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> but it's very biased to claim that this is what 'the people of Taiwan want' and is frankly a narrative pushed to weaken China The vast majority of people her

• mytailorisrich 5y ago
  As already written they are already part of China. They don't want to be part of the PRC, as has been the case since 1949. That's why there is internally (in Taiwan) a struggle of opinions between this and "independence". Trying to ignore that 'China' is not the same as 'PRC' is disingenuous at some point... Like claiming that Taiwan was never a province of China...
  • philliphaydon 5y ago
    Doesn’t matter which way you say it. Taiwan is not part of China.
    • s1artibartfast 5y ago
      Taiwan's name is literally the Republic of China. To say they don't identify as China is incredibly misleading. Taiwan absolutely see themselves as heirs of Chinese culture and lineage.They are split on if they want to be the sole heir or share it with the PRC. They don't want to be part of the PRC, but they are and want to be Chinese.
      • mytailorisrich 5y ago
        Indeed. Interestingly on this topic, when the Nationalists withdrew from the mainland they took the contents of the Forbidden City with them (perhaps for the better considering what happened during the Cultural Revolution). So to this day most of the imperial furniture and art from the palace is on display not in Beijing but at the National Palace Museum in Taipei.