[throwaway494932]

> The islands are Chinese.

"In June 2008, a TVBS poll found that 68% of the respondents identify themselves as "Taiwanese" while 18% would call themselves "Chinese".[33] In 2015, a poll conducted by the Taiwan Braintrust showed that about 90 percent of the population would identify themselves as Taiwanese rather than Chinese.[34]" [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwanese_people

[mytailorisrich]

That is quite irrelevant in addition to being misleading.

[rob74]

The same way as Ukrainians wanting to live in an independent country is irrelevant?