2 renegade nation-states California and Taiwan
Is California becoming another Taiwan?
Taiwan is an independent nation in its ambitions, its economy, its democracy. But many countries refuse to recognize it as a separate nation, deferring to mainland China, which claims Taiwan as a possession and responds with threats whenever Taiwan goes its own way.
cont ... https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/...n-12739723.php
And you people call us Texans arrogant? Jeez Louise ....
When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. Edumnd Burke