The US is allied with Taiwan and Vietnam. Pretty sure the US navy is demonstrating that the waters are open to all. China making a claim doesn’t affect actual trade and sea travel.
Although the title just calls out Taiwan, the act was to protest Chinese and Vietnamese claims as well
Misleading title by propaganda pushing "news" sub. It's funny that I can often know before checking whether or not a post is "world news" just by the title
Perhaps, before you immediately jump to conclusions, you keep your mind open and actually click the link. Because then you'd realize that you're actually utterly wrong.
The title is pulled directly from the article, which is a decent practice that shows transparency and a lack of user-imposed bias.
And to see if this is propaganda, let's look at the source. You don't even have to click the link to see that this is an article from Taiwan News.
But since a name alone doesn't disprove bias, I took an entire minute worth of time to look into its history and editorial position. Turns out this Taiwanese Newspaper has a majority stakeholder called I-Mei Foods, a Taiwanese company that's been around for almost a century. Ever since they bought into the newspaper in the 90s, their political affiliation is pan-green. You know, the people that want Taiwan to remain as Taiwan.
And this isn't even getting into the article itself, which is pretty neutral on it's own. Other users have already shared good info on its contents, I recommend reading their perspectives, too.
So maybe, before you instantly dismiss something, maybe pull your head out of your ass and actually read more than a headline.
Taiwan makes the same ridiculous claim to the South China Sea as the CCP. The reason is to keep up with the Pooh Bears. Taiwan would probably make more friends in the region if it stop making the claim.
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