There just no stopping the mad woman who lives in a well Tsai in her attempt for independence.
Taiwan's redesigned passport shrinks words 'Republic of China'
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I look forward to this passport one day. And China will be whole again.
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This is typical DPP Salami slicing. They always try to gain maximum publicity only to back down. They did this public contest to choose passport design. It was gain publicity. But the final design is pretty much the same with the only change being the Taiwan name is now bigger.
More important moves are Taiwan's attempt to do a trade deal with US. Then there is Taiwan banning Chinese investments and banning Chinese streaming platform. There is a wholesale decoupling attempt going on.
Sadly there is nothing China can do at this moment to punish DPP. American fear of China is at its highest. Thus, American desire to poke China by supporting Taiwan is also very high. Anything China does to punish Taiwan will only lead to more American support and further decoupling between Taiwan and China.
The only meaningful action China can take is full-scale war. But the time is not right to do it yet. China should wait until its GDP is much bigger than US and its military is strong enough to kick US out of Asia. By then China should be able to pressure Taiwan with enough force to win without a fight.
DPP and Taiwanese obviously know this. They know their time is running out. This is the time to declare independence. That's why Taiwan's attempts are also gaining strength. China has no option but to hold on. They will keep raising pressure with exercises and flybys. But other than raising fear of war, they cannot do much. Next 10 years will be the most difficult for China. They must stop Taiwan independence in the next 10 years when the desire from both Taiwan and US will be the highest. Once China becomes more powerful then things will be more managable.