Something Is Changing in Taiwan
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On 13 January the Democratic Progressive Party, with its new candidate Lai Ching-te, won Taiwan's presidential elections for the third time in a row. A priori a hard blow for Xi Jinping's China. In this video we tell you how Taiwan is preparing for a political, social and perhaps military confrontation with #China.
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It’s odd that Taiwan wouldn’t want to be poorer and less free under the CCP.
"Ba-Dum-Tss" 🎵🎶😹
Ikr, do you imagine how much happier they would've been ?!
Why exactly would they be less happy and poorer? I find it very interesting that everyone that watches these propaganda channels automatically defaults to the “any nation that works with non-american aligned nations are stupid/evil/victims” narrative. China isn't inherently evil or poor, but you’ve been subtle taught that it is, which is why you’ll spout things like you’ve just done.
Why was my previous comment deleted? Was it because I disputed the narrative of “America is perfect and China is evil”?
Will this comment also get deleted?
F the CCP and winnie the Pooh
Don’t do old winnie p like that
Let's not let Taiwan be his honey pot 🍯
Wow, I'm AMAZED this comment didn't get deleted, as pro-CCP as this platform is. I guess the YouRube modz were asleep at the switch!
Winnie the Pooh will have to answer to Christopher Robin, Tigger, Rabbit, Owl, Kanga, Roo and Eeyore.
More like Winnie the Poo Poo 😂
Taiwan is already an independent nation. The moment a government was set up in Taiwan after the Chinese Civil War in 1949, Taiwan became a sovereign state. I worked for the State Department in the past, and the common notion is that while the US can't officially recognize Taiwan as a nation, "in private conversations with foreign diplomats," the State Department already saw Taiwan as a separate nation than the PRC. In public, we're already treating Taiwan as a state...especially with armaments and sending over our military advisors.
Exactly this!
The only reason Taiwan isn't a "sovereign country" was the ego of Chiang Kai-Shek, who as the autocrat of the then one-party ROC believed he still had claim to all of China. By the time Taipei accepted the fact they would never retake the Mainland, the trend of One China was already set by all the new nations as they decolonized.
true that@@doujinflip
But you've just proven that Taiwan isn't independent, it's just an American-run asset. If it was independent it wouldn't be given weapons and “advisers” (aka CIA operatives) from America. Its government is entirely run by America and for American interests.
When discussing at what point our own country became independent (It was a gradual process over 350 years), I suggested the independence benchmark of „Not paying taxes or customs to a party outside of your territory and getting away with it.“
Between 1945 and 1949, there was tax collection in Taiwan, but I couldn‘t find any records as to whether any of that money ever left the island. So potentially, by that measure, Taiwan has not been part of the mainland since 1895. 😄
Looking at Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, and the US, it seems that Chinese people do best when they don't have to live under the Chinese government
Come to the US, we got quite a few Chinese billionaires, millionaires, and others who are doing just right.
@@AngryAmericanWizard i mean...i did include the US. But a few rich people don't really make the difference here - there's billionaires in China, too. The general standard of quality of living tends to be higher for Chinese people living outside of China.
Butt, have you ever visit China. You will realise that China is leaped ahead of the collective wests and her master. No want will taiwan with the economy of gone downturns. The wests distilled disharmony amongst the close brothers. They only interest in their MIC corporation selling old armaments for the profits. With so many disturbance and destruction by the west coalition brutally any countries that opposed their rule before and after independence, where they colluded with the corrupt ed government for the looting of the wealth by their conglomerates. Look at African and the number of peoples were killed for the benefit of their conglomerates and nothing was returned to the government. Butt, can you make a full video of Tutsi and Hutus genocide by the collection wests with over 20 millions slaughtered and Albright in her memoirs regretted she could have intervened during her rein
You forgot Macau
You nailed it. Phillipines,Malasia,Tailand,US, Canada,Europe....... Pretty much anywhere Han Chinese go, they or we( Taiwanese American here) do better than your average locals. Reason is that Chinese political system is crap and has been crap for thousands of years so Han people just take the adeptative survival skill acquired over thousands of years in a better political environment elsewhere and voila!
我愛台灣🇹🇼
ROC 🇹🇼
我愛中国! 我愛台灣!
四海一家.
I can't imagine being a CCP leader and thinking that after Hong Kong they'd ever get the trust of the Taiwanese.
it was like Putin's invasion into Ukraine kind of ironically made Putin the #1 recruiter of Nato (to the dismay of Russia)
The Pro-democratic Party won the 2020 election in a complete landslide (highest # of vote for president in Taiwan's history) because of what happened to Hong Kong in 2019.
So like Putin's case; it was an operational failure that ended up rising the cost politically... not to mention how Hong Kong's stock fall by 20-50% and Taiwan recently surpassed Hong Kong's index.
bruh i donot think it would be problem for Taiwan people to join china they not colonized them they kinda conquer them as their own people not what you did to other nations.
