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We need to speak out against the drive to war over Taiwan
After decades of normalisation and closer relations between Taiwan and the rest of China, we on the left must recognise and denounce the West’s brazen sponsorship of a growing military rift, writes MIKE MARTIN
Protesters in Taipei hold a banner reading, ‘American warmongers are a scourge on Taiwan,’ May 2023
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FOR some years the US has been waging a campaign to prise Taiwan away from the mainland by encouraging separatist forces. Today its main instrument is the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which was elected in January 2016 and re-elected in 2020.
The 2021 AUKUS military alliance of the US, Britain and Australia has further militarised the South China Sea at the same time as the US has stepped up the supply of advanced weapons systems to Taiwan’s armed forces.
Previously the Chinese policy of “one country, two systems” on Taiwan, known as the One China principle, had maintained stable relations — affirming that although the mainland and Taiwan have different political systems, they are part of the same country with sovereignty residing in Beijing.
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