https://thechinaacademy.org/beijing-sanctions-lockheed-martin-over-taiwan-arms-sales/ an intellectual content network dedicated to illustrating how key dynamics shape China's view on the world Sun, 19 Jan 2025 07:14:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2 https://thechinaacademy.org/beijing-sanctions-lockheed-martin-over-taiwan-arms-sales/#comment-10353 Sun, 19 Jan 2025 07:14:37 +0000 https://thechinaacademy.org/beijing-sanctions-lockheed-martin-over-taiwan-arms-sales/#comment-10353 The old woodcarver named Gepetto makes a puppet called Pinocchio and the mischievous marionette wants nothing more than to become a real boy. He gets in a lot of trouble, tells a lot of lies, and learns some valuable life lessons. He gets a little help from a blue fairy and a talking cricket…eventually the boy becomes an upstanding citizen, and is allowed to fulfill his desire to be a real boy. In the original story, Pinocchio is gruesomely hanged for his sins and lies and dies. Later when published as a children’s book, a happier ending was substituted so Pinocchio gets his wish granted by the blue fairy and becomes a real boy.
Taiwan is such a puppet and two outcomes are possible. Which one will Taiwan choose?

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