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Taiwan is not a country: Why Nancy Pelosi’s planned visit is so dangerous

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, the third most senior member of the US government, has suggested she plans to make an official visit to the island of Taiwan next month. This is an absolutely foolish idea that achieves nothing but purposefully provoking Beijing, and it could easily seriously escalate military tensions. But why? Many in the West, including both sides of the US government, believe that US politicians should be able to go anywhere they want. Why is visiting Taiwan such a big deal? Well, today I’ll explain why Nancy Pelosi should cancel her proposed visit and why the US in general should stop aggravating the situation regarding Taiwan.

10 pontos sobre China, Taiwan e EUA

1 - Taiwan é território chinês. Não tem o que debater sobre isso. Com o triunfo da Revolução Chinesa, no bojo da Guerra Fria, o imperialismo reconhece a província rebelde de Taiwan como um país independente.

Esse reconhecimento foi feito apenas para tentar fragilizar o governo do Partido Comunista Chinês. É como se com uma revolução no Brasil, uma parte da burguesia migrasse para Fernando de Noronha, declarasse um país independente e os Estados Unidos apoiasse a “autonomia” do país. Ninguém de esquerda, por nenhum prisma, pode apoiar a “independência” de Taiwan.

2 – Chamar Taiwan de democracia é outro absurdo reacionário. O território rebelde, até outro dia desses, era um Estado autocrático funcionando em lei marcial. Hoje, formalmente, tem um protocolo eleitoral. Agora experimente fazer sindicalismo no país ou defender a reunificação imediata com a China e aguarde morte ou cadeia certa.

3 – Os Estados Unidos, desde 1979, reconhecem Taiwan como território chinês. O próprio Joe Biden tinha se comprometido a manter a política de reconhecimento da soberania chinesa sobre Taiwan. A resolução 2758 da Assembleia Geral das Nações Unidas em 1971 reconhece Taiwan como parte da China. 181 países do mundo reconhecem o princípio de Uma só China, portanto, a soberania do país sobre Taiwan.

4 – A entrada de Nancy Pelosi em Taiwan é uma provocação de guerra, uma violação da soberania chinesa, um crime desde a perspectiva do direito internacional, um ataque à legitimidade da ONU e mais um ato buscando a guerra do Governo Joe Biden.

5 – A China não tem interesse e não deseja uma guerra mundial. A economia chinesa, ao contrário da economia dos Estados Unidos, não depende da guerra como motor central para sua acumulação. Aliado a isso, desde uma perspectiva geopolítica, a guerra não é interesse dos chineses. É o imperialismo estadunidense que tem fome de guerra e precisa de conflitos militares tal qual nosso corpo precisa de oxigênio.

6 – Não é a China que tem tropas, bases militares e armas atômicas na fronteira dos Estados Unidos. São os Estados Unidos que mantém um aparato militar permanente cercando e ameaçando a China.

7 – A China nunca usou bombas atômicas contra civis. Os Estados Unidos, sim.

8 – A China não tem histórico de participar de guerras declaradas de forma unilateral, ignorando a ONU, o direito internacional e a solução pacífica de conflitos. Os Estados Unidos têm esse histórico.

9 – A China tem total e pleno direito de defesa.

10 – O imperialismo precisa morrer antes que acabe com toda humanidade.

Ten points about China, Taiwan and the USA

1. Taiwan is Chinese territory. There is nothing to debate about that. With the triumph of the Chinese Revolution, in the wake of the Cold War, imperialism recognized the rebel province of Taiwan as an independent country.

This recognition was only done to try to weaken the Communist Party of China government. It is as if with a revolution in Brazil, a part of the bourgeoisie migrated to Fernando de Noronha (brazilian archipelago), declared an independent country and the United States supported the "autonomy" of the country. No one from the left, by any prism, can support Taiwan's "independence".

2. Calling Taiwan a democracy is another reactionary absurdity. The rebel territory, until the other day, was an autocratic state functioning under martial law. Today, formally, it has an electoral protocol. Now, try to do unionism in the country or advocate the immediate reunification with China and expect death or certain jail time.

3. The United States, since 1979, has recognized Taiwan as a Chinese territory. Joe Biden himself had pledged to maintain the policy of recognizing Chinese sovereignty over Taiwan. The United Nations General Assembly resolution 2758 in 1971 recognizes Taiwan as part of China. 181 countries of the world recognize the One China principle, thus the country's sovereignty over Taiwan.

4. Nancy Pelosi's entry into Taiwan is a provocation of war, a violation of Chinese sovereignty, a crime from the perspective of international law, an attack on the legitimacy of the UN, and yet another war seeking act by Gov. Joe Biden.

5. China has no interest and no desire for a world war. The Chinese economy, unlike the economy of the United States, does not depend on war as a central engine for its accumulation. Allied to this, from a geopolitical perspective, war is not in the Chinese interest. It is US imperialism that is hungry for war and needs military conflicts just like our body needs oxygen.

6. It is not China that has troops, military bases, and atomic weapons on the border of the United States. It is the United States that maintains a permanent military apparatus surrounding and threatening China.

7. China has never used atomic bombs against civilians. The United States has.

8. China has no history of participating in wars declared unilaterally, ignoring the UN, international law, and the peaceful resolution of conflicts. The United States has this history.

9. China has full and complete right of defense.

10. Imperialism must die before it wipes out all humanity.

Translated from Jones Manoel's channel (Jones Manoel has a master's degree in social service, is a history professor, and is a member of the Brazilian Communist Party)

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