They claim to be independent, the name is something given to them by (you guessed it) China.
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BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 11 months agoThe official name of Taiwan’s government is Republic of China, and it’s the continuation of the government that controlled all of China before Mao’s uprising.
So I’m not sure your argument makes sense. They claim to be the legitimaye Chinese government in their own name.
deur@feddit.nl 11 months ago
BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 11 months ago
No, that’s just completely wrong. Taiwan’s government was created when Chiang Kai-Shek fled mainland China in the 1950s. It’s the continuation of the Republic of China that governed the entire country of China before the PRC government took over.
Saying that the PRC created the ROC name is ridiculous. The ROC predates the creation of the PRC and is the older name. The PRC didn’t even exist when it was created. Also suggesting that the PRC would ever endorse the ROC in any format is silly. Their entire position is that the ROC doesn’t exist.
You should go read a Wikipedia article on the history of Taiwan as your grasp of the history here is not strong.
woelkchen@lemmy.world 11 months ago
They claim to be independent
They actually don’t.
asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Show me where. Taiwan claims to BE China, not part of China. That’s a big difference.
Also, they don’t need to claim independence since Taiwan has never been part of PRC. That would make as much sense as France never claims independence from the USA.
woelkchen@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Show me where.
Are you seriously not able to read the replies with the “Currently, Taiwan’s political status is ambiguous” line? WTF?
Slayan@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
And yet there’s a whole wikipedia page saying the opposite?
woelkchen@lemmy.world 11 months ago
And yet there’s a whole wikipedia page saying the opposite?
No, not really.
The Taiwan independence movement is a political movement which advocates the formal declaration of an independent and sovereign Taiwanese state, as opposed to Chinese unification or the status quo in Cross-Strait relations.
Currently, Taiwan’s political status is ambiguous.
asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Outside of that very specific context, China == PRC. I understand the history of Taiwan very well, and it’s important for people to understand that they are two different countries.
CoderKat@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Yeah, in colloquial usage, most people understand that China and Taiwan are two different countries and there’s no confusion over which one is which.