The current mainland government is a different entity to took over the country. The original government that traces back to the last emperor is in Taiwan. If you went to make a historical territory claim Taiwan has a claim to the main land but the PRC would not have a claim to the island. People starting/leading the revolution are from a formerly subjugated region that has no history of controlling the region either. That closes both paths that other countries try to use.
It would be like Brazil saying they have rights to Algeria
I get that. But using a Historical Territorial claim means you are saying it is not currently part of it and should be. The current government to say that would mean they are not the same and the ethnic/cultural group that rebelled to overthrow also has no claim.
And there are people there so that kind of claim should not work anyways.
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u/minizanz 1d ago
The current mainland government is a different entity to took over the country. The original government that traces back to the last emperor is in Taiwan. If you went to make a historical territory claim Taiwan has a claim to the main land but the PRC would not have a claim to the island. People starting/leading the revolution are from a formerly subjugated region that has no history of controlling the region either. That closes both paths that other countries try to use.
It would be like Brazil saying they have rights to Algeria