Re: It's official, screen grab from The Times (behind a paywall0. War with China Archived Message
Posted by Ken Waldron on February 12, 2023, 7:46 pm, in reply to "Re: It's official, screen grab from The Times (behind a paywall0. War with China "
"Both claims should be treated as fiction and will cause untold suffering and a possible world war if either side were to try to pursue them." Taiwan wouldn't exist without US support. Its job was to provide a fantasy alternative to the unacceptable reality of a communist China. It also amassed or looted: depending on how you see it, vast amounts of China's moveable cultural heritage. (Considering the mainland's later "cultural revolution" this was probably quite fortuitous...) but of course both issues make Taiwan in Chinese eyes a false pretender: a thieving pernicious Chinese enclave under foreign domination. Its understandable that they are unlikely to ever accept any claims to Taiwanese independence.
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