Timeline for Would Taiwan and China's dispute be solved if Taiwan gave up being the Republic of China?
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| Sep 22, 2019 at 20:28 | comment | added | Santana Afton | @michau I’m referencing the sentiment that Taiwan is a part of China due to the establishment of the Republic of China in Taiwan by Jiang Jieshi in the mid-1900’s — far after succession of Taiwan to Japan. | |
| Sep 21, 2019 at 15:41 | comment | added | kami | @SantanaAfton China doesn't base its claim to Taiwan on its emotional significance (ie "we really, really want to invade it"), but on China's supposed indivisibility. Anyway, if Taiwan had really had emotional significance for the Chinese, they wouldn't have given it to Japan in the Treaty of Shimonoseki in 1895. They'd have claimed it was an integral part of China even if annexed by Japan. But they did agree to give it to Japan, which means they didn't care too much. Up to that point Taiwan had been nothing more than backwaters of the Chinese Empire; it hadn't even been a province until 1887. | |
| Sep 21, 2019 at 4:54 | comment | added | Santana Afton | @michau Well, the situation with Taiwan and with Mongolia are fairly distinct, and I think the formation of modern Taiwan has a lot of cultural and emotional significance in a particular way that Mongolia does not. | |
| Sep 19, 2019 at 6:40 | comment | added | kami | @curiousdannii When discussing Taiwan with the mainland Chinese, I always ask why they accept that Mongolia is an independent country. It's funny to see how they try to find all sorts of excuses. | |
| Sep 18, 2019 at 12:30 | comment | added | curiousdannii | Right, it's not like any other parts of mainland China have successfully seceded. | |
| Sep 18, 2019 at 11:59 | history | answered | pboss3010 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |