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Because the history of Taiwan is complicated. If you count Taiwan as a part to be unified under CCP rule, then by similar accounts you may as well argue that I
by hker 5y ago
Because the history of Taiwan is complicated.
If you count Taiwan as a part to be unified under CCP rule, then by similar accounts you may as well argue that Iran and Iraq as parts to be unified under CCP rule.
From the Wikipedia page on Taiwan [1], check out the Chronological phases on the right, you can see that Taiwan has been ruled by different regimes:
* Prehistory to 1624
* Dutch Formosa 1624–1662
* Spanish Formosa 1626–1642
* Kingdom of Tungning 1661–1683
* Qing rule 1683–1895
* Japanese rule 1895–1945
* Republic of China rule 1945–present
Among them:
- the Kingdom of Tungning was a loyalist to Ming dynasty when Qing dynasty was ruling mainland China,
- later Qing dynasty partly ruled Taiwan,
- now the Repulic of China is ruling Taiwan when CCP is ruling mainland China.
Then one may ask why Taiwan should be a part to be unified under CCP rule, as Xi implies, instead of being ruled by the Republic of China.
One argument is that Taiwan has been ruled by regimes associated with Mainland China in the past (loyalist to Ming dynasty after it lost, then partly by Qing dynasty), hence by extension to be ruled by the current ruler of mainland China, CCP.
But if you accept this argument, then you may notice that the Mongol empire (Yuan dynasty) once ruled Iran and Iraq and more [2]. If we ignore the past, then we may ask if Taiwan should be ruled by the mainland Chinese regime, CCP, or should be a sovereign country ruled by the Republic of China as the President of Taiwan said [3].
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Taiwan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Taiwan
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_Empire
[3]: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/taiwan-says-it-is-sovereign-independent-country-as-xi-pledges-reunification/articleshow/86892478.cms https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/taiw...
- mytailorisrich 5y agoFlooding others with a mass of data is a rhetoric trick. Again, the situation is exactly like Germany and Korea. China is currently split and this is an issue of reunification. Taiwan is part of China and the last territory of the Republic of China, whose government was kicked out of the mainland by the communist. Today is national day in Taiwan and that commemorates the fall of the Empire and the founding of the Republic of China... Now, some people in Taiwan are opposed to reunification because of the current regime on the mainland, some are opposed to reunification full stop and want Taiwan to remain an independent country. That's the factual situation. But calling into question the term 'reunification' is purely propaganda in order to paint the PRC as trying to invade a foreign country like if they wanted to invade Vietnam or another neighbour. From the West's POV this is a standard divide and conquer strategy.
- hker 5y ago> Taiwan is part of China... Which ‘China’? The political China, or the cultural China, or ethnic China (ie, with a majority heritage from Chinese descent), or what? How do you conclude that Taiwan is part of China? And what does it have to do with Xi’ speech or CCP rule? > But calling into question the term 'reunification' is purely propaganda... Taiwan has de facto sovereignty, and with a majority support against unification [1]. This is the current status. So the quote around ‘reunification’ is reflecting the current status. > ... in order to paint the PRC as trying to invade a foreign country like if they wanted to invade Vietnam or another neighbour. Sending fighter jets and and bombers to Taiwan sounds more like invasion than ‘reunification’ [2], if you ask me. If you say the situation is exactly like Germany, are you suggesting that Germany was reunified through military? And what should happen if the majority of Taiwanese do not want ‘unification’ [1]? Should Taiwan be ‘reunified’ against their will? [1]: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/taiwan-experiencing-surge-pro-independence-sentiment-180923 https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/taiwan-experiencing... [2]: https://www.economist.com/china/2021/10/09/china-is-ratcheting-up-military-pressure-on-taiwan https://www.economist.com/china/2021/10/09/china-is-ratcheti...