Message from gcamacho

[Anonymous]

As in my discussions with people about Taiwan's status, my students will also want clarification as well. In order to become a UN member state, the first few requirements were that it submits an applicaiton, 9/15 member countries approve, and that neither China, France, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America do not vote against it. My guess would be that China would vote against Taiwan's application and thus, the UN member state would end at #3 in the process. The question was posed whether USA owed anything to Taiwan and it seems that we can relate to its struggles and possibly identify with its desire to want independence, maybe why we choose strategic ambiguity. Taiwan matters to China in that it believes if Taiwan becomes independent (worldwide recognition) other territory will also develop independent movements as well. As China is continuing to develop, it is seeking to consolidate resources and maintain them for its own use, not lose or have to fight to keep their already existing "territory". It is viewed as a market economy and a democracy, thus an influential and important relationship with the USA. This could be used towards the end of 7th grade HSS as an example of modern examples and bring up the current Presidential elections with the female candidates and our experience with our meetings during our study tour.