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Moreover, U. The PRC viewed these developments as threats to its national security and regional leadership.

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In the interest of bolstering its strategic position in the Taiwan Strait, the PRC began to bombard Jinmen in September , and soon expanded its targets to include Mazu and the Dachen Islands. Discussions centered on whether this maneuver would reopen the Chinese Civil War and, if so, what effect that would have on U. Although the treaty did not commit the United States to defending the off-shore islands, it promised support if the ROC engaged in a broader conflict with the PRC.

The situation in the Strait deteriorated in late and early , prompting the U. Government to act. In January , the U.

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The U. Government then announced its determination to defend Taiwan against communist attack, although it did not specify the territory included within its defensive perimeter. In exchange for a private promise to defend Jinmen and Mazu, however, Chiang Kai-shek agreed to withdraw his troops from Dachen, which was strategically ambiguous and difficult to defend. The Eisenhower Administration considered many options, ranging from convincing Chiang Kai-shek to give up the islands to employing nuclear weapons against the PRC.

In September, , the PRC and the United States began talks at Geneva to address the issue of repatriation of nationals, but also to discuss preventing the escalation of future conflicts. Although there were good reasons for the PRC to stand down in , it resumed its bombardment of Jinmen and Mazu in This time, the PRC took advantage of the fact that international attention was focused on U. The PRC also wanted to protest continued U. Optional email code. Remember me. Editors note: This is a very good article showing why the rise of China is not simply the rise of another big country.


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Harvard political scientist Graham Allison treats us to a selection of these in his recent book Destined for War. This is the biggest player in the history of the world. If Lee was right, then there can be only one outcome. It will not be the Chinese people who rise to inherit the earth, who wake to shake the world.

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It will be the Communist Party. Chinese citizens have been indoctrinated for decades with the idea that Party is country. The idea was introduced by paramount leader Deng Xiaoping soon after the Tiananmen Square Massacre of He wanted to make sure that citizens would never again rise up as they did in When they do grasp the difference, they are open to becoming critics of the party-state without feeling they are betraying their homeland.

This leads firstly to defensive reactions from patriotic Chinese, and secondly to criticism from Westerners highly attuned to issues of racism.

Accusations are flung back and forth, confusion reigns in both East and West, and all the while the Communist Party quietly extends its influence across the globe. So how concerned should we be? They could have given him a hundred and one answers. Today, the Communist Party stifles criticism and dictates policy far beyond Chinese borders, 3 controlling NGOs and businesses, silencing dissidents, and filling Western university boards with CCP sympathisers.

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Those who do stray into the forbidden areas of discussion are summarily punished. The German manufacturer Leica made the mistake of referring to the Tiananmen Square Massacre in one of its adverts, and was forced to issue a full apology. This craven behaviour is making the Party confident—so confident, in fact, that it has begun arresting the citizens of other countries. They locked British businessman Peter Humphrey into an iron chair inside a steel cage and drugged him in order to elicit a confession. But the kidnapping of journalists and publishers on the other side of the world reveals another attitude entirely.

The Chinese authorities apparently believe that the citizens of all countries come under their jurisdiction. This is more than aggressive nationalism, this is imperialism. Drunk with self-confidence, the Party is now attempting to fully absorb Hong Kong. This is in accordance with an agreement between China and the United Kingdom that is supposed to last until CCP officials have been appointed to the Hong Kong government, and legal changes have been made to bring the territory under greater mainland control.

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The newest change is a proposed amendment to an extradition law allowing criminal suspects to be moved onto the mainland. This law would officially apply to those facing sentences of seven years or more, but that is little consolation to the people of Hong Kong. They know that the Communist Party routinely conjures serious charges out of thin air when it wants to imprison its political opponents. No one takes the Party seriously when it claims as it often does that China is a country ruled by law: the claim is fatally undermined by a 99 percent conviction rate. And if you are extradited to China then you finished—in some cases literally.

At the very least, you are certain to be tortured in police custody. The people of Hong Kong are not taking this lying down: they have gathered for mass protests in recent weeks. Unfortunately, there may be little they can do. The bill has been suspended for the moment, but it will inevitably be reintroduced at some point.

But the Party adopts the same imperialist approach further afield, and without the mask of international agreements. Taiwan is a sovereign democratic state. Taiwanese enjoy all kinds of freedoms: speech, press, assembly, religion, political participation, the rule of law, and, since May, same-sex marriage.