#taiwan is china

[briteredoctober]

Not a fascist dystopia at all.

[the-leegend-99]

Imagine if you had a fascist government in your country, and it was defeated save for a small pocket defended by a foreign State, and then that fascist pocket "liberalized" while fully maintaining the nationalists and anti-communists in power even though with a democratic "flavor", doing massive propaganda work among its citizens to try and make them refuse to even identify with the national identity they share with you, and still serving as a military base to try and destabilize your country and provoke it into war. That's what Taiwan is. You'd want it back too, as is the case with the PRC.

im trying to ask this in good faith but why should china want the taiwan island? that is also been this way for a long time. why should it matter?

im from a country whose borders were redrawn smaller during the soviet time, but no one talks about the areas lost to modern russia and that we need to regain that land.

Do they want the island itself apropos of any other context? Probably not. If the island were part of Japan or the Philippines or had historically been an entirely independent nation, then while there may be other non-territorial conflicts I wouldn't imagine China would be too interested in taking over the island.

The fact is that Taiwan is unceded Chinese territory and the ROC has not controlled Taiwan for a "long time". The KMT retreated to Taiwan at the end of 1949. The modern Taiwanese independence movement started in the 1990s. The Chinese Civil War never formally ended. There is a long-standing ceasefire between the PRC and the ROC, but they have never signed a peace treaty and both sides still formally claim sovereignty over the entirety of China.

Within the ROC itself, there is still a major division between proponents of Chinese unification and proponents of Taiwanese independence. While support for secession and independence has grown in recent years, neither side can claim that they are representative of the interests of the people of Taiwan as a whole. This is why despite having been in power for nearly 10 years now, the DPP still hasn't initiated any formal processes towards independence. The country is still called the "Republic of China" and its constitution still claims the entirety of China as their rightful territory.

The PRC is committed to peaceful reunification and rejects any notion of Taiwanese secession or independence. They view such movements as regional unrest within territory that they rightfully have jurisdiction over, and are opposed to any foreign interference in Chinese affairs. They have never considered the ROC or Taiwan to be a sovereign nation and reject any interpretation of cross-Strait affairs that asserts such a view.

Like I said in my previous post: there is a difference between territory ceded to another sovereign nation via treaty and unceded territory that is occupied by the losing side of a civil war.

[thisautistic]

[hopeontheoceanshore]

It's shameful how so many "western" athletes have treated Chinese at the Olympics. The IOC should reprimand, kick out and strip medals for unsportsmanlike behavior

It's happening too often, and just to Chinese, for it to be a coincidence

Follow for more Olympic updates ! 🤍

[sketchytea]

my piece for the @hws-anthology! it's the gang enjoying some spicy street hotpot on a humid summer's evening 🍲

thanks to the mods for their enduring patience, and for pulling this off. i'm happy to have participated in something like this with so many friends and creators i admire 🧡

[hippopotamus000]

[vintagegeekculture]

"Peach Boy 2" (1989), also called Magic of Steel, was one of the most wildly successful movies in the late 80s trend in Taiwan and Hong Kong of fantasy movies aimed at children (which also included entries like "Ginseng Boy" and "Magic Crystal").

Peach Boy, a magic child born in a peach who is one part Peter Pan, another part Bart Simpson, a third part Samurai, and a fourth part Superman, discovers a sorcerer is killing a thousand kids to keep his body from decaying, and has to stop him.

Peach Boy was, like Bart Simpson, played by an adult woman who sounded and looked like a boy.

Peach Boy was a huge phenomenon, despite the weirdness and low budget of the whole thing. Many very young Chinese kids remember being shocked when they found out their hero Peach Boy was actually....played by a girl! Hsiao Lao Lin.

Also known as "Magic of Steel," it is one of the few films to have a typo in the opening title.

[bixels]

Jesus man, relax.

[ivanscarf]

a single mom who works two jobs

[courtingwonder]

Illustrated Comparison of Asian Architecture and Roof Styles

[lilithism1848]

[arc-hus]

Clear Water Tea House, Nantou, China - Behet Bondzio Lin Architekten

[the-leegend-99]

"Why would China care about getting Taiwan back" I don't know, why would they care about getting back a piece of territory in the hands of US stooges who spread anti-communist and bellicist propaganda against China?

As OP notes, the People's Republic of China has been incredibly diplomatic, calm and measures in its relationship with Taiwan, and offered the slowest, most gradual path to reunification to appease its government. Unfortunately, its government is currently ran by warmongering liberals who don't even hold a majority among the Taiwanese people who bothered to vote.

about taiwan. but im still confused as to why should china care. they havent controlled taiwan for some time and seems to just cause conflict. why not just leave taiwan be and be happy with the mainland. what good does claiming taiwanese island bring? why do they care if an island belongs to them or not?

