<story><title>The leader who&apos;s standing up to China</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/taiwan-china-tsai/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>rectang</author><text>&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;With their lives, blood and tears, the young people in Hong Kong have demonstrated for us that one country, two systems is not feasible,&amp;quot; Tsai said.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;The saga of Hong Kong is so sad.  They didn&amp;#x27;t take their freedom for granted, they struggled mightily, but ultimately they have been crushed.&lt;p&gt;The lesson for Taiwan could not be more stark.  I can see why Tsai said this, and why she has received such support from the Taiwanese people in response.&lt;p&gt;It is hard to stand up to the CCP.  If an individual with Chinese ties did so on a forum such as HN, doubtless they would be reported by omnipresent loyalists monitoring these exchanges, just as the students were at various US universities.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.propublica.org&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;even-on-us-campuses-china-cracks-down-on-students-who-speak-out&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.propublica.org&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;even-on-us-campuses-china...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>The leader who&apos;s standing up to China</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/taiwan-china-tsai/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>droopyEyelids</author><text>It is interesting how long a nearby territory&amp;#x2F;country can &amp;#x27;Stand up to China&amp;#x27;&lt;p&gt;When you look at _countries_ (not even territories!) that have tried to &amp;#x27;stand up&amp;#x27; to the USA, you only see a trail of immiseration and coup d&amp;#x27;état. They don&amp;#x27;t even have to be _that_ close to us geographically, like Nicaragua or Chile. Cuba is the closest to a success story, and look at their economic indicators. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;tradingeconomics.com&amp;#x2F;cuba&amp;#x2F;gdp-per-capita-ppp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;tradingeconomics.com&amp;#x2F;cuba&amp;#x2F;gdp-per-capita-ppp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t know what conclusion to draw from this, but it&amp;#x27;s just wild to me that China is a superpower, and not only has Taiwan failed to have a revolution, but they&amp;#x27;re a financial success. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;statisticstimes.com&amp;#x2F;economy&amp;#x2F;country&amp;#x2F;taiwan-gdp-per-capita.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;statisticstimes.com&amp;#x2F;economy&amp;#x2F;country&amp;#x2F;taiwan-gdp-per-c...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>