What do Taiwanese people think about China's military drills? | Radio Free Asia (RFA)

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Published 2024-05-24
When Taiwan's new president, Lai Ching-te, took office on May 20, China launched military exercises using both verbal and military threats. RFA Mandarin asks: What do Taiwanese people think?

On May 24, China also released 3D animations of a simulated attack on Taiwan.

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All Comments (21)
  • @leoc6168
    真正打嘴炮的就是这些无知的受访者。想知道RFA是否有访问到不同意见的人。不要只知道搞意识形态,要有点媒体人的良心!
  • @anz473
    Taiwan is about the same size as Crimea. Guess how long it took for Russia to occupy Crimea? Two days. Moreover, although the Taiwanese want independence, they are not willing to join the army. They do not want to die for Taiwan's independence. They want Americans and Japanese to fight for Taiwan.
  • @TomXiao-cc4yk
    An old Irish proverb: “If two neighbors are fighting, it means that one of them was visited by an Englishman the day before.”
  • The Chinese civil war never ended, don’t jump to conclusion and say you are blablabla. Until there’s a definitive treaty or agreement, enjoy the show.
  • @BrandyHeng007
    Military drills to Special Military Operations Russian Style
  • @user-wp5kx7tv1v
    我相信他们不会打过来 那么他们打过来了 你志愿役签几年?
  • @NA-di1oe
    I thought Taiwanese peoples are different I mean they are also Chinese 😂
  • @user-vi2qx2qy9i
    Taiwan must take a lesson from Ukrain!!! The west is always rent seeker.........
  • @Ben-ms5ui
    So many Chinese patriots in the comment section.
  • @AnarchyJesus
    “很多国家会声援我们” 这是实话。 重点在“声”
  • @Veritas419
    The Taiwanese government routinely fails to meet its military recruitment goals because currently there better employment opportunities for young people, and they know if the Chinese come to take their island that resistance will ultimately prove to be futile.
  • @Vito5107
    After you watched this guess where this RFA (Radio Free Asia) is situated..... Address: 2025 M Street NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20036 USA Maybe that will help you to get a better idea of what propaganda means... I mean there are more then just the few guys on this video having another opinion.
  • @paullou
    Taiwan would be like Ukraine soon, no weapon but relying on outside aide.
  • @beadingstation
    Please realize that the offical name of the autority on taiwan island is Republic of CHINA, ROC. This is the officially name stated in their constitution. And ROC's territory includes taiwan island as a province, entire Mainland China, and even more, it includes Mongolia. ROC considers even Mongolia is its territory according to its constitution. It's all in ROC's constitution which you called it Taiwan and thought it was an island country. There is only one CHINA in the world. Either People's Republic of China (PRC) on the mainland or Republic of China (ROC) on the taiwan island represents CHINA. There's never an independant country called Taiwan. CHINA is actually still in a cival war. The cival war between PRC and ROC has not ended since 1940's (just like America's cival war between United States of American and Confederate States of America). The two sides across the straight has never signed any peace treaty, not even a cease fire agreement. They just stopped firing at each other and tried to sit down to negotiate for a peaceful reunification since 1980's. However, the progress was stopped since DPP took power. There is not a single country in the world establishes official foreign relationship with both sides. 182 contries has foreign relationship with PRC, and 13 contries with ROC. Zero with what you called Taiwan. China's cival war will end either PRC takes over taiwan island, or ROC takes over mainland China (like how the American cival war ended). We hope it will be a peaceful end as both sides have tried for it since 1980's, but as of now, since the two sides are still in the cival war without a peace treaty nor a cease fire agreement, I don't see much light on it. Either side can start firing at the other side without any legal restriction.