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Yanukovych was removed from office by Ukraine's parliament: https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/192030.html

By an interim, non-elected government, after months of escalating riots.

True. People should read Richard Sakwa on this matter. According to his well-researched 2015 book, Frontline Ukraine, armed insurgents marched around the debating chamber, instructed MPs to not follow the formal investigatory procedure needed for impeachment, and just to "sack" Yanukovych.

I mean, Yanukovich had also left Ukraine at that point anyway.

What exactly are you argue here? That because Taiwan is a democracy, newspapers can't write articles about what they should do? That Taiwan's people doesn't want to prepare for conflict?

> How about letting the chinese people in mainland china and taiwan decide the matter for themselves.

Taiwan currently has decided for themselves that they are happy to accept military weapons from the US, to defend themselves in the case of any military action against them from China.

If that is Taiwan's decision, they should be supported and allowed to make it.

But who is Taiwan? Because in Taiwan you can be either: pro independent, pro part of China or pro China part of Taiwan. The west only speaks with the first. China with the second. The third are the rebellions.

The west speaks with the government democratically elected by the people.

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