Current Events > CNN interviews people in Taiwan. No one there is worried about war with China

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https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/14/asia/taiwan-china-taipei-people-intl-hnk/index.html

China-Taiwan tensions are raising fears of a conflict. In Taipei, however, people don't seem worried

China has stepped up pressure on Taiwan in recent weeks, flying dozens of warplanes near the self-ruled island in a show of strength that has put the entire region on edge.

But at a park in the Taiwanese capital on Thursday, the topic of conversation was about anything but the potential for conflict between Beijing and the island it considers part of its territory.

Huang and Chang, both grandmothers in their 80s, said they had spent the morning with friends chatting about snacks, tea and whether they should do some exercise.

War is not something they worry about, they said.

"We don't worry about it at all. The threat has always been there and there's nothing to worry about. If it were going to happen, it would've had happened a long time ago," said Huang, who said she preferred to be called Grandma Huang.

Their relaxed attitude stands in stark contrast to recent military maneuvers in the Taiwan Strait and terse statements from leaders in mainland China and Taiwan, which have been governed separately since the end of a civil war more than seven decades ago.

"We are all Chinese"

Taiwanese and US officials have publicly estimated that Beijing could have the capacity to invade the island within the next six years.

But on the streets of Taipei, the mood this week was mostly relaxed and confident. While a few people said they were a bit worried about threats of forced "reunification" by Beijing, many believed the Chinese government would never really go ahead with it.

"I think mainland China and Taiwan have always co-existed peacefully. There are Taiwanese people in mainland China, and there are mainland people here in Taiwan. We are all Chinese people," said Vicky Tsai, 38, a market trader in Taipei.

Vicky Tsai, a pork seller in Taipei, said China and Taiwan had managed to live peacefully together for the past 70 years.

The trader said military tensions didn't really have much impact on most people's daily lives, dismissing them as "games played by the upper class." "I think it is more important to earn money," she said.

Incursions by China's People's Liberation Army Air Force into Taiwan's ADIZ have become so routine in fact -- nearly 400 since May, according to Taiwan's Defense Ministry -- that the sorties rarely even make front page news domestically.

TLDR- People in Taiwan aren't worried about war with China, and believe nothing is going to happen, in spite of the West constantly making a big deal about it. One lady they interviewed even said that Taiwan and China can peacefully co-exist as they are all Chinese people.

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Peacefully coexist as two countries, right?

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Thanks for posting, I'm systematically putting all of the tankies on ignore and I hadn't thought of you

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TheRadiant posted...

Thanks for posting, I'm systematically putting all of the tankies on ignore and I hadn't thought of you

Acknowledging that some Taiwanese citizens aren't concerned about a war with China is hardly tankie territory.

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I always know America news like fearmongering same with Indonesia news.

Remember when America news say there powerful weapon in the making at Iraq?

Look what happens to Iraq now same with Afghanistan.
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s0nicfan posted...

Peacefully coexist as two countries, right?

Don't worry, these idiots aren't gonna see it until one day their government hands over the reigns to china in a quick deal after some years of "Coexistence" and they'll either accept it without fuss or they'll be too divided, too self interested or too busy shouting at each other to notice, just like how in the states nobody seems to notice or care that a lot of crazies are running for school district jobs now

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Yeah, the American media still hasn't gotten over the end of the War of Afghanistan and is desperate for a fresh war, even if it would be goddamned apocalyptic. Unless or until actual hostilities occur, there's not much reason to believe anything more than the standard posturing and sabre-rattling is happening.

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ScazarMeltex posted...

Acknowledging that some Taiwanese citizens aren't concerned about a war with China is hardly tankie territory.

I can tell you aren't aware of TC's posting history
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ScazarMeltex posted...

Acknowledging that some Taiwanese citizens aren't concerned about a war with China is hardly tankie territory.

Sure, but TC has certain thoughts on certain activities of China, so this topic is just a front to downplay the utter monstrosity that is the Chinese Government.
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People in Taiwan not worried about it doesnt mean anything though

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American paranoia over China is comical to me, spoiler the CCP are money hungry assholes who ain't fucking up their bottomline over what would be a pointless war.

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There is no war in Ba Sing Se.

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The media loves sensationalizing stuff but when you ask people one the ground in Asia about its pretty much always a nothingburger

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Well to be fair, the defense minister of Taiwan believes that China could take over Taiwan at any time if they wanted to but it would be costly - he believes it would be most economically viable for China to do so in 2025.

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Tbh, worrying about it as a regular person in Taiwan would just cause a lot of problems. Would massively raise the amount of stress you are under and it isnt like there is anything you can do about it anyways.

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