> afraid to recognize Taiwan's independence

No one is afraid. Taiwan themselves still claim to be the Republic of China and not separate from the rest of China.

▲ godelski 16 hours ago | parent [-]

  > No one is afraid.

You seem to have trouble reading. Here's a map that shows countries that recognize Taiwan's independence[0]. That's a lot of gray...

  > Taiwan themselves still claim to be the Republic of China and not separate from the rest of China.

You seem very confused... but I get it, it is confusing

Mainland China's current government is called the "People's Republic of China" (PRC)[1]

Taiwan calls itself the "Republic of China" (RoC)[2]

The difference of one word is very important. It's easy to miss, which is why Taiwan even changed its passport[3]... over a decade ago.

But also... they issue different passports. They have different governments. Really, this is not hard to understand that Taiwan considers themselves independent and the PRC considers the RoC a bunch of rebels. And... what do rebels typically do?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_T...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proclamation_of_the_People%27s...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan

[3] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1758230.stm

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DiogenesKynikos 12 hours ago | parent [-]

The Taiwanese government still officially considers itself the government of all of China, not just of Taiwan and a few outlying islands.

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komali2 11 hours ago | parent [-]

This is false.

You will finally google this claim you've been repeating without evidence, and realize there's no supporting evidence for this claim. I guarantee it, because there is no evidence for this claim.

	▲	DiogenesKynikos 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		The Republic of China has not amended its constitution to eliminate its claim to all of China. You may be referring to the views of the current ruling party on what Taiwan should be, but constitutionally, it still claims everything.
	▲	godelski 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Honestly it doesn't even matter if true or false, their logic is flawed. We could just swap China/Taiwan for the Koreas and it would still be dumb. Clearly they have independent governing bodies even though they both claim the other is an illegitimate ruling party. The patent is either trolling or delusional. Best to waste no more time