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> Taiwan fits all criteria under international law for a country. Taiwan claims that they're not separate from China. Their disagreement is over who should be
by luckylion 6y ago
> Taiwan fits all criteria under international law for a country.
Taiwan claims that they're not separate from China. Their disagreement is over who should be in charge, not whether they're the same country currently engaged in a power struggle between regions.
- AnimalMuppet 6y agoSure, they claim that. Try traveling from one to the other (either direction) without crossing border control. Or, try to find the common point of authority in the command structures of their respective militaries. They're two countries, no matter what they say they are.
- sudosysgen 6y agoYou're confusing two things. The context of the discussion was International Law. You're talking about practical reality which is almost orthogonal to international law.
- randomopining 6y agoYeah because if they claimed they were separate they would cross the CCP's "red line". The Taiwan populace doesn't want to take over the mainland. There's literally no way you can spin this that makes sense besides the CCP wants control of a physical island to push out the US/Japan.