Mainland China and Taiwan were one country. It is bizarre to try to deny it.

Taiwan was part of China and ceded to Japan by treaty after the first Sino-Japanese war of 1895. It was then "reunited" to China following WWII... that's really the root of the current situation since that's why the Chinese government (ROC) retreated there in 1949. Taiwan held the Chinese seat at the UN until the 1970s!

Hongkong was also seized by the UK through naked imperialistic aggression and it is testament to the power of propaganda that China be painted as "the bad guys".

Your comment is not factually correct irrespective of rights and wrongs or wishes of the people in Taiwan.

Why should people always have an ulterior motive beyond stating things as they are?...