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The trouble seems to be that Taiwan is a government in exile, having lost to the CCP. Recognizing a government in exile is very different from recognizing the i
by throwaway316943 5y ago
The trouble seems to be that Taiwan is a government in exile, having lost to the CCP. Recognizing a government in exile is very different from recognizing the independence of state. If they do maintain claims to the rest of Chinese territory they would have to renounce those before being recognized.
- tablespoon 5y ago> If they do maintain claims to the rest of Chinese territory they would have to renounce those before being recognized. Which is a PRC red line, oddly enough. Taiwan renouncing its claims would be interpreted as rejecting the one China policy.
- lucian1900 5y agoThe PRC also claims the entirety of China, including the island of Taiwan. It’s not at all surprising that two sides of a civil war would claim the same territory. The one thing both the PRC and the KMT agree on is the definition of China. The idea of Taiwan as separate from China is fairly recent and not widespread within Taiwan, at least so far.
- dixie_land 5y ago> The one thing both the PRC and the KMT agree on is the definition of China Nit: Republic of China (Taiwan) actually claims more territory than PRC, including the whole country of Mongolia, and some other territories gifted away to the Soviet Union, among others