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showjackyang
7y ago
Actually no, KMT was at war with CPC. By unification, KMT meant (notice the past tense here) taking out CPC and rule mainland themselves. This position has changed 180 degrees in recent decades. The unification now KMT is promoting is essen
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showjackyang
7y ago
well... populist can exist in all political spectrum and entities, as long as it's a popular opinion that feed on fabricated or ambiguous information.
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showjackyang
7y ago
Well... I really don't watch those and clarifying facts is always important. So here you go: This is the GDP for Taiwan is recent years, clearly an ascending trend: https://tradingeconomics.com/taiwan/gdp As for p
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showjackyang
7y ago
being a Taiwanese, I feel (2) and (3) are actually the perception people have from exposure to China-originated fake news that intents to obscure current Taiwanese government's efforts. No doubt about (1)
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showjackyang
7y ago
Actually PRC is very pro-populism. It's an easy way to manipulate the public. False information combines with some provoking words, you get Chinese communists' means of control. This should be an useful reference: https:/&#x
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showjackyang
7y ago
Facts are, geographically it's entirely separate. Taiwan does not even intersect with China's convex-hull. (not that this matters) Politically, Taiwan's de-facto sovereignty is always an internationally recognized fact. And I
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showjackyang
7y ago
Well... IMO "unification" is the wrong term, "invasion" is what China is actually doing.
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showjackyang
7y ago
As a Taiwanese, I disagree completely. (1) Taiwan is not in China, geographically and politically . (2) KMT has already surrendered
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showjackyang
7y ago
As Taiwanese, from what I observed, given the level of populism that's going on in the country, the chance of him being elected next year is highly probable. This is a very very very serious threat to Taiwan's effort to counter
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showjackyang
8y ago
Interestingly, a lot of companies listed in China are actually Taiwanese companies having their manufacture processes in China. If certain company have locations in both countries, I think it's very likely a Taiwanese company.