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  • Tehdastehdas@piefed.socialtoEurope@feddit.org•Taiwan's Ambassador to the EU: "Taiwan has never been part of the People’s Republic of China"English
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    17 days ago

    Before a tankie comes in propagandising the 1992 consensus that says “there is one China, our China”, by which China means PRC (People’s Republic of China) and Taiwan’s ruling party KMT meant RoC (Republic of China), let me add some detail:

    After effectively losing the Chinese civil war in 1949 by retreating to Taiwan, RoC martial law era ruling party KMT first threatened to retake China until 1991, and then diluted the plan into “reunification” and cosied up with China. Last time KMT said “one China” was in the 1992 consensus, at the end of martial law. Taiwanese people never agreed with KMT’s hubris or sucking-up, which shows in voting results since the martial law ended.

    Now Taiwan is stuck with the official stance of “one China” because China’s (PRC) Anti-secession law of 2005 promises war if Taiwan changes its name from the old “Republic of China” (since 1911 in China, since 1945 on Taiwan) to “Republic of Taiwan”. They missed a chance to become officially Taiwan the country. Most parties in Taiwan support “status quo”, “don’t rock the boat”.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Taiwan#Current_political_issues