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permo-wtoday at 2:48 AM6 repliesview on HN

Taiwan is already independent. Surely the normal way to refer to it would be as coming out against assimilation with mainland China?


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smuhakgtoday at 3:05 AM

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

sb057today at 2:59 AM

>Taiwan is already independent.

That is a very controversial statement, and one that both Taipei and Beijing disagree with.

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sMarsIntrudertoday at 6:13 AM

De facto sed non de iure

stackghosttoday at 2:49 AM

>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.

litbear2022today at 2:58 AM

Before Trump set his sights on Greenland, Denmark also considered Kosovo to be independent.

humanlitytoday at 1:37 PM

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