Hyperbolic tenor of debate shows lack of knowledge of country’s unique political situation, Taiwanese Americans say
But to Taiwanese Americans who have spent a lifetime grappling with the island’s strange geopolitical status, the hyperbolic tenor of the debate over Pelosi’s visit is indicative of how little most Americans know or care about the people of“All of the hoopla and yellow journalism blowing up, it really only serves to bolster the Chinese acts of aggression,” says SueAnn Shiah, a 30-year-old writer and theologian who has made aabout Taiwanese American identity.
The ambiguity is designed to prevent armed conflict between Chinese and Taiwanese authorities, whose predecessors fought over control of mainland China during the Chinese civil war until 1949, when Mao’s Chinese Communist party forced the ruling Kuomintang to retreat to Taiwan. Drun warned that China would use Pelosi’s visit to “shift the blame of any escalation or actions they take against Taiwan on to the United States, for supposedly violating the [‘One China’ principle]”.Others hope that the Biden administration might be able to help create a new paradigm for the debate around Taiwan’s future.Albert Wu, a Taiwanese American historian based in Taipei, believes Pelosi’s visit is a “huge deal symbolically”.
Still, Wu is wary of how supporters of Taiwanese independence have shown a willingness to ally with certain American politicians based on their hawkishness towards China.
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