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Maybe my sample size is too small, but when I was in Shanghai they very clearly felt Taiwan was a (rebellious) part of China. To claim that PRC has no claim on

• CogitoCogito 7y ago
  > Maybe my sample size is too small, but when I was in Singapore they very clearly felt Taiwan was a (rebellious) part of China. To claim that PRC has no claim on Taiwan ignores the fact that even the US recognizes Taiwan as part of China (though to keep status quo we still sell arms to Taiwan) The US has agreed not to have official relations with the ROC, but the US has _never_ recognized the PRC's claims of Taiwan and the rest of the land controlled by the ROC.
• brobinson 7y ago
  >the US recognizes Taiwan as part of China This is false. The US has "acknowledged" the "One China" position of both sides of the Strait since the 1970s, but it has never supported the notion that Taiwan (and Kinmen, Taiping, etc.) is PRC territory or that the mainland is ROC territory. The feelings of Singaporean residents about the matter are not relevant to the discussion at all.
• rangibaby 7y ago
  > To claim that PRC has no claim on Taiwan ignores the fact that even the US recognizes Taiwan as part of China The US has never officially recognized that the island Taiwan as part of the PRC, only as part of "China", which is ambiguous because there are two nations calling themselves China (PRC and ROC).