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It's really complicated regarding Taiwan, though. There are groups in both countries that say there is only one China and the other one is just occupied by an i

• petesergeant 4y ago
  > It's really complicated regarding Taiwan, though It’s a defacto independent country with 50% wanting to be independent, 25% wanting the status quo, and 10% wanting to be part of China. Not especially complicated.
  • smcl 4y ago
    I think that’s underselling it, no? The world’s most populous country has a breakaway state from a civil war a hundred years ago, both sides claim to be the rightful government of the whole country. The worlds dominant superpower both supports one side and has an ideological disagreement with the other (while being completely dependent on it for both industry and finance). Both sides of the conflict recognise that there is one China but neither can agree on who should be in charge and there is not even a remote hope a resolution, the most likely outcome is the status quo continuing on forever but diplomatic blunders from the USA have both stirred the pot locally and potentially caused a knock-on effect in the Ukraine conflict (with China recently announcing joint military ops with Russian forces) And even then I'm simplifying it and omitting some other complicating factors. China/Taiwan issue is many things but straight-forward isn't one of them