Thoughts?

Is this imperialism by China, a country which is supposed to be left-wing? Leftists are normally anti-imperialism. Wouldn’t it be better to let Taiwan democratically decide whether they want to be part of China or not?

  • minorkeys@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    China hasn’t exerted any political authority over Taiwan in 80 years and Taiwan declared itself a separate nation long ago, supported by the will of the people of Taiwan. Anything else is the will of a conqueror.

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      6 days ago

      I wonder how many people living in Taiwan were alive back when China controlled it. Probably 90% + of the population has never known anything but independent Taiwan

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        5 days ago

        100%, because Taiwan was in the Japanese Empire from 1895 to 1945, and was pretty much independent from 1945 to the KMT arrival in 1948.

      • ruan@lemmy.eco.br
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        5 days ago

        Since when does an “independent Taiwan” exist?

        They call themselves the “true” China to this day.

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      5 days ago

      Did they declare that tho? I thought they viewed themselves as the legitimate government of all China.

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        5 days ago

        No, not really. It’s still in the constitution since the 1940s only because changing it would provoke a military reaction from China. Nobody actually believes it, not since CKS died in the 70s.