost a lot of hope that we will do what’s necessary. I think they also can’t wait to see a real president return to the White House.