Taiwan and U.S. security officials hold rare meeting amid China tension

[bristolboy]

1 hour ago, tonbridgebrit said:

You want to talk about Germany. Germany was divided after World War Two, they're back to being a single nation. How about the two Chinas do the same thing ?
 

Because in the case of the West and East Germany, East Germany's economy was dysfunctional. . And of course East Germany was a police state. Is Taiwan's economy dysfunctional? And it's not Taiwan that's the police state, is it?

[tonbridgebrit]

6 hours ago, bristolboy said:

Because in the case of the West and East Germany, East Germany's economy was dysfunctional. . And of course East Germany was a police state. Is Taiwan's economy dysfunctional? And it's not Taiwan that's the police state, is it?

I don't really want to talk about Germany, because the issue of Germany simply confuses the issue, and it's not the same thing.

The point I'm trying to make is, is "IF you are part of a nation, just because you want to break away, that does NOT mean that you must be given permission to do so". 
Let's apply that with consistency.  An area that's in the southern bit of the USA, or South East England. The capital city has the right to declare that the attempt to break away is illegal. And I back and support Washington and London, if they want to fight a war to stop whatever bits that want to break away. From that, I support Beijing's attempt to stop Taiwan declaring independence.


Actually, back to Germany. Prior to 1945, there's no way that the Berlin government would have given permission for any part of Germany to break away from Germany.