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siculars | 4 years ago

No, no, this is about exactly right. When the CCP comes for Taiwan, the exodus will be on a scale unseen in our generation.

It seems your family history has been blessed to not know this sort of existential crisis. For generations now, The US of America is, actually and literally, viewed as the land of salvation and opportunity for millions of people around the world. Do not pretend that it is not.

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fshbbdssbbgdd|4 years ago

This is something we can actually measure with polling.

750 million people worldwide wanted to migrate as of 2017: https://news.gallup.com/poll/245255/750-million-worldwide-mi...

Of those, the US is the most frequent top preferred destination, at 21% or 158 million.

Gallup also publishes a Potential Net Migration Index for each country, which finds that net 17% of Taiwan would like to leave, including 25% of the youth. This data is from 2015-2017.

iszomer|4 years ago

Times have changed. I've lived through that era where much of my childhood years were living under the impending threat of a takeover but over the years, I've come to realize that the path laid by the late Lee Teng-hui had been a noble and justified one. If it weren't for him and history, I would have continued to believe in the KMT (I no longer do).

bllguo|4 years ago

your appeal to emotion rings hollow. Did I deny that? My family viewed the US as such in the past. No longer, I can assure you. It is precisely because we have experienced life in the US and Asia that I feel that I can actually comment on this topic.

If you seriously think millions of Taiwanese think this of America I would love to see your reaction when you travel there. Ohio, the Mojave, Alaska. Insulting on a whole new level, really.

filoleg|4 years ago

> If you seriously think millions of Taiwanese think this of America I would love to see your reaction when you travel there.

Whether intentionally or not, I think you are misreading the parent comment.

They never claimed that this is how the Taiwanese population views the US now. They are claiming that this is how they are very likely to start viewing the US when/if CCP starts marching towards Taiwan. Those two statements are very different.

Turing_Machine|4 years ago

Okay, I'll bite.

Why is Alaska "insulting"?

Note: I live there, and it's awesome.

Ohio is also a perfectly fine place to live.