David A. Welch, research chair and professor of political science at the Balsillie School of International Affairs at the University of Waterloo (UW), Canada, writes: “Who rules Taiwan? Not Xi Jinping,” in which he says “Taiwan is not part of China” and argues against countries that fear angering China, stressing that “inaction also carries risks.
Wauch wrote to Canada’s The Globe and Mail and said that because he teaches international politics, he has met many Chinese students, and when he has the opportunity to talk to them privately, he always asks them what they think of Taiwan, and their answer is always “Taiwan is part of China,” but. However, compared to 30 years ago when the question was first asked, Chinese students are less impassioned and less interested in getting a good job, buying a car, buying a house, etc. Instead of having strong feelings about Taiwan, they are more interested in getting a good job, buying a car, buying a house, etc.
According to Wauch, it is clear that Xi Jinping has “strong feelings” for Taiwan and increasingly wants “unification of Taiwan” to be his “political legacy” when he leaves office, but Taiwan is not But Taiwan is not “part of China” and has not been ruled by the authority of the East Asian empire for nearly 2 centuries, even during the Qing Empire, and it is no exception now.
Wauch said that Taiwan lacks international support and that only 15 countries, mainly small island states, have established full diplomatic relations with Taiwan, while others are “euphemistically bound” to diplomatic functions, such as Taiwan’s embassy in Ottawa called “office” and the ambassador This makes sense given that both Beijing and Taipei insist that they are the “sole legitimate rulers of China,” but Taiwan has long been uninterested in “ruling China. “The question now is “Who should legally rule Taiwan?”
Wauch points out that there is no room for debate on this issue, the people of Taiwan have spoken, this ruler will not be Xi Jinping, and most countries are aware of this, however, these countries are either afraid of Beijing’s anger or unwilling to respond positively to Beijing, but the price the international community pays at this point is Taiwan’s exclusion from the international arena, and few countries can respond to the Wuhan pneumonia Epidemic as well as Taiwan can. Pneumonia epidemic, or its location in an air corridor with high aircraft traffic.
Wauch stressed that Taiwan also has great strategic value, playing a key role in the global supply chain of the semiconductor industry, “Taiwan is too important to give up,” and some countries have begun to support Taiwan more explicitly, such as Japan, which recently referred to Taiwan as the “bottom line “But more democracies, such as Canada, need to act together, and nothing will make this clearer to Beijing than full diplomatic recognition, which of course needs to be accompanied by an appropriate security commitment.
Wauch concluded by saying that those who oppose this idea would say that provoking Beijing would certainly punish those countries that recognize Taiwan, and even do everything possible to attack Taiwan economically and militarily, which is certainly a risk, but there is also a risk of inaction, especially when Xi Jinping “plays the long game” and the military balance starts to tip in Beijing’s favor, while The longer it takes for Taiwan to become a full international member, the higher the price Beijing’s leaders will have to pay.
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