What good does the ROC claiming the mainland bring? Why does the KMT care about the ROC being the legitimate successor to Sun Yat-sen's Republic? Why is the DPP bribing right-wing US warhawks and inviting US destroyers into the Taiwan Strait?

This is not a situation where a bunch of nasty evil communists are persecuting an innocent island nation. This is a situation where a right-wing counter-revolutionary army, upon losing a civil war, occupied the island and maintained a military dictatorship for 45 years, only eventually opening up to democracy after massive amounts of protests and unrest. The PRC was the only democracy in China for those 45 years. They were fighting to liberate the Taiwanese people, not to oppress them.

After the ROC abolished the military dictatorship and repealed the law declaring the CPC to be rebels and enemies of the nation, the CPC and the KMT began to engage in peaceful dialog, leading to the 1992 Consensus. This consensus formed the basis of informal PRC-ROC relations, under the shared belief that Taiwan is a territory of China.

The election of the pro-independence DPP in 2016 has threatened the prospects of peaceful reunification. Unlike the KMT, the DPP has never had any relations with the CPC and is firmly opposed to reunification. Cross-Strait dialog between the two governments was cut off and the ROC quickly began to take a much more antagonistic role towards the PRC.

The PRC does not want a war. The Taiwanese people do not want a war. The KMT does not want a war. It is only the DPP and a bunch of US imperialists who have been bribed by the DPP who want a war. This is why the PRC has condemned foreign interference in Chinese affairs and condemned the separatist movement in Taiwan.

The PRC does not even want political control over Taiwan. They have proposed a "one China, two systems" approach to reunification that would enable the Taiwanese government to maintain its current legal system and operate with a high degree of autonomy. They know that the Taiwanese people would not soon accept CPC control over the island and they are not proposing that as a solution. But if the separatists get their way and start the Civil War all over again, it's very likely that that is what will happen, with many innocent lives lost to boot.

The DPP could choose at any point to resume the peaceful cross-Strait dialogues that the KMT had been engaging in. But they would rather continue their nonsensical rhetoric and wordplay where they can have their cake and eat it too; where the 1992 Consensus was never a consensus and where Taiwan is already independent despite never having declared independence. More worryingly, they want to continue courting US imperialists and engaging in behavior intended to provoke armed conflict in the region. They would rather start a war than risk having to acknowledge Taiwan's status as a territory of China.

If you want to understand the PRC's position better, this publication by the PRC is a good summary of their current position on the subject.

[thisautistic]

two different genres of gay

[snototter]

A king ratsnake (Elaphe carinata) also known as a Taiwan stink snake or stinking goddess, resides in a tree in Beijing, China

by Guillaume Blanchet

[tomorrowusa]

Musk may have torpedoed the original House bipartisan continuing resolution last week because it would have regulated his business dealings in China.

House Democrats Jim McGovern of Massachusetts and Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut say their Republican colleagues in Congress caved to the demands of Elon Musk, sinking a bipartisan government funding bill that would have regulated U.S. investments in China. Congress passed a separate stopgap funding bill over the weekend, averting a government shutdown. In a series of posts on X, McGovern said more could have been accomplished. The scrapped provision “would have made it easier to keep cutting-edge AI and quantum computing tech — as well as jobs — in America,” he wrote. “But Elon had a problem.” Tesla, run by Musk, is the only foreign automaker to operate a factory in China without a local joint venture. Tesla also built a battery plant down the street from its Shanghai car factory this year, and aims to develop and sell self-driving vehicle technology in China. “His bottom line depends on staying in China’s good graces,” McGovern wrote about Musk. “He wants to build an AI data center there too — which could endanger U.S. security. He’s been bending over backwards to ingratiate himself with Chinese leaders.” SpaceX, Musk’s aerospace and defense contractor, has reportedly withheld its Starlink satellite internet service over Taiwan at the request of Chinese and Russian leaders. Taiwan is a self-ruling democracy that Beijing claims as its territory. Taiwan’s status is one of the biggest flashpoints in U.S.-China relations.

There's an obvious conflict of interest here. Musk doesn't want to offend China because he's worried that it may hurt his bottom line.

Musk contributed $277 million to the Trump campaign and other Republican causes during the 2024 cycle, according to Federal Election Commission filings. Since the election in November, Musk has become a nearly constant presence at Trump’s side, including in meetings with foreign leaders. Trump appointed Musk to co-lead a group that’s not yet formed, but will be tasked with finding ways to cut regulations, personnel and budgets.

At least part of the reason Musk contributed heavily to Trump and other Republicans may be to get them to go soft on China for the sake of his business interests.