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It'll happen eventually, and likely without force. Taiwan (like HK) enjoyed relative economic success versus China because of their ties with the west, benefic
by Mikeb85 8y ago
It'll happen eventually, and likely without force. Taiwan (like HK) enjoyed relative economic success versus China because of their ties with the west, beneficial strategic location and relatively small population. Now that China's an economic superpower, still growing and liberalizing (albeit slowly), theres less reasons for Taiwan to oppose reunification. I doubt it'll happen in the next decade, but it likely will within 50 years.
- SamReidHughes 8y agoI don’t know much about Chinese people’s mindsets, but keep in mind that the Scottish and UK independence referendums were split about 50/50. Scotland is 5 million people, the UK is 65 million. A Taiwan/China unification makes as much sense to me as Canada merging with the United States.
- Mikeb85 8y agoCanada is ideologically quite separate from the US. Our histories diverged quite early, and we have fundamentally different ideas concerning governance. Linguistically and ethnically there's differences too. China and Taiwan both believe in only one China, and both believe in reunification, albeit with differing ideas on how to accomplish it (Taiwan still calls itself the Republic of China).
- CathayRe 8y agoI am not even sure you really meant it or you are trolling, but if you really believe what you wrote, I suggest you read up more about Hong Kong and Taiwan past and current status.
- CathayRe 8y ago>theres less reasons for Taiwan to oppose reunification What? Nothing you said in the previous sentence make any sense for reason of unification .
- Mikeb85 8y agoMuch of the reason HK and Taiwan were so fiercely independent is because they enjoyed far higher living standards than mainland Chinese. The more successful China is, the more likely Taiwan is to join them. Keep in mind that Taiwan, like China, ideologically believe in one China. When it's more advantageous for them to join China than to be a US satellite state, they will.
- SamReidHughes 8y agoTaiwan doesn't believe in One China. That notion is intrinsically nonsensical. It's a bunch of people, with different beliefs.
- Mikeb85 8y agoThey literally call themselves the Republic of China...
- SamReidHughes 8y agoThere were called that when they were a dictatorship, too.
- lerno 8y agoYes, and Mainland China has been threatening with military action if they would simply call the country Taiwan. So yes your point was...?
- dragonwriter 8y ago> Taiwan doesn't believe in One China. There is a reason that the area currently effectively governed by the Republic of China has been referred by the RoC government as the “free area of the Republic of China”, and it's not a lack of belief in the idea of one China. That said, there is disagreement among RoC political parties on this issue, and some of the public positioning is influenced by PRC reactions, since the PRC (despite not ruling out force to reintegrate the whole area governed by the ROC in any case) seems less likely to wage war in the near term over the current dispute over who governs one China (which it seems implausible for the RoC to win) than Taiwanese independence (which is more plausible, and thus a bigger threat.)
- Markoff 8y agoi think you missed news arbor Xi being elected if you think China is liberalizing, it was until Xitler was elected, then all went down the drain and China it's becoming more NoKo 2.0