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It's pretty sad that in this day and age the PRC is trying to annex the ROC and arguing that the annexation would legitimate since the lands were part of imperi
by CogitoCogito 6y ago
It's pretty sad that in this day and age the PRC is trying to annex the ROC and arguing that the annexation would legitimate since the lands were part of imperial China more than a century ago. Apparently the citizens of the ROC have no say in this matter. Apparently the fact that the PRC and ROC have clearly demonstrated their ability to coexist doesn't matter. It's just sad.
Hopefully the PRC can find some other argument supporting their legitimacy instead of neo-imperialist aggression against its non-threatening neighbors.
- spaced-out 6y agoThat's really what I can't get over about this situation. They've been living in peace for generations, and that area is more prosperous than it's ever been in history. Yet two peoples who speak the same language might go to war with each other, why? Because of a civil war over an ideology that everyone has since abandoned? Because of how maps looked a 100 years ago? Because of crimes committed by Imperial Japan against the Qing Dynasty?
- garmaine 6y agoBecause none of the above. Because Taiwan is a thorn in the side of China, the open truth for all to see that freedom, not despotism can be the foundation of a prosperous Chinese state.