‘We recognise China, and that Taiwan is part of China’ – Irish Prime Minister clarifies Ireland’s position ahead of Davos meetings
‘We recognise China, and that Taiwan is part of China’ – Leo Varadkar clarifies Ireland’s position ahead of Davos meetings
Pathetic. You’d think a country colonized by a foreign nation would be more sympathetic to their struggle for independence.
The ROC are not the indigenous people of Taiwan though. In fact, in this comparison, the Taiwanese government would be equivalent to the British.
What? Neither side represents the indigenous population of Taiwan.
Taiwan is not colonized by the PRC.
Taiwan has never been colonized by a foreign nation, except by the ROC after the Chinese Civil War.
It was also colonised by Netherlands and Spain for few decades in XVII century and by Japan in 1895-1945.
He is not technically wrong, as the Taiwanese themselves haven't declared independence from China.
Because the PRC has set this as a red line. The Taiwanese would do it in a heartbeat.
No, it's because they claim sovereignty over the whole of China + parts who already are independent from the People's Republic of China. They are not independent, just the old regime in exile. To them Taiwan is just a province of China just as it is for the PRC
Well it's a good thing we have you, a Westerner, to tell us what the Taiwanese would do.
Even the ROC doesn't consider Taiwan to be an independent state, but go off. Or better yet, fuck right off back to reddit.
He must've mispoken - China is a part of Taiwan, as everyone knows.
So what's next, allowing China to also claim the Philippines?
Err... the Philippines, the former US colony? Where currently new US military bases are being built? Which China has never ruled, attempted to rule, or said they want to rule?
You're worried that China is going to claim the Philippines????
They wouldn't claim the Philippines without a war.
But the Chinese government is trying to claim territorial waters, and their aggression toward all their neighbors is exactly why the Philippines have decided to work with the US and open new bases.
They may not claim it, but they are definitely the aggressor in the territory, and most of their neighbors do not view the Chinese government as 'the good guys'; that's not to say they view the US as 'the good guys' either, simply as the one that isn't actively aggressive and could assist in their defense.
Which China has never ruled
True, the CCP claiming The Philippines would be seen as ridiculous by the rest of the world.
Then again, the CCP has never ruled Taiwan either...
I wonder who's downvoting this
Anyone with even a smidge of knowledge about the actual situation of the Taiwan issue.
Contrary to what's usually depicted, neither Taiwan nor China consider Taiwan as an independent country. Taiwan, or more accurately the Republic of China (ROC), claims sovereignty over this territory.
Both the ROC and the People's Republic of China (PRC) consider Taiwan to be a province of China, it just happens that the ROC only has control over Taiwan while the PRC has control over China
Taiwan seperatists keep losing!
There will be one China and Taiwan will be a respected part of that China.
So, you think original china will take over the communist mainland again?
The "original China" of Chiang Kai Shek is a subservient lapdog to the imperial core. It is a nation born out of cowardice and corruption.
The PRC is the rightful government of China. Over 180 countries in the world recognize that fact. This isn't some fight against "communism" but a righting of history.
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Taiwan numbah 1!
Taiwan #1
I hope for him nobody says "We recognize Britain and that Ireland is part of Britain" 🤣
Technically, one third is.
Not technically.
The country's formal title is: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland is not part of Britain
How is 6/32 a third?
Nope