Thank you for writing such a thorough comment. So often people comment on HN without a basis in any of these facts. I think it’s important to add that Taiwan,

Thank you for writing such a thorough comment. So often people comment on HN without a basis in any of these facts. I think it’s important to add that Taiwan, like China, was an authoritarian state up until the 90s. The shift to democracy since then has given room for a lot of these different factions to take hold and develop on the island.