OPINION: China views its dispute with Taiwan as a fight over territory. Australia should be more mindful of what Taiwan’s people actually want.
Whatever we make of the visit to Taiwan by US congressional leader Nancy Pelosi, one good thing to come out of it is that Australians have a much clearer sense of President Xi Jinping’sLet’s hope it does not come to that. Still, it’s probably better we get the message sooner rather than later.Now that we have heard the warning, what can Australians do about it?
Neither Wong nor Marles questioned China’s claim to the territories of Taiwan – the core claim underpinning Beijing’s determination to take the island by force. In the 1970s, those agreements focused on territory and said little about people. What do people in Taiwan want? Here’s the rub. The CCP says it is prepared to pay any price to fulfil its historical mission of unification with Taiwan, but the one price it won’t consider is the one it would cost to incorporate the territory peacefully: allow people in China to enjoy the same rights and liberties that people have in Taiwan.
Australia did not sign on to a lot of things that China does as a matter of course in the new era of Xi. We did not sign on to the crackdown in Hong Kong that put an end to rule of law, civil society and freedom of speech and assembly once Beijing decided to extend direct control over that territory as well.
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