So the way I’ve understood it is:
Although there is no active combat (to my knowledge), since there never was a peace treaty, China is still in a civil war, which is currently being fought by the communist (PRC) and capitalist (ROC) “factions”, so to speak.
This means that both the PRC and the ROC are part of China.
Since a majority of countries declare that the sole legitimate government of china is the PRC, this makes the PRC the legitimate government of China.
Taiwan is not a separate country from China the same way that Fascist Spain was not a separate country from Spain during the Spanish civil war.
Is what I wrote here correct, or did I misunderstand anything? Any corrections are welcome.
Taiwan is part of China. This is a well documented fact, and Taiwan’s legal standing is not in question. This is the position held by the UN, and it’s the fundamental basis for having diplomatic relations between US and China per Potsdam Proclamation that was signed 77 years ago between China, the US & the UK. This position has never officially changed.
I know Taiwan is part of China. I just wanted to see if my understanding of why that is is correct… I expected people to say something like “yes that is correct” or “actually it’s more like this”, but your comment seems like something that would be said to a lib that said that Taiwan is a country, which I am not…
Maybe I’m overthinking too much, but seeing how you got as many upvotes as the post, it makes me think that people misunderstood what the post meant…
I just wanted to understand things better 😢
Sorry, didn’t mean to sound condescending there. Just wanted to outline all the points on why Taiwan is absolutely a part of China since a lot of people don’t know the background. Hopefully the links are useful for discussing it with people who are confused on the issue.
That’s how I understand the situation. And just like in the Spanish civil war, both sides claim the whole thing, the mainland and the islands. The relative peace is just pragmatic. Or has been pragmatic. The US does not seem to be happy with such pragmatism, though.
This is also how I understand the situation. Overall it’s kind of messy and hard to grasp without specifically looking for the information.
Especially in English, but I would guess that even knowing Chinese isn’t that helpful unless one read academic-type sources. Imagine reading English news about Ireland during the troubles; it wouldn’t necessarily make the events any clearer.
Those dirty Irish couldn’t even plant potatoes right. It’s only natural we whites make this a learning opportunity. /s
CONTEXT: At the time many nations didn't consider the Irish to be white.
From wikipedia, the agreement between the Chinese Communist Party in mainland China and the Chinese Nationalist Party in Taiwan was to recognize Taiwan as a province of China, but not to make a formal agreement on the governance of Taiwan. The pan-green coalition of political parties in Taiwan want independence.
