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| ▲ | smuhakg 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| The official position of Taiwan (Republic of China) and the People's Republic of China is that they're rival governments of the same China. The Taiwanese government has never formally declared itself independent from the mainland. Such a declaration would likely cause the PRC to invade. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Consensus |
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| ▲ | sb057 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| >Taiwan is already independent. That is a very controversial statement, and one that both Taipei and Beijing disagree with. |
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| ▲ | Supermancho 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Controversy doesn't change the reality. Stating that Taiwan is not independent is political posturing. Look to French Guiana, which is not independent. | | | |
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| ▲ | sMarsIntruder 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| De facto sed non de iure |
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| ▲ | stackghost 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| >Surely the normal way to refer to it would be as coming out against assimilation with mainland China? I suppose, though that's not really how I tend to see it phrased on socials or in the media. |
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| ▲ | litbear2022 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Before Trump set his sights on Greenland, Denmark also considered Kosovo to be independent. |
