Can China own taiwan with US helping taiwan?
350027
If you mean can China take Taiwan even though it is allied to the USA, that is anybody's guess. China does not have much of a navy; the USA has a very powerful navy, backed up with intercontinental nuclear missiles. China is unlikely to seize Taiwan because China and the USA are very entangled in trade right now. Alienating the USA as a trading partner would be suicide for China.
799161
Bound's hubby here:\n\nI am presuming you mean "The People's Republic of China" and not Taiwan. The People's Republic is a Communist country, and does not permit private ownership of firearms. (And yes, in most places air rifles are not considered firearms, but in this instance ... the term applies!)\n\nGood luck!
880591
The tours given the Chinese (or any other FNs -- "Foreign Nationals" in military-speak) are carefully controlled-- they don't see anything we don't want them to see.  If they showed us obsolete equipment, the message they're sending is "we're weak"... but we know that it isn't true.  If we show them more modern equipment (but still not classified), then we're showing them "we're strong"... and they know it IS true.\n\nIn terms of equipment, weapons, etc., we are far ahead of the Chinese.  However, in a land war the Chinese are pretty much unbeatable... think about their population.  If we killed 1000 Chinese for every American lost, they'd still have a large Army after we were all dead and gone.  \n\nSo the Chinese know that we've got much stronger weaponry, and don't mess with us militarily (note that Taiwan is still 'independent'!), and we know that in a war of attrition the only way the Chinese will lose is we've already long since lost, and it's the end of the world... And so we don't fight each other militarily.\n\nRegarding trade, I suspect the Chinese say that if the Americans are dumb enough to keep lowering taxes and increasing their national debt, they'll keep buying up that debt... if they decided to call in their notes, just from the last six years since the balanced budget was turned into a massive deficit, the US would be officially bankrupted.  The Chinese don't want that, because we're a great market.\n\nSo peace is maintained, almost despite ourselves!
112189
Because a country will not be a country if it declines to be one. In the 1970s, Taiwan has always attended UN meetings as a representative of China (the representative of China is now Beijing). Furthermore, to be a country, recognition is needed (the other criteria stated in the Montevideo Convention as having a defined territory, permanent population, a stable government, capacity to enter into foreign relations, self-determination), so as long as Taiwan lacks the recognition to be a state on its own, it will not be one.
1152244
As a matter of fact,taiwan is always be a part of China from long\nlong ago.\nthat's no doult.
394389
I think our relationship with China is on even keel....but bordering on adversarial unfortunately.\n\nTheir military build up is on going and for what?  Who are they getting ready to fight?  Probably no one....but we are in debt to the Chinese in the billions of dollars.  Eventually we will have to concede that they are on our tier of dominance.\n\nI agree with a previous poster's analysis in that they will be the superpower on one....it may not be real soon, but it will be one day.\n\nThis is the thing.  Small thing.  All they have do is....drumroll please.........convert to some form of democracy.  That's all.  Nothing major.  They can do that in a few weeks.  \n\nSeriously.....Communism does not work.  And look at what America is trying to do.  Bush was over there wanting China is ease up on religious tolerance....along with a few other things.  But see....we don't really want them to have a democratic system....we want them to have widespread, capitalistic tendency.....democracy-styled freedoms.  There is a massive difference.\n\nWe don't want a mega copy of us.....we are Miller, or Budweiser.  We want them to be Zima.
108875
Realistically, I would say China looks like a good bet. I want it to be America, but I would be lying if I said that China won't eventually surpase the US.
449429
Only if he could become China's Head of State then he might be able to help USA! One small problem, they know how useless he is!
47613
no. there will NOT be a war between taiwan and china. Taiwan IS an independent country not a province of china. the main reason that china wants taiwan to be part of it is because of the economic issues. all they really want is to make taiwan their gangway(something like that, im not sure though). what they really want from taiwan is um...economy which also means money and trade relations. right now, its illegal for people from china to come to taiwan for business motivations though its legal for taiwanese people to have factories and family industries in china. they are only allowed to visit. so if they destroy taiwan what benefit do they get? i mean if the land of taiwan is destroyed then there wouldnt be any advantages left. they will not use military force against taiwan. currently they are trying to negotiate.
636183
From the beginning of the twentieth century, Taiwan has been separate from China.  First, as Formosa, it was a colony of Japan.  After WWII, Taiwan was liberated from the Japanese, and four years later China's nationalist government was defeated by the Communists.  They fled to Taiwan and established their government-in-exile in Taipei.  Still today, Taiwan's official name is The Republic of China.  Taiwan's government favors eventual reunification with China, on the condition that China is a democratic nation.\n\nTaiwan views itself as independent from Beijing's sovereignty, and most countries support this reality.  Taiwan is not recognized as a sovereign nation in the UN because of China's "One-China Policy", which states that any nation wanting trade and political relations with China cannot openly support Taiwanese independence.  China views Taiwan as a "renegade province."
250919
the conflicts can never be resolved unless either tw is ready to be unified or china is ready to give up taiwan...but non o fthis is going to happen....coz first of all....one should know that...when ppl say 50% of taiwanese would like to unify with china.....they meane to say....unified with LIBERY PARTY in china and not COMMUNIST PARTY..besides the buttom line for unfication drawn by tw is that china should achieve democracy first....which is not at all possible for atleast 50 to 100 yrs...perhaps not ever....and why is china so VOWED to rule over tw??first of all....tw's geographic location is too important for china to ignore....incase a major war breaks out...tw is just like door to the south east part of china...which is the major economic booming region...which includes shanghai....secondly....taiwan is just like a lamb stuck between 2 big wolfes..the usa and china.....sounds like a war game huh.....therefore....china tw issue can be resolved  only when either side of nation collapsed all of sudden or completely.....if china collapsed like soviet union....tw's got go a head for independence...but if tw failed at maintaining part of major economic force in asia....then perhaps the owrld wouldnt give a damn about tw....
