- 16 Jul 2021 17:25
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It doesn't matter. I don't mind discussing Taiwan.
Let me give my opinion first: I don't think Taiwan's democracy is vibrant.
In Chinese mainland, we often say a word, "Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth." Let's look at the results of democracy in Taiwan.
Economically, Taiwan used to be one of the four most dynamic regions in Asia. The other three were S.Korea, Singapore and HongKong. Since Taiwan's so-called democratization, its economic level has gradually opened up a gap with the other three regions. Almost all of Taiwan's modern infrastructure and industries were completed before democratization, which failed to bring economic benefits to its people.
Fortunately, Chinese mainland's high-speed economic development and huge market saved Taiwan. In 2020, Taiwan's exports to Chinese mainland amounted to US $151 billion 452 million, accounting for 43.9% of Taiwan's total exports. The Chinese mainland has always been the largest export market and the largest source of surplus in Taiwan.
Politically, democratization has caused extreme divisions and antagonism among the people of Taiwan. The green DPP and the blue KMT, as well as their supporters, have been engaged in all kinds of fights on almost all political issues (even mass fights in the parliament, physically).
Just few days ago, in order to solve the problem of vaccine shortage in Taiwan, an entrepreneur with a blue background decided to donate 5 million doses of Pfizer-BNT vaccine to the government, but his request was blocked by the green government for more than a month because the DPP was afraid that the entrepreneur might participate in the general election in the future. Is this a vibrant democracy?
Taiwan's DPP government won the election by relying on its anti China policy, but it imported American ractopamine pork and bought a lot of American weapons (Taiwan is the largest buyer of American weapons in the world) regardless of the public's opposition. Is this a vibrant democracy?
To sum up, democracy has not brought any benefits to Taiwan people except legalizing homosexuality. On the contrary, because of the extreme Anti China policy of its elected government, Taiwan people have to live in the shadow of war and continue to use their taxes to buy American weapons.
Rugoz wrote:Well there's a place called Taiwan that is culturally Chinese and at the same time has a vibrant democracy that is open and transparent. Sorry for mentioning it .
It doesn't matter. I don't mind discussing Taiwan.
Let me give my opinion first: I don't think Taiwan's democracy is vibrant.
In Chinese mainland, we often say a word, "Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth." Let's look at the results of democracy in Taiwan.
Economically, Taiwan used to be one of the four most dynamic regions in Asia. The other three were S.Korea, Singapore and HongKong. Since Taiwan's so-called democratization, its economic level has gradually opened up a gap with the other three regions. Almost all of Taiwan's modern infrastructure and industries were completed before democratization, which failed to bring economic benefits to its people.
Fortunately, Chinese mainland's high-speed economic development and huge market saved Taiwan. In 2020, Taiwan's exports to Chinese mainland amounted to US $151 billion 452 million, accounting for 43.9% of Taiwan's total exports. The Chinese mainland has always been the largest export market and the largest source of surplus in Taiwan.
Politically, democratization has caused extreme divisions and antagonism among the people of Taiwan. The green DPP and the blue KMT, as well as their supporters, have been engaged in all kinds of fights on almost all political issues (even mass fights in the parliament, physically).
Just few days ago, in order to solve the problem of vaccine shortage in Taiwan, an entrepreneur with a blue background decided to donate 5 million doses of Pfizer-BNT vaccine to the government, but his request was blocked by the green government for more than a month because the DPP was afraid that the entrepreneur might participate in the general election in the future. Is this a vibrant democracy?
Taiwan's DPP government won the election by relying on its anti China policy, but it imported American ractopamine pork and bought a lot of American weapons (Taiwan is the largest buyer of American weapons in the world) regardless of the public's opposition. Is this a vibrant democracy?
To sum up, democracy has not brought any benefits to Taiwan people except legalizing homosexuality. On the contrary, because of the extreme Anti China policy of its elected government, Taiwan people have to live in the shadow of war and continue to use their taxes to buy American weapons.