Many people commenting on this site have no understanding of the Chinese culture, language, or the inner workings of the CCP, and did not even notice the narrative shift from three years ago to now with respect to the CCP and Taiwan. Many here also don't know anything about Taiwan nor the Taiwanese culture (which by the way is somewhat different from the Chinese culture).
Three years ago, the main narrative was that the CCP is bad. Communism is bad in general, so the CCP is no different. Even though Trump called Xi a friend (until COVID hit the US), it does not change the fact that he didn't want socialism or communism in the US (at least he said so publicly many times over and over).
Shortly after the 2020 elections, the narrative was still that China and the CCP worked with the Democrats to steal the election. And Patel Patriot's devolution series, at least the early ones (I haven't read any of the ones past entry #10) was centred around the idea that the 2020 election was a Chinese attack.
Then in 2021 around the Afghanistan debacle, I noticed people like decodingsymbolism singing the tune that the CCP China is good and Taiwan is bad.
Shortly after Ukraine-Russia conflict, Clandestine strengthened that narrative, and now many here believe Taiwan is deep state.
Well, guess what? Every country has a deep state, that's the f---ing truth. It's not isolated to Ukraine or Taiwan.
We should all focus on our own problems at home first before worrying about whether China attacking Taiwan is a good thing or not. The 2020 elections and subsequent issues have not been fixed, Canada is using Dominion for more elections now, and so are other Western countries. The societal morals have been flashed down the toilet.
By the way, China is full on with the social credit system and you can't go anywhere unless your health code is green. It doesn't take much to realize the CCP isn't for the good of humanity.
Digital ID is still going full steam ahead in the West by the way, and I don't see any influencers supposedly on the conservative side drawing attention to it.
The CCP founded the PRC after they drove the KMT (Kuomintang) out of mainland China. The ROC ruled Taiwan since 1945 and the CCP ruled mainland China since 1949.
However, lesser known to even the Chinese and Taiwanese people, the CCP and KMT are actually just different factions within the same party. The founder, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, needed money to buy weapons and build an army in the early years of the ROC to combat different warlords, so he went and got assistance from the Soviet and Communist International. The condition was that he had to accept members of the CCP into the KMT, which he did on the condition that they joined as individual members and not as part of the Communist Party. In reality, a communist faction formed within the KMT.
Throughout the 1920s all the way to the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949, it was really just a power struggle within the KMT gone really bad. CKS and Mao are actually distant relatives.
Soong Mei-ling (CKS' second wife) has an older sister who married Dr. Sun Yat-Sen and she later on joined the CCP and was an influential figure within the CCP until her final days. Dr. Sun Yat-Sen even said himself that he believed communism is a form of economic ideology and not a political system (but I think even he didn't see how communism would later evolve), which was largely why he accepted members of the CCP into KMT in the first place.
Fast forward to the 2010s, there were three different main factions within the CCP: the Deng faction (commonly referred to as Taizidang or the prince faction, descendents of founding party members who believe they are entitled to all the benefits of CCP rule), the Jiang faction (Jiang Zemin's people) and the third faction who hate either faction. Xi's father was a victim of the early power struggle and Xi himself was bullied by the descendents of the early founding members during his childhood.
After Xi came to power, he realized that if he didn't want to end up with the same fate as Hu Jintao (who was commonly viewed as a puppet even within China), he had to consolidate power. He began a campaign on fighting corruption, but in reality it was just an excuse for him to round up political dissidents. Xi has survived numerous attempts on his life, and he has replaced many within the leadership ranks of the PLA, although just like in the US military, there are still different factions within the PLA.
Some people within the PLA want to cause trouble for Xi, and they know that by attacking Taiwan, it could result in Xi's fall.
Another little known fact - when Xi was based in Fujian decades ago, the current Taiwanese president, Tsai Ing-wen, was part of the cross-strait relations committee and had met Xi a few times. After Xi came to power, through unofficial communications channels (the PRC and ROC have unofficial communications channels even though officially they do not recognize one another as the legitimate ruler of the whole of China), Xi told Tsai that as long as he is in power, China will not attack Taiwan by force.
The China-Taiwan relationship is very complicated even for Chinese and Taiwanese people. Unless one knows the Chinese languages and understands the cultures and politics, it is very difficult to get an accurate read on the situation.
Very well said. I want to hear what your opinion is on Xi himself. My personal impression - drastically different from the prevailing one here, I know - is that he wants to be de facto emperor and all his actions have been striving toward this goal.
Much like Putin is Russia first and Trump is America first, Xi is China first (with a backup plan - Xi's daughter is a naturalized American citizen).
China first in the sense that it is the Chinese form of communism first, not the Chinese people; and that China has to dominate the Asian continent. In some ways he has to seek to be the Chinese ruler for life, because if he doesn't, he'll end up either in house arrest or dead after his time in power.
By the way, two decades ago there was a leaked Jesuits plan that the world be divided into 4 major powers: America, Russia, China and the last one I can't remember. Look how close we are to that reality.
Many people commenting on this site have no understanding of the Chinese culture, language, or the inner workings of the CCP, and did not even notice the narrative shift from three years ago to now with respect to the CCP and Taiwan. Many here also don't know anything about Taiwan nor the Taiwanese culture (which by the way is somewhat different from the Chinese culture).
