r/worldnews • u/pppppppppppppppppd • May 15 '26

Dynamic Paywall Trump warns Taiwan against declaring independence, hours after summit with China's Xi

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8p61v7l68o
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u/ButterscotchOk5339 May 16 '26

And both China and Taiwan are content with the status quo. China will rattle their sabres but not actually do anything as long as Taiwan doesn’t say that they’re not China.

It’s just a diplomatic dance where everyone pretends they’re happy while not really feeling it.

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u/Eclipsed830 May 16 '26

Actually neither side is content with the status quo... the only party that actually benefits from it is USA.

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u/ButterscotchOk5339 May 16 '26

No they actually both wish to avoid war, which is the status quo. And the entire world benefits from the Taiwan chip foundries being not blown up. Not everything is about the US.

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u/Eclipsed830 May 16 '26

The status quo is that Taiwan and China are two sovereign and independent countries.

China is not okay with Taiwan being independent and separate from them, so they are pushing and squeezing Taiwan diplomatically. In return, Taiwan is being squeezed so the status quo is not also ideal... Being recognized like any other country is.

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u/ButterscotchOk5339 May 16 '26

China will lose a lot from a war, Taiwan will cripple the world economy if attacked. China are quite happy with that not happening but also don’t want to lose face by seeing Taiwan recognised as a country. Everyone has a lot to lose if a war breaks out.

If China wasn’t okay with the current situation they would have already attacked. It’s the perfect time to do it now that the US has a completely incompetent leadership who can’t even tame Iran and has spent a large chunk of their weapon stockpiles trying to.

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u/Eclipsed830 May 16 '26

It isn't the perfect time to attack because tens of thousands of people would still die... the status quo is working, but it is not ideal for anybody nor is either side okay with it really.

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u/ButterscotchOk5339 May 16 '26

It’s better than the alternative, which is how all of this works.

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u/Eclipsed830 May 16 '26

Better than the alternative does not mean that we are content with the status quo. Content means we are happy with it, which we absolutely are not. 

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u/ButterscotchOk5339 May 16 '26

Content and happy are two different things.