Taiwan
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| Location | Asia, Pacific Ocean |
| Leader | President of Taiwan |
| Type |  nation state |
| Interest of | Tom Cotton, Martin Edmonds, House and Senate Taiwan Caucus |
| Member of | APEC |
| A large island of mainland China. De facto independent despite claiming to be the legitimate government over all of China. | |
Taiwan is an island in the Pacific Ocean. Traditionally a part of China, it was controlled by Japan in the period 1895-1945, when the island saw a large scale modernization. After WW2, the island was given back to the Republic of China (Koumintang under Chiang Kai-shek. But China was in the middle of a civil war, and the communists Peoples Republic of China soon seized control over the mainland. The Republic of China evacuated to Taiwan, and has stayed there since, protected by US naval dominance.
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Deep State
The Koumintang party and government was in large parts dominated by organized crime. Chiang Kai-shek was himself a front man for the Shanghai Green Gang opium syndicate.[citation needed]
After moving to the island, it soon became a nest for illicit activities.
- After the civil war, the Kuomintang remnant forces in the Golden Triangle soon took over and massively expanded the opium trade in the area.[citation needed]
- US aid during WW2 and the civil war was siphoned off by KMT leaders, creating gigantic fortunes.[citation needed]
- The CIA station in Taipei became one of the Agency's biggest and most imporant bases in Asia, supporting drug smuggling networks, with front organizations like the CAT and Air America airlines based on the island.[citation needed]
- The island was a safe haven for South-East Asian organized crime, especially for laundering money and gold.[citation needed]
- The ROC was the main sponsor of the World Anti-Communist League, an extreme right wing umbrella organization. The WACL was allowed military training on the island.
- The China lobby in the US was (and still is) an extremely strong political network furthering ROC interests, only comparable in strength to the Israel lobby. People like Henry Luce and Clare Booth Luce strongly dominated the public discourse on China matters.
2020 developments
China, from the standpoint of its One China Principle, has argued since the early 90s that it will not tolerate an independent Taiwan. The website of the Chinese military on August the 5th, 2020 released an article which reads in part:
Z-10 attack helicopters attached to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Army recently conducted a series of sea-crossing assault drills on a Navy warship. The combination of Army helicopters and Navy warships can significantly boost the PLA's amphibious, vertical landing capability and will play a vital role in potential military operations on the island of Taiwan,[1][2]
Related Quotations
| Page | Quote | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kim Beazley | “In the event of a war between the United States and China, Australia would have absolutely no alternative but to line up militarily beside the US. Otherwise the alliance would be effectively dead and buried, something that Australia could never afford to see happen.”” | Kim Beazley | 2006 |
| Peter Dutton | ““It would be inconceivable that we wouldn’t support the US in an action if the US chose to take that action...maybe there are circumstances where we wouldn’t take up that option, (but) I can’t conceive of those circumstances.”” | Peter Dutton | 13 November 2021 |
Groups Headquartered Here
| Group | Start | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Asus | 2 April 1989 | The world's 5th-largest PC vendor by unit sales |
| Kuomintang | ||
| Political Warfare Cadres Academy | 15 July 1951 | CIA-supervised Taiwanese military academy known for its training in torture, especially to Latin-American police, military and intelligence forces. |
A citizen of Taiwan on Wikispooks
| Title | Born | Died |
|---|---|---|
| Chiang Kai-shek | 31 October 1887 | 5 April 1975 |
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Integrity Initiative Weekly Report 16th to 22nd July 2018 | report | 22 July 2018 | Euan Grant | input into media documentaries and fictional entertainment, including specific topics |
