• Deceptichum@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      The 6.8% not wanting to be independent is the telling part.

      Everyone else either wants to openly call themselves independent on carry on as they are in already being functionally independent.

      tl;dr: No one wants to be part of China or not independent.

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        1 year ago

        The vast majority of people want things to stay the same. Both independence and reintegration are very small minorities.

        What that tells me is China has a lot of work to do to entice Taiwan. That’s it.

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          1 year ago

          1/4 is not very small.

          Furthermore keeping things the same is to be independent or do you think China currently controls what they do?

          After the disaster of HK, Taiwan is never going to join China.

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            1 year ago

            1/4 is pretty small.

            It’s basically the same as the relationship between the US and Puerto Rico. Lots of autonomy, not independence.

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              Okay, think of it this way.

              What exactly is the relationship between the two?

              Do taxpayers of one nation see their taxes spent in the other? No? That’s because Taiwan is not China, and China does not own Taiwan.

              No laws passed in China have effect in Taiwan, China has zero say in how the country is run, but everyone has to pretend that Taiwan is part of China or else Pooh Bear will throw a bitchy fit and invade.

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                1 year ago

                The Chinese State is heavily invested in Taiwan, it’s clearly not just an independent country.

                China will only invade if the West keeps arming them, because China won’t tolerate an arms buildup in Taiwan. That’s a perfectly reasonable stance. Imagine China started shipping billions of dollars of weapons to Puerto Rico lol

                Pooh Bear

                Ah yes, calling a Chinese man a yellow animal. Definitely not racist.