I'm pretty sure you are replying with the assumption that maaku was making a statement about who should be recognized as "China". I believe he was actually mak

I'm pretty sure you are replying with the assumption that maaku was making a statement about who should be recognized as "China". I believe he was actually making a statement about the legitimacy of the Taiwanese claim to sovereignty over their own island. Mainland claims to ownership over the island have to be argued from a historical context, since they haven't actually had any administrative control over the island for over 100 years. So maaku was responding to this argument (without actually invoking it) by saying that if the question is "who was there first, the KMT or the PRC" then the KMT technically wins since it both predates the PRC and has maintained uninterrupted control until Taiwan became a democracy. Of course.. the situation is actually more complicated than that because the KMT and PRC are both mainland governments forced upon Taiwan (one successful and one still hoping), while Taiwan has its own history, language, and ethnicities. So in an even broader historical context both are technically "invaders." Such is the fate of all small island nations, perhaps...