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[nang2]

And it is as clear a reason as I can think of why Taiwan must resist such an agreement at all cost.

Few people in Taiwan are willing to fight against it with their own blood. Most of them want to fight against it with American blood. So, "at all cost" is just a cheap phrase.

 

[nang2]

right, they fund their multi billion dolor well funded advance military for only show and tell

Mostly symbolic. Americans won't let Taiwanese to lean on them outright because that will trigger an immediate war. Besides, it is a good way to suck some money out of Taiwanese.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

Hong Kong's sad situation serves as a cautionary tale for Taiwan.

Wow, what a sad situation we Hong Kongers have! One of the richest cities in the world, the second highest life expectancy in the world, constantly ranking at the top of the world in every competitiveness chart, global education scores, infrastructure quality, and every other possible metric of human development.

Man, maybe we should be more like India, don't you think so @patman?

As for the regime in Taiwan, their days are limited. China already has an overwhelming military advantage, just conventional rocket artillery alone can take out every military asset on the island in a few days. It's only a matter of China exercising strategic restraint, but that restraint will run out at around the 2020-2025 mark, when China's economic and military reforms are mostly completed. It's not a question of "if" but "when".

 

[ashok321]

Taiwan says Chinese carrier sails into its defense zone

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Chinese aircraft carrier the Liaoning entered Taiwan's air defense identification zone early on Wednesday morning on its way back from Hong Kong and is being monitored, Taiwan's defense ministry said, adding there was no cause for alarm.

The Liaoning left Hong Kong at noon on Tuesday, before entering Taiwan's defense zone by traveling in a northerly direction via the western side of the Taiwan Strait, the ministry said.

Taiwan was monitoring the situation, had detected nothing unusual and people should not be alarmed, it added.

The Soviet-built Liaoning, China's first aircraft carrier, had been in Hong Kong for events marking the 20th anniversary of the territory's return to Chinese rule from Britain.

It was the fourth time that the Liaoning has sailed near self-ruled Taiwan, which China claims as its own, in recent months for what Beijing has said were routine drills.

Earlier this month Taiwan scrambled jets to shadow the carrier as it made its way to Hong Kong.

China has never renounced the use of force to bring Taiwan, which China considers a wayward province, under its control.

 

[powastick]

This is suppose to be a non-story. Western media being retarded as always.

 

[TaiShang]

Mainland expresses gratitude for Taiwan's concern after earthquake
Xinhua, August 9, 2017

A Chinese mainland spokesperson Wednesday expressed gratitude for concern and condolences from Taiwan after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake in a remote area of southwest China's Sichuan Province.

The central committee of the Kuomintang (KMT) party in Taiwan conveyed its condolences and expressed hope that quake-hit residents can weather the difficulties and complete post-quake reconstruction as soon as possible, said Ma Xiaoguang, mainland spokesperson for the State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office.

Some Taiwan-funded companies have offered donations of money, food and relief materials, according to Ma.

The earthquake hit Jiuzhaigou County at 9:19 p.m. Tuesday at a depth of 20 kilometers, leaving at least 19 dead and 247 injured, including 40 in serious conditions, according to local authorities.

http://china.org.cn/china/2017-08/09/content_41380708.htm

 

[TaiShang]

Taiwanese youth rush to China for jobs
Updated By on Aug 28, 2017, 09:00 am

By Hong Soon-do, Beijing correspondent, AsiaToday

The situation of Chinese and Taiwanese youth is reversing recently. At the beginning of the century, the young people in the mainland went to Taiwan for better jobs, but now it's completely contrary and the reversal case is becoming so natural. Moreover, this situation is likely to be fixed in the future, and it seems certain that choosing to work in China will become a trend among young Taiwanese.

The new Taiwanese cabin crew of China's XiamenAir. The salary and employment conditions in China are known to be much better than Taiwan./ Source: Xinhua News


According to Beijing sources on Monday, this can be proved by statistics. Among 720,000 Taiwanese young adults who moved overseas for better job opportunities, 58.3% of them are working in Mainland China. Considering that most of them are younger than 35 years old, it's not hard to imagine how the situation is.

What's even more shocking is that nearly 70% of them are high-quality human resources with an undergraduate degree or higher. This means that Taiwan is suffering a serious brain drain, with Mainland China as the main beneficiary. Moreover, many of those young Taiwanese, who had led the student movement calling for Taiwan's independence for the past several years, have gone to China for better job opportunities. Although they insisted that Taiwanese people should stand up against China, they have chosen to give up their ideal after facing with the harsh reality of graduation. We should also mention that many young Taiwanese stewardesses, who are one of high-quality human resources, have started to move to China to chase careers since China's XiamenAir hired 35 Taiwanese stewardesses recently.

There are reasons why young Taiwanese are heading to China. The biggest reason is Taiwan's economy that has not been able to come out of recession for more than a decade. It's natural for Taiwanese youth to turn eyes to China that offers better job opportunities instead of being unemployed. Currently, a university graduate could expect an average monthly salary of around TW$28,300 (US$939.1) in Taiwan. Meanwhile, a good company in China could offer an average monthly salary of around 7,000 yuan (US$1,051.80). Given the fact that prices in China are much lower than in Taiwan, the value of 7,000 yuan is certainly higher. Besides, Chinese companies are actively alluring Taiwanese youth to the mainland.

The gap between the Chinese and Taiwanese economy keeps widening. And it seems certain that Taiwanese youth will continue to pick China for jobs in the near future.

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I agree the points above, but I do not believe that it is a brain drain. It is just a movement between Mainland and one of its island provinces.

As we speak, life in Mainland for Taiwan residents is getting better. I personally know so many of my colleagues and professors heading for a nice position in Mainland universities.

Great synergy and development.

 

[samsara]

@TaiShang the 1st paragraph has a typo: "...At the beginning of the century, the young people in the mainland went to China for better jobs..." ==> should be Taiwan

 

[TaiShang]

@TaiShang the 1st paragraph has a typo: "...At the beginning of the century, the young people in the mainland went to China for better jobs..." ==> should be Taiwan

Thank you, bro. This is a Korean paper and their reports are quite informative. The editor must have missed the typo. I have revised it.

On a second thought, both sides are China, hence, no matter you go back and forth, you are still going to China.