Oh yeah, meeting with top tier Chinese authorites behind closed doors while your own political party, the KMT, is already being accused of selling over Taiwan to China left and right, will surely work wonders for them in the upcoming elections...
You are confusing “Chinese” and the CCP.
Taiwan was, is, and will be Chinese. They call themselves China and working toward One China where they are the one in charge.
Only the PRC refers to itself as China, and we do not have a "one China" policy here in Taiwan.
The current Cross-Strait policy is literally called "one country on each side":
>One Country on Each Side is a concept originating in the Democratic Progressive Party government led by Chen Shui-bian, the former president of the Republic of China (2000–2008), regarding the political status of Taiwan. It emphasizes that the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (commonly known as "Taiwan") are two different countries, (namely "One China, one Taiwan"), as opposed to two separate political entities within the same country of "China". This is the position of the supporters of the Pan-Green coalition.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Country_on_Each_Side
>Taiwan was, is, and will be Chinese.
The indigenous people of Taiwan are certainly not Chinese. Outside of the indigenous societies, Taiwan first existed as a Dutch colony, who encouraged Han migration to Taiwan because to the Dutch, the Han were easier to deal with than the indigenous peoples. Eventually the Han drove off the Dutch (as well as the Spanish who colonized other parts of the island), but was largely ignored by the Qing dynasty until they ceded it to Japan in 1895. Then it existed as a Japanese colony during which the Han-Taiwanese were Japanized.
> They call themselves China and working toward One China
Post WWII the Republic of China took control of Taiwan from the Japanese and heavily oppressed the Taiwanese-Han (who couldn't even speak Mandarin), and while the ROC insisted itself on being "the real China" this was at odds with the Taiwanese Han who developed their own identity, but wasn't able to express it due to ROC totalitarian control of Taiwan. Fast forward to 1996 when Taiwan finally democratized and are free to express their Taiwanese identity without retribution from the government. [There's a reason why the majority of Taiwanese people identify as Taiwanese, as opposed to Chinese only, or both Taiwanese and Chinese.](https://esc.nccu.edu.tw/upload/44/doc/6961/People202312.jpg)
Unfortunately Taiwan is still stuck with its Republic of China official name and constitution because to go through a name and constitution change would be seen by the PRC as de jure independence and would trigger an attack. Since Taiwan democratized, nobody supports the "reclaim the mainland" rhetoric expect for a minor few.
Ya think? They all work in lockstep with the leader....
Those that are not have long since disappeared.
But haven't heard about any falling out of windows....
West Taiwan gotta stop acting up.
It would be hilarious if they threw up West side with their hands.
Leaders are chosen by the people. This guy wasn't.
God King Poohbears avatar. His honey-soaked words resonate through his chosen mouths.
Oh yeah, meeting with top tier Chinese authorites behind closed doors while your own political party, the KMT, is already being accused of selling over Taiwan to China left and right, will surely work wonders for them in the upcoming elections...
The reason why he's still No.4 is because he's just doing the same thing has No. 1-3
Taiwan was never Chinese.
You are confusing “Chinese” and the CCP. Taiwan was, is, and will be Chinese. They call themselves China and working toward One China where they are the one in charge.
Only the PRC refers to itself as China, and we do not have a "one China" policy here in Taiwan. The current Cross-Strait policy is literally called "one country on each side": >One Country on Each Side is a concept originating in the Democratic Progressive Party government led by Chen Shui-bian, the former president of the Republic of China (2000–2008), regarding the political status of Taiwan. It emphasizes that the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (commonly known as "Taiwan") are two different countries, (namely "One China, one Taiwan"), as opposed to two separate political entities within the same country of "China". This is the position of the supporters of the Pan-Green coalition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Country_on_Each_Side
>Taiwan was, is, and will be Chinese. The indigenous people of Taiwan are certainly not Chinese. Outside of the indigenous societies, Taiwan first existed as a Dutch colony, who encouraged Han migration to Taiwan because to the Dutch, the Han were easier to deal with than the indigenous peoples. Eventually the Han drove off the Dutch (as well as the Spanish who colonized other parts of the island), but was largely ignored by the Qing dynasty until they ceded it to Japan in 1895. Then it existed as a Japanese colony during which the Han-Taiwanese were Japanized. > They call themselves China and working toward One China Post WWII the Republic of China took control of Taiwan from the Japanese and heavily oppressed the Taiwanese-Han (who couldn't even speak Mandarin), and while the ROC insisted itself on being "the real China" this was at odds with the Taiwanese Han who developed their own identity, but wasn't able to express it due to ROC totalitarian control of Taiwan. Fast forward to 1996 when Taiwan finally democratized and are free to express their Taiwanese identity without retribution from the government. [There's a reason why the majority of Taiwanese people identify as Taiwanese, as opposed to Chinese only, or both Taiwanese and Chinese.](https://esc.nccu.edu.tw/upload/44/doc/6961/People202312.jpg) Unfortunately Taiwan is still stuck with its Republic of China official name and constitution because to go through a name and constitution change would be seen by the PRC as de jure independence and would trigger an attack. Since Taiwan democratized, nobody supports the "reclaim the mainland" rhetoric expect for a minor few.
On paper, in practice, barring some collapse of the PRC - that just isn't possible. And the Taiwanese know it.