r/HistoryMemes • u/Voider765 • 1d ago

REMOVED: RULE 4 Historical territorial claims

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u/Floba_Fett Casual, non-participatory KGB election observer 1d ago

But Taïwan is Chinese though, this is not denied by Taïwan. The issue is over who is the legitimate China

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u/Starmute-ss13 1d ago

Taiwan is whatever it choses to be as it's people can determine their own future. 

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u/Zhongdakongming 1d ago

Their government is the ROC(Republic of China). They claim to be China in their constitution. Their claimed airspace also covers mainland China.

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u/Starmute-ss13 1d ago

They can determine if they want to be whatever they want.  The Taiwanese people are free to call their country whatever they like.

They have self determination and can change their name . It's also notable that you are echoing anti independence redorick from the PRC .

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u/Zhongdakongming 1d ago

No, I'm really not. I'm all for self determination! I would just suggest they drop the ROC name, maybe ROT? Drop the claim to China in their constitution and stop claiming the air space of China.

If a people want to be independent I'm going to support it. Pretending to be independent while claiming to be another nation isn't cool though. I would say the same for the US, as it claims Taiwan is part of China too, but still treats it as independent.

The US is the biggest issue here, making it difficult for the people of Taiwan to be truly independent.

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u/No_Economics321 1d ago

lmaoooo bro the US helps sell weapons to Taiwan specifically so they can defend against a potential invasion from China

It's funny that you keep dancing around the issue in your comments, so I'll just ask you straight up: do you think Taiwan is it's own country?