@@aquagaming3480 well... Taiwanese don't agree with you, and they have made their choice. It's not your place to tell them how to think.
@@easyware i did not ask taiwanese people choice i mean if china invade and Taiwanese surrender they should not have problem i donot think china need Taiwanese people to agree even tho china can wipe in 4 strikes. so trusting usa is better or stick with china to be good and a super power. or alway live under threat of being invade. i think taiwanese people should not think that usa will save them usa will run away.
Well, they know that, they ain't dumb. It's obvious at a glance that in Taiwan, the average citizen is doing much better.
They also know that politicians are corruptible and in the long run the can take Taiwan by paying its politicians or causing crisises that only they can solve.
Taiwan produces the most advanced chips in the world which take a key role in artificial intelligence, the ones that control asociado intelligence will have greater control over the world and the Chinese know that, it's also why the USA said they will bomb TSMC in case China attacks Taiwan in order to avoid they getting their hands on that company.
I'd argue that 'Taiwan' has long existed before the arrival of KMT (and by proxy ROC); there were a bunch of other people (aboriginal tribes, Spanish, Dutch, Japanese, Qing Dynasty, etc.) here before they came. Therefore, I wouldn't say that Chang Kai-Shek is the founder of Taiwan. He is more like the founder of 'Republic of China in Taiwan.'
It's always very interesting for me as a Taiwanese to listen to a foreigner's take on the politics and geo-politics regarding Taiwan. Thanks for covering this!
It seems to me that Taiwan's best move would be not to declare independence, but to grant indeependence to the mainland.
Agreed! But keep in mind that Taiwan doesn't need to declare independence, much like Britain didn't have to declare independence after George Washington took a large slice of it! Unless the old government is completely wiped out, whatever is left remains an independent country. It wouldn't matter at all that the 13 states Washington took were colonies and not British homeland. Hypothetically, if Washington also took Scotland, did it mean England had to declare independence from the U.S. or became part of the U.S. by default?
Even if we argue Chiang, Kai-shek used to claim he was entitled to the mainland, or his legacy claim hasn't been completely removed from Taiwan's constitution, it doesn’t change anything for this subject. I’m sure Ukraine would continue to dispute Russia’s legitimacy over Eastern Ukraine after this war. But dispute or not, unless Ukraine is totally wiped out, whatever is left will still be an independent sovereign.
But E China belongs to the descendants of Chiang Kai-Shek- the rightful rulers of China. CCP + Soviet Union destroyed Chinese culture and stole China. China belongs to Taiwan and the capital will always be Taipei now. Taiwan is the heart and brains while E China is the body.
@@alexd5128 I think you're confused. Supporters of Taiwan's Independence want to leave China. That includes both the ROC and PRC. They want Taiwan to be a truly independent state, the Republic of Taiwan NOT the Republic of China.
Great analysis by Rudolph
Except for one thing.... democracies tend to overstate shifts in the opinions of people. Donald Trump became the president of the USA, but are the people of the US aligned with him? Most of them are not. So likewise the Taiwanese can inch away from being pro-China but the elections can make it look like all of them are anti-China.
The other thing is that political parties do not stay the same over time. Is it surprising that the KMT shifted from being nationalist to pro-China? It is if you forget that the Republican party of the USA started out as being the anti-Slavery party.
Nah ... Rudolph is a paid-propagandist .
You called it "evaporated" ... even though there's still a large minority who exclusively consider themselves as Chinese. More so if combine with those who considered both as Chinese & "Taiwanese".
If anyone questions whether China is apart of Taiwan, you simply have to ask who they pay taxes too. It isn’t Beijing.
That's smart and accurate
I'm not sure that's the proper way to do it since they're using historical basis, even though their historical basis is trash. It's about as believable as their claim to the near entire South China Sea.
@@samthesuspectif we go for historical basis the whole china would be ruled by mongo
But it is part of China, just not the PRC.
@@Doochosthe Taiwanese people don't wanna be be part of it anymore, neither the CCP nor China ( 75% not all though)
Thanks. Great job explaining the politics.
They saw what happened to Hong Kong.
They saw what the West-Japan-Skorea MSM, NGOs/Think-tanks and DPP linked media...are showing them !
🙄
There was a lot of CCP corporation and family company thievery after Hong Kong changeover. Various powerful CCP entities demanded and obtained partial ownership in various Hong Kong companies and even some family run corps. All it takes is the CCP court order to back up the creatively created demand.
Taiwan must defend its basic value and system at any cost.
Kashmir, khalistan, tamilnadu and S0uth Tibet are very beautiful countries
They get the value, we pay the cost.
