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Not them but I can provide some nuance. Most importantly I think, the peoples of the mainland and Taiwan island aren't a separate people. Folks in Taiwan island have family and friends in the mainland and vice versa. This was the case in the Korean peninsula as well, so fair question to ask the difference, which is that there was never really a wall of separation between Taiwan island and the rest of China. Taiwan's main trade partner is the PRC and it's easy to travel, meaning whatever propoganda might be thrown at these people cannot work as it has in occupied Korea.

On top of these ties, the political relationship here also isn't as the western MSM portrays it. The CPC generally isn't sabre-rattling the way the US or even the EU are, there are few threats being thrown around and that's usually threats towards the west for trying to drive a wegde, not the people on the island. Similarly, despite their declarations to the west, even the DPP aren't working to completely sever ties. They'll posture and try to hurt the PRC but they know they can't survive without the mainland.