White House ‘Purchase Taiwan’ petition feeds Chinese sovereignty claims

Petition implies Taiwan is purchasable territory rather than nation state

Taiwan News
Date: 2019/09/01
By: David Spencer, Taiwan News, Contributing Writer

KAOHSIUNG (Taiwan News) – American citizens reading this article may well have found themselves browsing the "We the People" White House petition site during an idle moment.

If you have, you will be well aware that the site is packed with hundreds of petitions, and dozens more are added every day.

Some are petitions about serious political issues. Currently, there are petitions asking the government to repeal the National Firearms Act, not to repeal Net Neutrality laws, and urging New York State not to expand abortion services.

But these serious petitions are very much in the minority. More prominent are petitions to impeach Nancy Pelosi for treason, declare George Soros a terrorist and seize his assets, and remove Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib from office.    [FULL  STORY]