#artisanal bullshit essays full of holes that suck a lot

[cometchasr]

take like how i eat salt (straight from jar with plastic medicine spoon)

on taiwan, the very nature of the separation and time has made it so that there is now a great disconnect between the mainland and the island, even with the proliferation of the internet and general closer ties that have been made between the two sides of the strait. no matter who wins in the election, if xi and the CCP wishes for their hard-sought reunification of the core sinosphere, they must be extremely careful and remember what comes after. it is not winning the war that matters, even if the war has been going since 1949: what truly matters is winning the peace. i don't believe reunification is really possible in the current state. both sides are just too removed and different by this point, and an integration will be much worse than anything hong kong posed (especially since the timeframe, relations and population for taiwan are much larger in scale).

in the end, most people simply wish to preserve the peace. all sides need to walk a fine line: KMT/TPP must not become too pro-china lest the electorate stops supporting them, and the DPP cannot stir up too much conflict in cross-strait relations. in this case, what has been going on during tsai's presidency is almost certainly unsustainable.

as the internet continues to connect both sides of the strait together, though, they will understand and work together more. maybe i'll see reform of the mainland and reunification within my lifetime, finally healing the rift. i doubt it, though. the leaders will refuse to change.

but then, what do i know?

[cometchasr]

best case scenario, taiwan's democratic system is retained, relations with china are improved, and cross-strait tensions are lessened. maybe they could send us in singapore some help getting people to be better at chinese too. and hopefully, far enough down the line, the populations of both sides will understand each other, reunification is achieved, and the CCP actually becomes a leftist state instead of the ridiculous sort of oligarchy it is. i refuse your words, lee kuan yew.

take like how i eat salt (straight from jar with plastic medicine spoon)

on taiwan, the very nature of the separation and time has made it so that there is now a great disconnect between the mainland and the island, even with the proliferation of the internet and general closer ties that have been made between the two sides of the strait. no matter who wins in the election, if xi and the CCP wishes for their hard-sought reunification of the core sinosphere, they must be extremely careful and remember what comes after. it is not winning the war that matters, even if the war has been going since 1949: what truly matters is winning the peace. i don't believe reunification is really possible in the current state. both sides are just too removed and different by this point, and an integration will be much worse than anything hong kong posed (especially since the timeframe, relations and population for taiwan are much larger in scale).

in the end, most people simply wish to preserve the peace. all sides need to walk a fine line: KMT/TPP must not become too pro-china lest the electorate stops supporting them, and the DPP cannot stir up too much conflict in cross-strait relations. in this case, what has been going on during tsai's presidency is almost certainly unsustainable.

as the internet continues to connect both sides of the strait together, though, they will understand and work together more. maybe i'll see reform of the mainland and reunification within my lifetime, finally healing the rift. i doubt it, though. the leaders will refuse to change.

but then, what do i know?

[cometchasr]

this issue is the actual most complicated one in modern history, never mind what the liberals say about the one in the levant (the one they started). very obviously, china is not the best country. china is in fact very far from being free. the nine dash line is a greatly disappointing imperialist move designed by the CCP to exert hegemony on the peoples of southeast asia. reunification of the core sinosphere cannot happen like this, but at the same time i believe reunification should happen, if only to bring china back together. i dont see it happening though, not when everyone in the area is a fucking asshole

take like how i eat salt (straight from jar with plastic medicine spoon)

on taiwan, the very nature of the separation and time has made it so that there is now a great disconnect between the mainland and the island, even with the proliferation of the internet and general closer ties that have been made between the two sides of the strait. no matter who wins in the election, if xi and the CCP wishes for their hard-sought reunification of the core sinosphere, they must be extremely careful and remember what comes after. it is not winning the war that matters, even if the war has been going since 1949: what truly matters is winning the peace. i don't believe reunification is really possible in the current state. both sides are just too removed and different by this point, and an integration will be much worse than anything hong kong posed (especially since the timeframe, relations and population for taiwan are much larger in scale).

in the end, most people simply wish to preserve the peace. all sides need to walk a fine line: KMT/TPP must not become too pro-china lest the electorate stops supporting them, and the DPP cannot stir up too much conflict in cross-strait relations. in this case, what has been going on during tsai's presidency is almost certainly unsustainable.

as the internet continues to connect both sides of the strait together, though, they will understand and work together more. maybe i'll see reform of the mainland and reunification within my lifetime, finally healing the rift. i doubt it, though. the leaders will refuse to change.

but then, what do i know?