Semjaza

Yes, the "pax" Americana has not been good for vast swathes of the Earth.

I have a soft spot for it, especially the eponymous track - but it's not their best work, but the title song is a great one the way it crests up.

Honestly, it's really mainly historical clout.

Failing to conquer Taiwan was seen as the one thing Mao failed to do, and a strong leader managing it could make a claim to have surpassed Mao as great leaders of China.

The PRC is a massive fan of historical determinism and narrative might. Reunification would be a massive win for the pride and honour of the leader who did it. It's also a big thing for the average PRC citizen, they don't want war - but have had a lifetime of propaganda about it and are (somewhat rightly) worried about US aggression.

Technically correct, but the DPP would like to change that but the PRC doesn't allow the RoC to change that and relinquish the change as breaking the 95 consensus is seen as being an official declaration of independence, so the DPP has to stick to the "we're already de facto independent" line.

Likewise the PRC is a security risk to Taiwan. It's understandable why the RoC would like to be close to the US.

I wish that a peaceful not US involved solution could be found.

Also in part as the PRC won't let the RoC change it's name as it sees that as a declaration of independence.

Alas, the DDP can't even change the name of the RoC's national airline without risking a war.

While I agree with you overall I would like to make clear that Taiwan was not part of China before 1683 when the Qîng Dynasty conquered the Ming rump which fled there (and kicked out the Dutch).

It's not "far longer" than the US existed, but is far longer than Hawaii has been controlled by the US Empire.

I've only been to Saskatoon in Canada, so assumed all Canadians did that...

Just go back to needing futures to actually be fulfilled in kind.

And maybe limit/outlaw complex financial products.

These would be a solid start to fixing the issue of the unsustainable, and irrational, not to mention unconstructive economic growth of the last 60 years.

Establishes procedure, and there are different rules on what can be done with it (the government doesn't really care, as Snowdon and Manning showed us, but if it can be brought to court and maybe historically it can be shown to be a difference).

Also, there's the convenience for those implementing it. If it's more of a faff for them, it's more likely to fail.

But convenience is always a powerful compulsion, which is why it's leaned on and used a lot.

I've met Israelis who have fled from serving, if you're outside the country between 18 and 30, iirc, you skip it.

Also there are conscientious objectors who choose state sanction over serving.

I also think in Israel you can choose to do service in social service and community service roles over combat ones.

我的汉语越来越好，写，说，简单的没问题，但是比较复杂还要多的练习。其实说最近练习地不周到。