Do Taiwanese citizens have the will to fight? Many don't care much for military training. And the boot camp training is minimal compared to other countries. Their reserve re-training system is also minimal. They seem to be heavily set on letting other countries spend their tax money on defending Taiwan. If Taiwan was more serious, then it would train its citizens to be able to resist. But how many of Taiwan's own citizens, if armed, would actually cooperate with CCP soldiers invading the island? Too many.
@@naekosl3059 yes, you are right. Taiwanese must be serious for their own security.
@@wenwang6192 Yes, any country that knows it will become invaded should be spending money to build up its military and defense equipment infrastructure. It would be building extra military airfields in the middle of the mountainous area, but it did not. At the least, it should be building bunkers, adding launchers, adding a lot of anti-air batteries, and constructing road blocking delay devices that when triggered fall down, block roads, or create other delay tactics to prevent the enemy from penetrating deeper with heavy vehicles. This gives time for allies to come to help if they can. This is because Taiwan is a THIN THIN island with its widest point at 175 miles with most it being mountainous. It does not have any land to sacrifice as a delaying tactic which Ukraine had done. It has to make a full stand immediately and back up that stand with enough reserve ammunition and reserve missiles and reserve infrastructure that continues to provide strong resistance as the CCP PLA moves inland mile by mile.
TAIWAN military spending as percentage of GDP (from SIPRI and Taiwan Ministry of Defense MND):
2019 == 1.7 percent
2020 == 1.8%
2021 == 2.1%
2022 == 2.4%
2023 == 2.5%
2024 == 2.5% (MND projection)
We're certainly not keen to join PRC as a province. But the problem is if there's one thing Taiwanese youths hate more than CCP, it's serving our country. No one enlists, and people tries all sorts of excuses to skip the mandatory conscription.
Why is that? It seems kind of contradictory. Do you think this attitude would persist even if the PLA invades?
@@lordmashie peace dividend. Life has been good and peaceful for a very long time, it makes people soft and weak.
And the military has an image problem too, since the ruling party during its opposition years has been demonizing the military as Chiang Kaishek's colonizing henchmen who perpetrated atrocities against the locals. Now they expect the same military to defend them...
It's pretty disappointing ngl. I was raised to think that serving my country is an honorable thing, and as an American-born Taiwanese, I would go back to fight China if called for.
@@MRTY323 Sounds a bit like the radical feminists against the toxic patriarchy. 🙄🙄
@@lordmashie The Taiwanese do not really need to worry. The Reds have no way to cross the Straits that is 180km wide.
Furtheremore there are no Azov type ultras. The earlier DPP radicals were indeed advocating abolishing Mandarin Chinese and digging Chiangs' bodies but had largely toned down their rhetoric.
In addition, the DPP had its origins in hating the Blues, not the Reds.
Then there was also the issue of mainland Fujian province. The DPP used to hate the mainlanders from Shanghai and Beijing but it sort of saw Fujian province as their ethnic-tribal kinship zone.
Great info thx
FACT: The pro-US DPP party LOST the Taiwan legislature to the more China-friendly KMT in the January election. AND the pro-US "winning" prez candidate LOST 60% of the presidential vote to the two china-friendly KMT and TPP candidates that got 60% of the presidential votes. And the pro-US DPP lost in a landslide in the subfederal election. Taiwan electorate clearly favors improving ties with China, not US.
TPP voters aren't exactly favoring improving ties with China. It's a bit more watered down than that
@@georgebrantley776 Right (not). That's why they made a dozen trips to and around china before the election. They're practical and align with he interests of people in the ROC unlike the US puppet DPP Greens
Taiwan number one!
Dai-Wan Nambah Won!
China numbah 64!
@@givemedeath5801 VaChyna numba 69! 😵💫🤑
@@givemedeath5801 89!
Such a great quote.
"Dialog, dialog, dialog, Kumentang wants to improve relations with Beijing at all cost"
So, what does that mean? Like, submit with the CCP and be like Hong Kong?
NO WAY! That is not "at all cost".
Dialogue with the Chinese Communist Party is pointless. The CCP have an objective and no amount of "words" will change that.
Rudolph tricked you all into believing his paid-propaganda contents.
KMT and TPP are for the status-quo and the preservation of the ROC 🇹🇼 against the DPP ... which harbored agenda of abolishing the ROC and replacing it with it's "independent Taiwan".
Ch also want dialogue with ASEAN nations regarding SCS. CH who are you fooling probably yourself
A very good recap of how we got here.
Winnie the Pooh, should know he get further with honey, than threats!
Rudolph is a paid-propagandist .
Full of misinformation .
Why the comma after honey?
It is time for America to drop Strategic Ambiguity as its official Taiwan policy.
