It is possible that China will claim Taiwan as a part of China and conquer it like Iraq took Kuwait and China took Tibet. The USA went to war with Iraq and won but the chances of the USA starting a war with China is highly improbable, especially after 20 years of war with the Taliban and then leaving Afghanistan to the Taliban.
Taiwan asked for Australia's help in case China attacked them. Australia is not a Super Nuclear power. It stands no chance against the Military power of Chaina. The USA could be a match but the question is, will the USA fight China? NO. I Don't think so. What do you think?
Want to know what China did with neighbour Tibet? READ TIBET'S HISTORY
"We are a small, religious, and independent nation."
- the 13th Dalai Lama, 1913. Tibetan army waves the Tibetan flag at a military parade in Lhasa, 1938 (credit: Bundesarchiv Bild)
Tibet has a rich history as a nation, existing side-by-side with China for centuries. In 1950, the newly established Chinese Communist regime decided that Tibet must become a permanent part of the People's Republic of China and launched an invasion.
For China, possessing Tibet gave access to rich natural resources and allowed it to militarise the strategically important border with India. With 40,000 Chinese troops in its sparsely populated country, the Tibetan government - led by the still teenaged Dalai Lama - was forced to recognise China's rule in return for promises to protect Tibet's political system and Tibetan Buddhism.
China failed to keep its promises and ongoing Tibetan resistance came to a head-on on 10 March 1959. Hundreds of thousands of Tibetans surrounded the Potala Palace in Lhasa fearing that the Dalai Lama was about to be kidnapped or assassinated. The uprising was brutally suppressed and the Dalai Lama was forced to flee into exile.
The 10th of March is now commemorated as National Uprising Day by Tibetans and supporters across the world.
To this day Tibet remains an independent state under illegal occupation.
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Kris ~ Dreamweaver
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6th October 2021.
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ONE CHINA POLICY
For decades, US presidents have had to grapple with a hugely sensitive tightrope known as the "One China" policy. The BBC explains what it consists in.
What is the 'One China' policy?
Flag bearer Rong Jing of China leads the team entering the stadium during the Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games at Maracana Stadium on 7 September 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Image source, Getty Images
For decades, US presidents have had to grapple with a hugely sensitive tightrope known as the "One China" policy. The BBC explains what it consists in.
What is the 'One China' policy?
It is the diplomatic acknowledgement of China's position that there is only one Chinese government. Under the policy, the US recognises and has formal ties with China rather than the island of Taiwan, which China sees as a breakaway province to be reunified with the mainland one day.
The One China policy is a key cornerstone of Sino-US relations. It is also a fundamental bedrock of Chinese policy-making and diplomacy. However, it is distinct from the One China principle, whereby China insists Taiwan is an inalienable part of one China to be reunified one day.
The US policy is not an endorsement of Beijing's position and indeed as part of the policy, Washington maintains a "robust unofficial" relationship with Taiwan, including continued arms sales to the island so that it can defend itself.
Although Taiwan's government claims it is an independent country officially called the "Republic of China", any country that wants diplomatic relations with mainland China must break official ties with Taipei.
This has resulted in Taiwan's diplomatic isolation from the international community.
How did it come about?
The policy can be traced back to 1949 and the end of the Chinese Civil War. The defeated Nationalists, also known as the Kuomintang, retreated to Taiwan and made it their seat of government while the victorious Communists began ruling the mainland as the People's Republic of China. Both sides said they represented all of China.
Since then China's ruling Communist Party has threatened to use force if Taiwan ever formally declares independence, but it has also pursued a softer diplomatic track with the island in recent years.
Honour guards prepare to raise the Taiwan flag in the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall square ahead of the Taiwanese presidential election on 14 January 2016 in Taipei, TaiwanImage source, Getty Images
Image caption, Taiwan's government was set up by the Kuomintang, whose party logo is reflected in Taiwan's flag
Initially, many governments including the US recognised Taiwan as they shied away from Communist China. But the diplomatic winds shifted as China and the United States saw a mutual need to develop relations beginning in the 1970s, with the US and other countries cutting ties with Taipei in favour of Beijing.
Many however still maintain informal relations with Taiwan through trade offices or cultural institutes, and the US remains Taiwan's most important security ally.
When did the US subscribe to it?
File photo shows former US President Jimmy Carter and China's paramount leader Deng Xiaoping hugging each other 29 June 1987 in Beijing, after signing an agreement between China and Global 2000Image source, Getty/AFP
Image caption, Jimmy Carter (L) hugs China's Deng Xiaoping after relations between the two countries improved
After years of warming relations, the US established formal diplomatic ties with Beijing in 1979 under President Jimmy Carter.
As a result, the US had to sever ties with Taiwan and closed its Taipei embassy.
But that same year it also passed the Taiwan Relations Act, which guarantees support for the island. Crucially, this act states that the US must help Taiwan defend itself - which is why the US continues to sell arms to Taiwan. The US has also said it insists on the peaceful resolution of differences between the two sides and encourages both sides to pursue "constructive dialogue".
It maintains an unofficial presence in Taipei via the American Institute in Taiwan, a private corporation through which it carries out diplomatic activities.
Who are the winners and losers?
Beijing has obviously benefited the most from the policy, which has cast Taiwan out into the diplomatic wilderness.
Taiwan is not recognised as an independent country by much of the world nor even the United Nations. It undergoes extraordinary naming contortions just to participate in events and institutions like the Olympic Games and the World Trade Organization.
But even in its isolation, Taiwan has not entirely lost out.
A handout picture released by the Office of the President Taiwan on 3 December 2016 shows Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen having a phone conversation with US President-elect Donald Trump late evening in Taipei, Taiwan, 2 December 2016.Image source, EPA
Image caption, Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen spoke to Mr Trump in early December 2016, breaking decades of US diplomatic protocol
It maintains vibrant economic and cultural ties with neighbours and leverages on its long-term emotional relationship with the US to extract concessions.
It employs a small group of powerful lobbyists in Washington DC including former senator Bob Dole, who US media reported helped to arrange contacts that culminated in a controversial phone call between Donald Trump and Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen.
As for the US, it can benefit from formal relations with China - its biggest foreign lender and a top trade partner - while quietly continuing to maintain strong ties with Taiwan.
The One China policy is a delicate balancing act that the US has perfected over the decades. How Washington can continue doing remains to be seen.
