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Xi told Biden at summit that China will reunify with Taiwan (abcnews.go.com)

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[+] EvergreenGuru@lemmy.world -8 points 10 months ago

Both China and Taiwan have claimed that they are the rulers of China and only one of them is right. For Taiwan to be a neighbor it would have to cease being Chinese, which it has never done. Taiwan is still officially “The Republic of China.”

[-] boywar3@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Taiwan continues to keep the name because it mustn't give China a cassus belli to invade. Essentially, by keeping their name, they show their support for a "one china policy" and keep the door open to peaceful reunification. If Taiwan decided to formally be a separate thing, the PRC would no longer be able to "peacefully reunify with a rebellious province," and would be much likelier to invade.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-passport-idUSKBN25T0JA/

(I don't care for Reuters, but the facts are easily verifiable elsewhere)

The PRC got pissy when Taiwan changed its passports to read "TAIWAN" in big letters and have "Republic of China" in small letters. What purpose would they have in being mad about a name change on a foreign nation's passport (particularly as it de-emphasizes the "China" bit)?

Furthermore, if you look into history, Taiwan got rid of its claims to "all of China" decades ago

https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2002/09/10/167505

[-] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago

In Europe there are two states, the Federal Republic of Germany and Austria, coexisting just fine (there's also Switzerland, no government of which ever pretended to be the unifying center of Germany).

That's just a counterexample to shoot down your bullshit without many words.

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