China invasion

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The USA is more than happy to sell billions of dollars of outdated weapons systems to Taiwan and claim that it is Taiwan’s “ally”, so why doesn’t the USA prove it and recognise Taiwan as the thriving, free, democratic and open country that it already is? Taiwan meets all of the requirements to be considered an independent sovereign nation, including its own government, legal system, military, economy, territory, and people. Instead of just constantly scaremongering in order to raise tensions and increase arms sales, how about actually working towards regional and world peace by calling a spade a spade. 

Why doesn’t the USA recognise Taiwan as a free and open democratic nation? Likewise, why don’t any of the entire EU bloc, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, Japan or any of the other so-called “liberal democracies” who claim to respect human rights and support open, free and democratic countries even acknowledge Taiwan? It is hypocritical and it is detestable that these supposedly free and righteous nations do not seem to care at all that the freedom, democracy and human rights of 23.5 million people are being threatened. Shame on them for kowtowing for the sake of greed!
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/10/china-could-invade-taiwan-in-next-six-years-top-us-admiral-warns
 
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💡這個專欄目的是訓練同學聰明閱讀。
 
上面的貼文內容是我們的實力派外師Alex，針對每週一篇英文文章閱讀後，親自寫出的批判性思考文（不是copy & paste的東西啊）。旨在讓同學知道如何用不同的角度來讀文章。你可以選擇先讀Alex寫的批判文，也可以選擇先讀本次的英文文章連結，但最好兩處都要閱讀才能達到最好的效果。
 
這是個訓練批判性思考的好機會，希望同學不要被文字牽著鼻子走，在閱讀時可以多思考。大家可以善用這個寶貴的資源～
 
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Alex是我們的御用老師，每週都會幫梅姨、托托、慕華上英文課。目前星期一晚上有開一班 #里茲螞蟻外師應用英文課程 ，程度高級，充滿知識性與深度。有開放單次付費上課。若你想學習用英文來深度探討各項主題，check it out！
 
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