While I 100% understand them wanting it back with that context, it’s also been long enough that it feels like there’s no point. It’s just, idk, national pride at this point? It’s not like they have a ton of oil like Alaska does, just the chips and they could probably catch up on that in time or just get them through trade.
But maybe we need a longer amount of time. People’s grandparents can still probably remember when they were united. And I know they can get pretty nationalistic over there, too.
drz@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
If you look at a map of China and the Pacific you can see that the “first island chain” of US allies totally surrounds China. From their military and strategic point of view they are being contained.
Now if China were to control the island of Taiwan they would break that containment. It’s very likely they care more about the strategic position rather than whatever it is they say about wanting to reunite with the Taiwanese. They don’t give a shit about the Taiwanese, they just want the island.
WanderingVentra@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Ah, I didn’t even think about it in geographic sense. Makes total sense. And ya, the people in power never care about that petty shit like national unity, it’s just what they use to get the country on board with the next war or whatever lol.