Three years ago, the main narrative was that the CCP is bad. Communism is bad in general, so the CCP is no different. Even though Trump called Xi a friend (until COVID hit the US), it does not change the fact that he didn't want socialism or communism in the US (at least he said so publicly many times over and over).
Shortly after the 2020 elections, the narrative was still that China and the CCP worked with the Democrats to steal the election. And Patel Patriot's devolution series, at least the early ones (I haven't read any of the ones past entry #10) was centred around the idea that the 2020 election was a Chinese attack.
Then in 2021 around the Afghanistan debacle, I noticed people like decodingsymbolism singing the tune that the CCP China is good and Taiwan is bad.
Shortly after Ukraine-Russia conflict, Clandestine strengthened that narrative, and now many here believe Taiwan is deep state.
Well, guess what? Every country has a deep state, that's the f---ing truth. It's not isolated to Ukraine or Taiwan.
We should all focus on our own problems at home first before worrying about whether China attacking Taiwan is a good thing or not. The 2020 elections and subsequent issues have not been fixed, Canada is using Dominion for more elections now, and so are other Western countries. The societal morals have been flashed down the toilet.
By the way, China is full on with the social credit system and you can't go anywhere unless your health code is green. It doesn't take much to realize the CCP isn't for the good of humanity.
Digital ID is still going full steam ahead in the West by the way, and I don't see any influencers supposedly on the conservative side drawing attention to it.
Wrong.
It was that the PRC and CCP are seperate, and that the CCP is still bad, but the PRC is like any other country ruled over by the cabal.
Also some speculation that the CCP's true leaders actually reside in Taiwan, which by the way, used to belong to Japan.
The CCP founded the PRC after they drove the KMT (Kuomintang) out of mainland China. The ROC ruled Taiwan since 1945 and the CCP ruled mainland China since 1949.
However, lesser known to even the Chinese and Taiwanese people, the CCP and KMT are actually just different factions within the same party. The founder, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, needed money to buy weapons and build an army in the early years of the ROC to combat different warlords, so he went and got assistance from the Soviet and Communist International. The condition was that he had to accept members of the CCP into the KMT, which he did on the condition that they joined as individual members and not as part of the Communist Party. In reality, a communist faction formed within the KMT.
Throughout the 1920s all the way to the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949, it was really just a power struggle within the KMT gone really bad. CKS and Mao are actually distant relatives.
Soong Mei-ling (CKS' second wife) has an older sister who married Dr. Sun Yat-Sen and she later on joined the CCP and was an influential figure within the CCP until her final days. Dr. Sun Yat-Sen even said himself that he believed communism is a form of economic ideology and not a political system (but I think even he didn't see how communism would later evolve), which was largely why he accepted members of the CCP into KMT in the first place.
Fast forward to the 2010s, there were three different main factions within the CCP: the Deng faction (commonly referred to as Taizidang or the prince faction, descendents of founding party members who believe they are entitled to all the benefits of CCP rule), the Jiang faction (Jiang Zemin's people) and the third faction who hate either faction. Xi's father was a victim of the early power struggle and Xi himself was bullied by the descendents of the early founding members during his childhood.
After Xi came to power, he realized that if he didn't want to end up with the same fate as Hu Jintao (who was commonly viewed as a puppet even within China), he had to consolidate power. He began a campaign on fighting corruption, but in reality it was just an excuse for him to round up political dissidents. Xi has survived numerous attempts on his life, and he has replaced many within the leadership ranks of the PLA, although just like in the US military, there are still different factions within the PLA.
Some people within the PLA want to cause trouble for Xi, and they know that by attacking Taiwan, it could result in Xi's fall.
Another little known fact - when Xi was based in Fujian decades ago, the current Taiwanese president, Tsai Ing-wen, was part of the cross-strait relations committee and had met Xi a few times. After Xi came to power, through unofficial communications channels (the PRC and ROC have unofficial communications channels even though officially they do not recognize one another as the legitimate ruler of the whole of China), Xi told Tsai that as long as he is in power, China will not attack Taiwan by force.
The China-Taiwan relationship is very complicated even for Chinese and Taiwanese people. Unless one knows the Chinese languages and understands the cultures and politics, it is very difficult to get an accurate read on the situation.
Very well said. I want to hear what your opinion is on Xi himself. My personal impression - drastically different from the prevailing one here, I know - is that he wants to be de facto emperor and all his actions have been striving toward this goal.
Much like Putin is Russia first and Trump is America first, Xi is China first (with a backup plan - Xi's daughter is a naturalized American citizen).
China first in the sense that it is the Chinese form of communism first, not the Chinese people; and that China has to dominate the Asian continent. In some ways he has to seek to be the Chinese ruler for life, because if he doesn't, he'll end up either in house arrest or dead after his time in power.
By the way, two decades ago there was a leaked Jesuits plan that the world be divided into 4 major powers: America, Russia, China and the last one I can't remember. Look how close we are to that reality.
Sometimes an upvote is not enough. Thank you for the high-effort post. Much appreciated, fren.