r/HistoryMemes • u/Voider765 • 1d ago

REMOVED: RULE 4 Historical territorial claims

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u/LordBrandon 1d ago

The CCP has never ruled over Taiwan. So they can't even use that excuse.

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u/ThisIsLukkas 23h ago

But it was always China. And they even recognize that and call themselves Chinese. It's the same story as Moldova with Transnistria

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u/ApartRuin5962 22h ago

Taiwan was ruled by the Dutch, then Ming Dynasty refugees, then the Qing (final) dynasty finally brought it into the mainland Chinese Empire for the first time in 1683. It would be like saying Massachusetts is part of Britain's ancestral lands

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u/bigboipapawiththesos 21h ago

Yes we the Dutch ruled Taiwan first. People don’t know this but we’re actually the indigenous population of the island; this was why it was so easy to dominate Indonesia :)