• @OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    China would invade if there was an official declaration of independence, since that is easily seen as the Taiwanese elite acting in their best interests. If there was a vote organized with China’s participation however, surely they would respect the outcome?

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      2 years ago

      The CCP doesn’t give a rip about public opinion. Exhibit A: Turning Hong Kong into a police state in response to street protests. China knows the poll numbers full well in Taiwan. And the elite have for a long time mainly been maintaining the fiction that the Taiwanese government still has a legitimate claim over China.