Why the U.S. Doesn't Support Taiwanese Independence

CA 6 Why the U.S. Doesn't Support Taiwanese Independence 355,581 views Aug 6, 2021 19K 511 Share Save PolyMatter 1.45M subscribers If you're interested in tech, business, or finance, subscribe to Morning Brew for free: https://bit.ly/mbpolymatter Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.app/videos/polymatter-... Sources: https://pastebin.com/ZPmqBrew Twitter: https://twitter.com/polymatters Patreon: https://patreon.com/polymatter Pins & T-Shirts: https://standard.tv/collections/polym... Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/PolyMatter Music by Graham Haerther (http://www.Haerther.net) Audio editing by Eric Schneider Motion graphics by Vincent de Langen Everything else by Evan This includes a paid sponsorship which had no part in the writing, editing, or production of the rest of the video. Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com Video supplied by Getty Images 4,245 Comments Auggie Giuseppe Add a public comment... PolyMatter Pinned by PolyMatter PolyMatter 1 day ago If you enjoy these videos, there’s a very high probability you’d also like today’s sponsor, Morning Brew! I’ve been reading it for months now and would recommend it whether they were sponsoring or not. Plus it’s completely free! https://bit.ly/mbpolymatter 359 Veriox22 Veriox22 1 day ago "Does Taiwan exist!?!?" The USA: Yesn't. 4.5K Brandon Schleifer Brandon Schleifer 1 day ago I love Canada's policy: "we've taken note of your position." 1K Ninja Momtastic Ninja Momtastic 1 day ago I kinda feel like the Taiwan Semiconductor deciding to build up to six factories in Arizona is kinda like a canary in a coal mine for the long-term stability of the region. 153 Athina92 Athina92 12 hours ago a little side note: for Taiwan, to declare "formal" independence, it'd require a strenuous process, which would involved at least modifying the constitution... 29 Neth Neth 1 day ago US on China: "We know China exists and there's only one China. Yup, that's about it." US on UFO & Taiwan: "Perhaps... Maybe... It's classified." 297 Jonathan Schmidt Jonathan Schmidt 1 day ago The American diplomats are lawyer poets with their subtle word selection. It must drive non-english speakers absolutely nuts. 838 RB RB 1 day ago It's really interesting to see the sharp rise in the percentage of Taiwanese who want to maintain the status quo but move towards independence. The jump starts in 2018, going from 15% to just over 25%. 54 邱煜恩 邱煜恩 1 day ago I'm a Taiwanese born in the States, studying university in Hong Kong, and had been to Mainland China so many times, and I absolutely approve this video. 702 ComedyJakob ComedyJakob 1 day ago The US and China have very successfully maintained detente for 50 years. 24 Ivan Ho Ivan Ho 23 hours ago Ambiguities is always US preference, it allows them to take what is in their favour. Right now selling arms to Taiwan is very good business and such business can be luncative for sometime to go. The rest are side shows to promote more arms sales. 28 台大醫學系 - 查理馬 National Taiwan Univ. Med. Charlie Ma 台大醫學系 - 查理馬 National Taiwan Univ. Med. Charlie Ma 1 day ago (edited) 7:39 For someone who does not grow up in Taiwan, such objective insights on the two political parties is simply amazing. Yes both sides agree that maintaining the status quo is the best short term immediate strategy, but both parties marketed it so poorly that it seemed as if one stands for unification, while the other stands for independence. 1.3K europana7 europana7 1 day ago Thanks for illuminating these political minuscule nuances with massive ramifications … I learned a lot today. 36 José Ángel José Ángel 1 day ago "Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind” George Orwell. 28 Ev vk Ev vk 14 hours ago I have lived in Taiwan 4 years and it is a beautiful place Looking at those videos just bring back memories 26 Ellipsis115 Ellipsis115 20 hours ago "[Taiwan] can enjoy freedom only if it pretends not to" is such a killer quote! 33 roler roleris roler roleris 1 day ago Most (western) people think that the world is now a peaceful place, but these kinds of videos show just how delicate this balance may be, and just how much shit is stirring behind the peaceful facade. The recent shit with Ukraine and Russia is one good example of how this peace can easily crumble... 1.7K Chris Carlone Chris Carlone 1 day ago Independent media sources like you and your channel, JRE, BreakingPoints, and other Historian Youtubers are my primary sources for historical and current information. Thank you so much for digging deeper and giving me and others a chance to get the whole scope of the issue! Truth matters! 36 Sanjeev Sanjeev 1 day ago (edited) USA: Sorry democracy is currently out of stock 86 Sheng Fei Chien Sheng Fei Chien 6 hours ago As a Taiwanese, whether or not any countries recognize or accept us as a independent country, in the fact that Taiwan is already independence. 13 B W B W 1 day ago Question: does the fact that taiwan has a massive semi conductor factory play into Americas and Chinas decision on how aggressive/Defensive they should be? If so did Taiwan know this when they allowed the factory to be built? 495 I stopped Caring I stopped Caring 1 day ago there need to be more channels like this one, the only biass being the subjects chosen, not the way they are discussed or the sources used 42 sh00t1ngf1sh sh00t1ngf1sh 10 hours ago Sorta highlights how much the mainstream media has a habit, whether intentionally or inadvertently, of contorting the truth. Remember what they say, it's not what the media tells us to think, it's the fact that they give certain issues more emphasis which in turn tries to make us believe certain issues are more important. 5 Edward Mao Edward Mao 10 hours ago As a Chinese who spend many years in Europe, I find this video very interesting, I have learnt some politics and new vocabularies 5 Shishank Dahiya Shishank Dahiya 1 day ago It's like saying yes by nodding your head side ways