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nodata | 4 years ago

> it's no longer the 1970's.

Oh? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-58854081

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deaddodo|4 years ago

To be fair, the RoC agrees completely with Xi Jinping.

They just disagree on who should run the reunified nation.

tyrfing|4 years ago

That's not accurate. My understanding is the KMT agrees, and DDP doesn't (specifically: 1992 consensus), and the fact that the population opinion has been shifting towards independence is the primary tension currently.

At any rate, summing it up as "the RoC agrees" would seem to simplify a cultural argument along the lines of "the US agrees completely that guns are good".

For example: https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3151551/tsai-in...

eric-hu|4 years ago

> In response to Xi’s speech, Taiwan’s presidential office said most Taiwanese reject that model and argued that developments in Hong Kong show how “one country, two systems” can turn on a dime.

> On Sunday, at an event marking the same revolution, Tsai called on the Taiwanese people to renew their commitment “that the Republic of China and the People’s Republic of China should not be subordinate to each other.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/10/10/taiwan-china...

Tsai has not made this one country position part of her administration, and her speech a couple of days ago made that even more explicit.

WastingMyTime89|4 years ago

That’s only their official position and they can’t change it because that’s one of the PRC red lines. They consider Taiwan dropping their claim on the mainland as a change in the status quo and a casus belli. Everyone know the RoC doesn’t aspire to a reunited China anymore.

davidjytang|4 years ago

What?! One country two system is definitely not something ROC agrees with.