Facebook: 500,000,000
Windows Live Hotmail: 364,000,000
Yahoo! Mail: 303,000,000
Gmail: 225,000,000
Twitter: 175,000,000
Amazon.com: 102,000,000
MySpace: 100,000,000
eBay: 92,900,000
LinkedIn: 80,000,000
PhotoBucket: 60,000,000
AOL Mail: 60,000,000
YouTube: 58,500,000
flickr: 40,000,000
tumblr: 5,000,000
formspring.me: 3,000,000
1. People’s Republic of China- 1,330,000,000
2. Republic of India- 1,152,000,000
3. United States of America- 305,000,000
4. Republic of Indonesia- 244,000,000
5. Federative Republic of Brazil- 197,000,000
6. Islamic Republic of Pakistan- 177,000,000
7. People’s Republic of Bangladesh- 158,000,000
8. Federal Republic of Nigeria- 151,000,000
9. Russian Federation- 143,000,000
10. State of Japan- 127,000,000
11. United Mexican States- 112,000,000
12. Republic of the Philippines- 93,000,000
13. Socialist Republic of Vietnam- 88,000,000
14. Federal Republic of Germany- 81,800,000
15. Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia- 80,000,000
16. Arab Republic of Egypt- 79,000,000
17. Islamic Republic of Iran- 74,000,000
18. Republic of Turkey- 73,000,000
19. Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire)- 71,000,000
20. Thailand (formerly Siam)- 66,000,000
21. French Republic- 65,000,000
22. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland- 62,000,000
23. Italian Republic- 61,000,000
24. Republic of the Union of Myanmar- 50,000,000
25. Republic of South Africa- 49,900,000
26. Republic of Korea- 49,300,000
27. Kingdom of Spain- 46,000,000
28. Ukraine- 45,000,000
29. Republic of Colombia- 44,000,000
30. Republic of Sudan- 42,000,000
1. United States of America - largest economy by far, human rights, powerful media, freedom of speech, 3rd most populous country, most powerful army, largest # of nukes, INFLUENCE OVER ALL OF THE WORLD…
2. Russian Federation - large economy, much influence over Central Asia, huge area and plenty of resources, plenty of nukes, strong army..
3. People’s Republic of China - 2nd largest economy, large army, most populous country in the world…
4. France - influence over many African nations, much nuclear power…
5. Great Britain- good human rights, very stable economy and democracy, nuclear power…
6. Japan - huge economy, good democracy…
7. Republic of India - largest democracy, 2nd most populous country, fastest growing economy…
8. Germany - good trade, 4th largest economy…
9. Islamic Republic of Pakistan - large population, powerful nukes…
10. Republic of Brazil - good, peaceful global relations…
Many people in this world will take the opposite side of this debate. They will try to convince you that an island 30 miles off the shore of the world’s largest country, an island the size of Rhode Island, a island that doesn’t even have a military is independent of the world’s second most powerful country. I beg to differ.
There are multiple reasons why this country with a population less than the state of New York could easily be invaded by China as the rest of the world attacks. The opposition’s main remark will be that if the mainland attacked Taiwan, the United States will defend Taiwan. We will most definitely not do so because if we defended Taiwan, we would risk a large-scale war with our largest trading partner. If China embargoed trade with us, our economy will fall apart because of the fact that much of our consumer market is based in China. We would lose a large stake in their market and they we would lose a huge buyer of American goods.
Also, the People’s Republic of China and Iran are powerful allies. If we declared war on China or vice versa, Iran would stop selling oil to us. We would be forced to sign treaties with other Middle Eastern countries to gain precious oil.
Furthermore, China and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan are like childhood friends. Pakistan, along with Iran and China, is known to be harboring weapons of mass destruction. These three countries together are a formidable foe. The North Koreans, suspected to own nuclear weapons, chemical weapons and biological weapons would declare war on us and invade South Korea.
All together, if we, the world’s strongest country decided to defend the island of Taiwan, we would risk a World War III against China, Iran, Pakistan and North Korea. Taiwan is a part of China. QED.