66178
Puerto Rico is a U.S. Commonwealth ("estado libre asociado" [free associate state]in Spanish).\n\nAs other answerers have already stated Taiwan split from communist China; however, China does not recognize Taiwan's independence and basically considers it to be a rogue province.
484426
Chief Allies: American Consumers, Iran\nArchenemies: Japan/India\n$50 billion per year of foreign investment, a labor force that survives on $70 a month, has enjoyed a 9% GDP growth for 25 years....all under state controlled pseudo-capitalism, has a spiking fuel addiction, and just inked a $70 billion three-decade natural gas deal with Iran\n\nEconomy: China has an economy so robust that to keep the value of its “Yuan” in check, the People’s Bank of China has been propping up our currency by accumulating American dollars, bonds, and treasuries—about $533 billion at last count.  By keeping the currency undervalued, the Chinese are telling the world, “We can provide you with low-cost goods,” Communism may be nearly dead in all but the name in China, but it survives in the form of one last taboo: the fact that the right of an individual to won agricultural land is tenuous (weak) at best.\n\nProblem: China needs to address the fact that its farmers have missed out on the double-digit growh that has transformed urban China and turned its richest cities into some of the most dynamic in Asia.\n\nProblem: If China decided to drop/dump its dollar reserve on the world currency market, interest rates here could skyrocket, severely damaging our stock and housing markets.  However, that probably won’t happen because China needs American prosperity to continue its growth, and Americans with extra dollars love Chinese imports.  It keeps the Chinese economic juggernaut rolling.
224303
If President Chen losses the initiative for Taiwan to be on the road towards independence, then the inevitable incorporation to mainland China will follow. Maybe not at the present moment, but a definite possibility in fifty years time. The endemic problem of Taiwan, which is similar to South Korea, was that its geo-political existence was shaped by the Cold War. Through the Cold War, the KMT reiterated that the legitimacy of their China was the only alternative, even after the majority of UN recognized mainland China as the 'only China.' Taiwan could have declared itself as an independent nation then and there, as mainland China at that time still lacked the economic and international clout it currently possesses. Due to Cold War geo-politics and KMT short-sightedness, the KMT believed the fairytale of a possible war between East and West, between Communism and Democracy, thereby regaining the lost provinces in mainland China. \nThe present situation is a geo-political fiasco for Taiwan. Perhaps the only democratic Chinese nation on Earth, it neither recognized by 93 percent of nations, and not granted a seat in the UN. Even the Palestinian Liberation Organization was provided an honorary seat whilst conducting an intifadah against Israel. To make matters worse, 70percent of overseas Taiwanese investments are in China, making the island vulnerable to a hostile mainland China. Most of all, a substantial portion of Taiwanese believe in Pan-Chinese unity, whereas emotional loyalty and attachment is still tied to the mainland. It is unsurprising that a large percentage of President Chen's supporters are native Taiwanese, not post-Chinese Civil War immigrants and refugees. \nChina is a growing power, not a great power nor a superpower, but a potential nonetheless. In fifty years time, the status quo would definitely change, if China maintained its current performance and furthered improved in its development. China would become a regional power, with the economic muscle, thereby increasing its geo-political influence, thus dwarfing that of Taiwan. Rarely do nations go to war over ideals, economics and resources, yes, but rarely over ideologies. The world, by then, would hardly raise an eyebrow if mainland China started to gradually isolate and co-opt Taiwan. Even the United States would be hard-pressed to challenge the status quo, as economic interests will certainly be affected. \nIf Taiwan does not decide its future now, then the only future for the island and its 23 million people would be re-integration to mainland China, whether through a plebiscite or force.
76626
Ok. Yes We would get involved with international support or not. The fact is we have invested way to much time money into Taiwan to let it change Gov'ts. The US however keeps an open opinion on the situation so not to effect the way china feels. Though taiwan is a thorn in china's side and they want it back they will not risk loosing all they have including there recent economic gains in the international community in order to take back such a minimal benefit. If you really want more of an answer just message me back!
72976
China has already taken over they have been buying American bonds for years and, in theory, they own our country.\n\nYou can fool some people some time but, you can't fool all people all the time.  The world has caught on to the trickory. and if the U.S. don't capitalise on their new scam of the global marketplace, the only thing that may save us is that our government wants to rule at all cost.  And that my not be a good thing.
535789
We have agreements with Taiwan that states that if China launches an unprovoked attack against the island that US will defend Taiwan. However if Taiwan wanted to invade China the United States would not support her in an unprovoked war of aggression. Our honor as a nation says that we should honor our agreements if we do not our allies will question our support of them. Even though it may seem like we do not have many allies now. We do, and we can not afford to have our allies questioning our sincerity to help them out when they need it. \n\nShould we stay in this alliance? That is the better question. The ultimate answer is yes. Taiwan needs our protection because we provide a natural deterrent to China invading the Taiwan. This deterrent provides for security and prosperity for both China and Taiwan. It also provides for greater regional security. A war with China and the United States most likely would include North Korea who would try to invade the south and possibly Japan. The conflict between China and Taiwan is in actuality a civil war, one that has been going on since before the Second World War between the Communist and the Democratic Nationalist. We should support legal democracies around the world such as Taiwan. As Winston Churchill once said "Democracy is the worst form of government except for all the others that have already been tried."  \n\nOur honor, regional security, national security and our democratic values dictate that we stand up to China.