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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Question: Why hasn't Taiwan been fully taken over by China yet? I think there is a case to be made that China won't invade Taiwan because it feels like it should have happened already. I'm guessing it boils down to 'white people' the same way it does with HK, just curious

[–] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago

Because the CPC is confident that Taiwan will reunify peacefully over time so reunification by force is a waste of lives and money. Remember that the DPP separatists being in power is relatively recent and for most of the post civil war timeframe, the KMT position has gone from "we'll retake the mainland" to "we're the real China" to "We need to work with the mainland".

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

because China and Taiwan are mostly intertwined in terms of the economic activities. The main issues with the island and the peripheries are: a good position for Americans/Chinese to park their warships, hide their submarines and monitoring South-East Chinese/Pacific coast.

Also, the issue of independence or secession is a good way to prop up nationalistic sentiments for both sides when convenient