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> reunion reunion of what? China never owned Taiwan to begin with. China had presence in Taiwan but failed to control the country for 200 years. In 1887 after
by philliphaydon 5y ago
> reunion
reunion of what? China never owned Taiwan to begin with. China had presence in Taiwan but failed to control the country for 200 years. In 1887 after 200 years, one day they were like 'oh, lets call Taiwan a Provence", then when Japan invaded they were like "oh, yeah, no we don't want it" and bailed on Taiwan.
When Japan left, they signed over Taiwan to the ROC, not to the PRC. So China and the PRC have no claim over Taiwan to begin with.
Seriously, China's claim is the equivalent of a bunch of Americans setting up home in a city in Canada, then 200 years later saying "lets call Canada a State of America". Despite the fact that Americans never ruled in the country to any extent.
- dirtyid 5y agoPRC assumed all of ROC holdings when UN recognition switched. Though really none of it matters, PRC / ROC is in an ongoing civil war over territories that both parties currently occupy. Historical narratives used to rationalize legitimacy and legality is just the veneer over domestic and geopolitics. While PRC having legal claims over TW helps, ultimately PRC will conduct even an illegal war over TW as police actions if it has to, just like how the US conducts illegal war around the world. The Chinese civil war never ended. At the end of the day, it's really that simple. If ROC/TW wants to hold on to what it conquered from natives of Formosa, they will have to defend it with blood. Ditto with Americans who think they can deter PRC on core sovereignty issues, when they couldn't even deter PRC from fighting over Korea while the US was a nuclear power. The west can craft whatever ahistorical story they want to cope, but until they commit to exchanging SanFrancisco/Sydney/Tokyo for Shanghai over Taipei, their opinions simply don't matter for PRC calculations over TW.