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That is standard operating procedure when a part of a nation secedes. That is exactly what happened in 1861 when the Confederacy proclaimed independence from th
by simonblack 6y ago
That is standard operating procedure when a part of a nation secedes. That is exactly what happened in 1861 when the Confederacy proclaimed independence from the Union. The result was a vicious Civil War which killed more Americans than any other war since then.
In the case of China, Taiwan and the Mainland are in a state of suspended Civil War anyway. With the Taiwan Straits between them, Mao's Red China was unable to take over Taiwan, and Chiang Kai Shek's Nationalist China was unable to take over the mainland.That was in 1949, and the basic situation hasn't changed much since.