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0 pointsmytailorisrich5y ago0 comments

Taiwan is in 'China' in the same way as both North Korea and South Korea are in Korea.

The difference is that the People's Republic of China (what 'China' usually refers to) has decided that the Republic of China has ceased to exist in 1949 (Taiwan is the last remaining territory controlled by the Republic of China) and that they are strong enough to largely 'enforce' this policy on the world stage.

So, of course for Chinese this is a domestic issue.

The West cares because the PRC is an adversary and Taiwan has a strategic location on maritime routes to East Asia.

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PakG15y ago

Yes, but my point is that most of the world, including the US, has agreed to acknowledge the One China policy as correct in order to access China on a diplomatic and trade basis. Hence why it's not so easy to resolve.

mytailorisrichOP5y ago

The PRC controls 99% of China (that's about the ratio between the PRC and Taiwan). There was not really a choice there.

As a European I don't really see what there is to resolve. I can just hope that things stay peaceful.

srtjstjsj5y ago

The desired resolution is that China becomes a free country.

When the Nazis occupied France, the world didn't say "oh that's an internal German domestic issue"

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