2024-01-30 21:00:00
China is trying to include developing countries through the United Nations and other forums
(British Economist magazine January 27, 2024 issue)
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (Republican, left) and Rep. Ami Berra (Democratic Party, right), co-chairs of the U.S. pro-Taiwan parliamentary group, visit Taiwan and meet with President Tsai Ing-wen (center) (January 25, Taiwan) (From the Government-General’s Office website)
It is also possible that China will receive more powerful legal cover for its invasion.
Even with the arrival of the new year, tensions surrounding Taiwan have not eased at all.
In the January 13 election, independence-minded Lai Qingde was elected as the next president, infuriating China. Two days later, China took action, announcing that the South Pacific island nation of Nauru would sever diplomatic relations with Taiwan and restore diplomatic relations with China.
On January 24, the US Navy sent a warship through the Taiwan Strait, which China described as a “provocation.”
As these dramas continue, new battles are raging in the diplomatic arena, and there are fears that the path to war may open.
Only 11 countries recognize Taiwan as a nation.
For more than 70 years, the Chinese government, led by the Communist Party, has struggled for official recognition from the world. Recently, a new front was opened as part of this effort.
The Communist Party not only wants to be the sole representative of China, but also wants other countries to accept the view that Taiwan is an inalienable territory of China.
A victory on this front would give China’s leaders not only a legal basis to invade Taiwan, but also a major diplomatic cudgel.
With this change in policy, Nauru becomes the 183rd country to officially recognize China as a state. The number of countries that recognized it was regarding 160 20 years ago, and 80 to 90 30 years before that (the number of countries itself was smaller then than it is now).
Most major powers have made the switch some time ago.
Many Western countries, including Britain, established diplomatic relations with China in the early 1970s. The United States normalized diplomatic relations a little later in 1979.
Since then, China has consistently won approvals. Only 11 countries (plus the Vatican) now continue to formally recognize Taiwan.
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