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Re:What happens when a Pacific island upsets China by NeedMoreTea on Sunday August 19, 2018 @05:46PM (#17796353)
Always seems quite a stretch. China didn't first invade Taiwan until 1700 or thereabouts. They've been outside China for the last 120 years or so. China even formally ceded the territory to Japan in 1896 after the first China-Japan war.

Of course what should matter is what the people of Taiwan want. Will the West provide enough response if it were needed? Sadly I suspect not.

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Re:What happens when a Pacific island upsets China by skh on Sunday August 19, 2018 @06:56PM (#17796669)
The PRC is younger than the ROC. The PRC, the government, have always considered Taiwan part of China. It’s in their constitution I believe.
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