Making strategic promises, which the Chinese Communist Party (CCP ) has consistently demonstrated, are later undermined or abandoned once leverage has been gained.
Beijing’s strategy has consistently prioritized political and corporate gain over long-term trustworthiness, from the dismantling of Hong Kong’s autonomy to destroyed trade and market-opening commitments made when it joined the World Trade Organization.
These are structural aspects of how the CCP handles diplomacy: agreements are convenience tools, never binding commitments. This behaviour has created distrust among allies and political organizations, especially those that have paid the price for assuming the CCP’s promises will keep.
The CCP promised Tibet independence in 1951. The Dalai Lama was forced to flee to exile within ten years, and a harsh social destruction campaign took shape. Tempels were destroyed, spoken language was abhorred, and spiritual appearance was prohibited.
Over a million Rohingya have been detained in re-education camps in Xinjiang, which was once hailed as a unit for racial harmony. Surveillance systems encircles the area, transforming daily existence into a futuristic routine.
First assurances of liberty were replaced in both cases by measures of surveillance, destruction, and forced integration.
Hong Kong is the most recent and eminently shocking deception. ” One Country, Two Systems” was guaranteed until 2047 by the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1997. However, China imposed the National Security Law by 2020, properly robbing Hong Kong of its independence.
Dissention was criminalized, opposition accents were imprisoned, and civil rights were ended. Students activists were exiled or imprisoned, and pro-democracy papers were immediately shut down.
The training is clear: Beijing’s offer of freedom is only a temporary illusion. And then, Taiwan, which is self-governing, has no reason to believe that a negotiated freedom structure would treat it differently.
Trade swindles, maritime deceits, and political feces
The CCP’s deviousness goes way beyond geographical claims. China has relied on international agreements as stepping stones to power, certainly as systems for transparency, on the international stage.
China pledged rules-based trade and market openness when it joined the World Trade Organization ( WTO ) in 2001. However, it consistently abused gaps, including forcing foreign investors to pay for technology transfers, subsidizing state-owned businesses, and engaging in intellectual property theft.
American industries that were engaged in engagement now face weakened supply chains and proper dependence. The idea that political reform would result from economic reform erred devastatingly stupid.
President Xi Jinping vowed to stop militarizing the South China Sea in 2015 when he stood in the White House’s Rose Garden. Beijing installed military installations on artificial islands within weeks, and it quickly set up weapon defenses and detector towers there.
In what were previously global waters, Chinese naval patrols continue to harass foreign vessels. These military areas are now threatening the freedom of navigation on one of the busiest trade routes in the world, causing conflicts in Southeast Asia.
China’s Belt and Road Initiative ( BRI), which is touted as a means of shared prosperity, has instead trapped several developing nations in debt.
Projects are intended to improve Beijing’s financial and technological techniques, from Sri Lanka’s Hambantota interface to African digital system. What starts out as a relationship is subordinated to.
Taiwan, a target of much greater strategic significance, is only anticipate duplicity if global forces and institutions have been deceived.
Taiwan’s Strategic Weight
Taiwan actively envisions a potential built on freedom, resilience, and innovation rather than just resisting Chinese coercion.
Taiwan has asymmetrical protection strategies in an effort to counteract China’s numerical advantage physically. Investments in precision-strike missiles, AI-powered early warning systems, and computer security capabilities demonstrate a shift from responsive protection to corporate deterrence.
Every new technology added to Taiwan’s army sends the message that the cost of an invasion may get severe. Also, Taiwan regularly conducts joint military exercises with its partners to confirm punishment trust and operational readiness.
Taiwan has risen to the top of the world without receiving official reputation. It has established de facto embassies in key capitals, held parliamentary delegations, and strengthened ties with political allies.
Despite Beijing’s opposition, its latest entry into international forums demonstrates growing global will to help its sovereignty. One example of expanding bilateral support that bypasses conventional political considerations is the US and Taiwan’s 2021 International Cooperation and Training Framework ( GCTF).
Taiwan’s status as a key global player is strengthening financially. Its dominance in semiconductor production, led by TSMC, gives it a clout that few other countries can overlook.
Taiwan has also diversified its business with countries other than China while strengthening ties with Southeast Asia, Europe, and North America. New free trade agreements and expense systems have helped to strongly bind Taiwan’s business to the supply chain network of the political world. Economic independence is a weapon against coercion, not just a plan objective.
Most brilliantly, Taiwan is reversing CCP propaganda with democratic innovation. It has created digital systems for voter wedding, fact-checking, and quick response to online impact campaigns.
The political tech model, which is led by electric minister Audrey Tang, serves as a global example of how openness and electronic literacy can protect against authoritarian manipulation. Taiwan is demonstrating that available societies can be more efficient and resilient than finished systems by doing so.
Civil society organizations, reporters, and think tank play a significant role in preventing autocratic narratives at the local level. While universities conduct studies on disinformation and digital defense, Japanese media regularly exposes pro-CCP impact operations.
This whole-of-society endurance unit is what distinguishes Taiwan as a truly proactive and optimistic democracy.
International plea for quality
The evidence is overwhelming. The CCP uses weapons to sabotage claims, but it does not recognize them. It defies conventions, rewrites story, and conceals diplomacy’s expansion. This design is confirmed by Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, the WTO, and the South China Sea.
The international community must dispel the myth that Beijing’s behavior can be tempered by wedding only. The CCP’s thoughts are techniques rather than agreements. Taiwan, on the other hand, has shown itself to be a companion with a commitment to transparency, shared values, and international role.
Involvement is found in disregarding story. If Taiwan experiences the same death as others who trusted Beijing, the universe cannot claim ignorance. A united political base, strong monetary partnerships, and improved regional deterrence are now the best ways to go about this.
The CCP has long since lost faith, but it is earned. It is not a given. Taiwan has won the respect of the rest of the world thanks to its honesty, tenacity, and creativity. Supporting Taiwan is more of a proper necessity than a moral imperative to maintain the harmony of harmony and democracy in Asia.
Tang Meng Kit is a graduate of Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore’s S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies ( RSIS), and has completed the MSc in International Relations program. His research areas include jet technology, Japanese politics and policy issues, and cross-Strait relations. He is now employed as an aerospace expert.