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Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ... by Vecr on Saturday February 04, 2023 @08:29PM (#34660607)
They have some, possibly with Deng Xiaoping and that sort of era. Obviously Taiwan is democratic, but I'm not sure how much of that goes back to when the ROC controlled more of mainland China.
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Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ... by dmoy on Saturday February 04, 2023 @09:23PM (#34661017)
> I'm not sure how much of that goes back to when the ROC controlled more of mainland China.

Basically not at all. There was initially gonna be democracy, but then it was just warlords/generals controlling everything.

I mean ffs chiang kai shek stayed as president until 1975 when he died.

Taiwan didn't really become democratic until maybe 25-ish years ago.

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