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Patriotic to "China," yes, but those in ROC who believe in "one China" in general don't support the PRC. There is some talk of reunification but even among the
by klodolph 7y ago
Patriotic to "China," yes, but those in ROC who believe in "one China" in general don't support the PRC. There is some talk of reunification but even among the pan-Blue, it is generally assumed that reunification would only be possible if the communist party in PRC collapsed.
Even older generations do not support reunification, at least in any specific sense, if I understand correctly.
- Taniwha 7y agoIt's more complex - essentially the people in Taiwan who's politics descend from the nationalists who escaped ahead of Mao's and took over the country are different from those who's politics descend from Japanese invasion and occupation from 1895-1945, ~1 week of independence, followed by occupation by those self same nationalists. They literally speak different languages. The weird thing is that the Nationalists, the arch-anti-communists who believe they still rule one China are the ones who have been cosying up to the mainland over the past decade or so, making big bucks doing so - they're the ones who are against Taiwan as an independent country .... The kids? they love j-pop/k-pop are much more citizens of a wider Asia rather than China. So the people who have won this latest election by a landslide aren't the descendants of the Nationalists who believe they rule China, but they do believe in a Taiwan in a wider Asia, what's happening in Hong Kong scares the shit out of them. IMHO we should happily recognize "Taiwan", but not the defunct "RoC"