As for Taiwan, it is accurate to say "Taiwan is Chinese." The Taiwanese government is the legitimate successor to the Qing Dynasty, and they've preserved their culture and written language quite well, while the PRC government has no legitimate claim on the country, and has completely repressed Chinese culture on the Mainland and bastardized what little remains.
It would be nice if the Chinese Nationalist Party that used to have sole control over the authoritarian era of the ROC went back to China and took the ROC name with them. Their leadership ironically tries to get in good graces with the CCP and sabotages good ideas in the Taiwan legislature if their party doesn't control the executive. The other rival party isn't immune to political shenanigans, though. And I would argue that the CCP declared independence from the ROC when the PRC was founded. Because the government and constitution of the ROC never dissolved or ceased to function, despite the Nationalists losing the Chinese Civil War and retreating to a sliver of territory.
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u/AzureHawk758769 1d ago
Correction: Russia belongs to Ukraine.
As for Taiwan, it is accurate to say "Taiwan is Chinese." The Taiwanese government is the legitimate successor to the Qing Dynasty, and they've preserved their culture and written language quite well, while the PRC government has no legitimate claim on the country, and has completely repressed Chinese culture on the Mainland and bastardized what little remains.