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Re:What happens when a Pacific island upsets China by anoncow2018sund on Monday August 20, 2018 @02:06AM (#17798016)
> Recent polls have come in around 70-80% of Taiwanese people believing they are 'taiwanese' and in no way associated with China.

Ask any Taiwanese person who is their people's greatest hero.

Or ask them who is their people's greatest poet or artist.

I guarantee 99% of them would name someone that was born (and died centuries ago) in China.

I think the biggest irony surrounding the "Taiwanese" identity is that the real Taiwanese, i.e. the Aboriginals, actually prefer the KMT over the DPP [1].

1. The KMT is the party that is more sympathetic to China and leans towards reunification. The DPP, the current party in control of the presidency, is pro-independence.

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Re:What happens when a Pacific island upsets China by candiodari on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @11:22AM (#17810383)
Half the English world might say Shakespeare or Beethoven.

Yet nobody wants to join the British empire and the country Beethoven lived in no longer exists ...

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