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China has grown more new forest cover than any nation on Earth (media.mas.to)
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https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-30-years-of-deforestation-and-forest-growth-by-country/

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[–] 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The bulk of Taiwanese support the status quo, including that being their official diplomatic position, so I think it would go over better than you imagine. The diehard separatists are a minority faction.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The status quo has broad support because it keeps the peace, and the Taiwanese people generally don't want to fight a war against China. That doesn't equate to the majority of the Taiwanese people holding the view that they're a part of the PRC and it should be fairly obvious that they don't believe nor want that.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago

    You're the one that invited the thought experiment. I'm sure that is they were polled, they would also say that eternal youth and space travel would be nice, but they need to live in reality, and in reality the path they support is one where their official status as far as most international organizations are concerned is that Taiwan is part of the PRC.

    You can't expect anyone to take you seriously when you are so blatantly trying to cherrypick concepts that support you and explain away those that don't.

    I sure wonder how the descendants of the pre-1947 inhabitants -- those who survived the White Terror, I mean -- feel about this issue vs the blatant settler-colonial population of the "government in exile" shoe factory co-founded by the US

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