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The CPC were trying to finish the war and the KMT were a military dictatorship that had just overrun the island. Presumably at this point an outsider country ha
by wonnage 5y ago
The CPC were trying to finish the war and the KMT were a military dictatorship that had just overrun the island. Presumably at this point an outsider country has no real horse in this race, except that the KMT dictatorship was massacring its people because they were communists, while the CPC was doing the opposite, hence the American support. You have to understand that things are different now because Taiwan evolved into a successful democracy, but that was not a given pre-1980s or so.
- philliphaydon 5y agoThe civil war ended in 1949. So this was an attempt of invasion after the end. What happened after 1949 in both Taiwan and China was horrible. But thankfully Taiwan is thriving now. If only could get over it’s illegitimate claim to Taiwan so my family and I can feel safe.
- dirtyid 5y agoNot only did civil war not end in 1949 (or 2022) but ROC implemented port closure policy to blockade PRC coastal shipping in 1949 (lasting 30+ years), which led to Tuapse incidence in 1954, which led to first and second strait TW crisis you referred to in 1954 and 58. Both "invasions" were direct fallout from ROC provoked aggression, and distills the geopolitical essence for why the civil war will continue until one side becomes completely subservient to the other for security reasons.