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When it comes to Taiwan, it's my understanding that the indigenous Taiwanese would like both the mainlanders who established Taiwan and the PRC to fuck off and let them have their island back.
But I do support the Taiwanese government's annexation of West China. Then they can move the capital to Beijing.
I see you post a lot, and it's normally fine, never an apocalyptically bad take like this before. So I hope you'll take this well.
The "West Taiwan" meme and the oft repeated thing about the constitution of the RoC still claiming the mainland is dumb. It's only because the CCP threatens immediate war - if Taipei changes their constitution to reflect post-1949 reality, that would be considered "a declaration of independence" and trigger a missile barrage.
Only about 2% of people in Taiwan identify as Chinese, and I can guarantee they're almost all old as rocks, maybe a lot of them went to school when schooling was still in Japanese. The vast majority of citizens identify as Taiwanese, the country has NO intent to "reconquer the mainland".
You can actually still find moss-covered old fortifications in the hills above Taipei with slogans like that, but they were built no later than the 50s, in the White Terror era.
Please let this "West Taiwan / Best China" stuff die.
You must be fun at parties.
Terrific fun, yes, thanks.
Parties that don't have people recycling tired old bOTh SiDeS wANt tO iNvADe talking points.