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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40427620 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40427620 brings an excellent counterpoint to your post - why won't Taiwan its
by Tiberium 2y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40427620 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40427620 brings an excellent counterpoint to your post - why won't Taiwan itself drop the unrealistic claims on all of China?
- CharlieDigital 2y agoLet's be real here: no one thinks that Taiwan is in any capacity to invade and take China. The BBC had an interview with Tsai Ing Wen that I think that offers a really good perspective on how Taiwan sees itself on the world stage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9d_S_K5X_k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9d_S_K5X_k
- exe34 2y agothe Republic of China in Taiwan is the legitimate government of the country west of Taiwan.
- eynsham 2y agoTaiwan doesn’t fully drop the legal pretence of being China because the /mainland authorities/ would complain. Otherwise, they would do it immediately. (Compare the CPG’s vetoing of democratisation in Hong Kong prior to in the 50s and 60s.)