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And it's not necessarily even forced either. The West underestimates the overlap between Chinese and Taiwanese families, professionals, and other ties. This i

And it's not necessarily even forced either. The West underestimates the overlap between Chinese and Taiwanese families, professionals, and other ties. This is not like North and South Korea where there's been generations with no contact so almost all ties are lost. These are two societies which are largely open to each other in every aspect of life as long as you don't bring up one specific aspect of politics. Taiwan would look much more like Hong Kong than the West likes to think.

krisoft 5y ago
> Taiwan would look much more like Hong Kong than the West likes to think. I think you are right that there are significant ties between the people of Taiwan and China. I don't know what the "West" thinks so I'm not confident talking about that. What I know that all of your points about familiar, professional and other ties also stand for the Ukraine-Russia relationship. But the invasion doesn't seem to be going like Hong Kong for Russia, does it?