Oldbear83 said:
Limited IQ Redneck in PU said:
Oldbear83 said:
Taiwan and Hong Kong are different cases.
China, putting it bluntly, does not have what it needs to invade and hold Taiwan. One reason for this, not generally discussed in media, is that both Japan and Vietnam have told Beijing that a PRC invasion of Taiwan would be seen by them as an act of military aggression against the region. The political cost alone would keep Beijing at bay.
Hong Kong is a different matter. For one thing, the island is not prepared, in any sense, to defend against invasion by PRC forces. Also, technically Hong Kong is already part of China, albeit as an 'autonomous region'. Add to that the immense financial value of Hong Kong's harbor and bourse, which Beijing has long coveted, and finally, but not least, the cultural threat of young Hong Kongese, who are very pro-American and anti-Beijing. The Central Committee has long desired to assert cultural control of Hong Kong, and it looks like they are taking that action now.
One of us is confused. My history teacher taught me Taiwan is a part of China.
You should visit Taipei and ask the folks there. I have, and I go by what they told me.
Thanks for the advice. I will trust the documentation I found against your visit and interviews. Two years ago most Hong Kong folks would have said they are independent. They are not and found out they arent.
These are the countries that recognize the independence of Taiwan. Currently fifteen states
recognise Taiwan as the ROC (and thus do not have official relations with Beijing): Belize, Guatemala, Haiti, Holy See, Honduras, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Nicaragua, Palau, Paraguay, St Lucia, St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Swaziland and Tuvalu.
Nonoe of the other 179 countries recognize an independent Taiwan. Its hard to be believe the people told you Taiwan was not part of China. Maybe they were just joking with you.