1. US should recognize Taiwan as a nation, and announce normal relations with Taiwan.
2. US should publicly state our commitment to Taiwan, and our alliance with Taiwan.
3. US should open an embassy in Taipei, and appoint an Ambassador.
4. Taiwan should invite US back to bases on Taiwan.
As a "Taiwanese," absolutely NOT. What you just said is death sentence for Taiwan. Taiwan's real name is not even Taiwan. Our country is called the ROC (Republic of China). Taiwan and the ROC are two very different things. The term Taiwan only refers to the main ROC island. There are many islands in the ROC (Kinmen, Matsu, Taiwan, Peng Hu, Taiping). There are many colloquial terms for the main island from Taiwan, Formosa, to Free China, while its official, legal term is the ROC. People need to understand when it comes to our de facto status, Taiwan should NOT be used since it does not represent all territories of the Republic of China. It's the same reason why people don't call the United States of America "Alaska." The real reason why "Taiwan" is accepted by the Western collective is because this island is of strategic importance to the USA and not because of its "democracy." This is why the US says they will defend "US interests."
Kissinger went to the PRC on July 10th 1971 and gave away the de jure status of the ROC to the PRC. He even told the CCP how he would made this legal (UN 2758). The term "Taiwan" never existed in the UN but the ROC was a member of the UN for 25 years. This is why the ROC is in the situation we have today.
Our people in the ROC sees this issue from a "sense of birthright" point of view, while the PRC sees this issue from a "historical and legal" point of view. Now ask yourself this question. Why did an American like Kissinger have the right to give away the de jure status from the ROC to the PRC? Don't the Americans support "self-determination" ? That is the real question nobody is asking. Why? Politics of course.
@@DemocracyexposedLol 😆 buddy if your looking for work the C C P is looking for shills it pays 50 cents 😊
Do you want the United States to disintegrate🤣
Why are you putting "Taiwan" in quotes? A piece of paper doesn't give the country it's name-- its people do. No one refers to Taiwan as the ROC anymore and haven't for ages. Human beings have the right to self determination, and Taiwan has the right to self-rule. You never ended up making a point, instead vaguely blaming the US and Kissinger, and 'Politics.'
I do believe that Strategic Ambiguity has outlived it's usefulness and the US should officially recognize Taiwan.
@@DennisBLee Human beings have the right to self-determination? Bro the ROC wouldn't be in this predicament if Kissinger cared about the ROC's self-determination lmao. Was he thinking about our self-determination when he gave our sovereignty away to the PRC? What have you been smoking??? Why Taiwan in quotes? If you are that smart you should be able to figure it out lol
The "change" happened a decade ago - I met MANY young people in Taiwan who didn't even think of themselves as Chinese anymore. They recognized and embraced their "I'm not Chinese - I'm Taiwanese" persona. Their Grandparents remember Chiang Kai-Shek, and the exodus from the Mainland -they are the ONLY folks in-country who are confused regarding their National Identity. The only reason Taiwan isn't an Independent Nation is because the US hasn't made it one by petitioning the UN.
Wrong. Taiwan is and always has been independent from "China". When it lost it's UN seat on the security council it didn't sign a treaty surrendering it's sovereignty. When it fled the mainland it didn't surrender it's sovereignty. Taiwan has been independent from the Qing Dynasty since 1912, the PRC didn't even form until 1921.
You might as well suggest Great Britain isn't independent from the USA.. You have it backwards dude.
Some of us had pro-independence parents who had to hide their beliefs for decades, moved to the USA and raised us as Taiwanese. I've never thought of myself as anything but :)
@@AngryAmericanWizard The US and GB is a terrible example - the US Colonies drafted/ratified a formal Declaration of Independence, THEN fought a shooting-war which led to a formal British surrender on a battlefield.
China and Taiwan have done NONE of this - Yet. The people of Taiwan just 'left' Mainland China in self-exile, they didn't renounce their Chinese Citizenship when the Communists took-power. Kai-Shek insisted that he was the 'rightful' Nationalist Mainland ruler, he just lacked the military might to force the issue.
It is because of this that China is making many of the statements they're making now : "You never renounced your Citizenship, so you're "one-of-us".....
Wouldn't work anyway, China has veto. But also, identity can be changed forcefully
The DPP party lost seats in recent election while the KMT gained seats. There are still plenty of Nationalists in Taiwan. If Taiwan citizens want independence and being declared a country then they need to hold referendum. Everyone thought Quebec was going to separate from Canada but the separatists narrowly lost the vote in 1995. And everyone thought Hilary Clinton was gonna beat Donald Trump in the 2016 Presidential election. That’s why you need a vote or referendum on Taiwan Independence.
Fun fact: The current President of Taiwan's name literally means "the English language."
Are you serious??
Yes and No. The character ying from her name, genealogically should have been an obscure one meaning “ocean”, with the same pronunciation. It’s just a character that her father swapped for another with the same sound because it’s easier to write. Ying (as written) is also used in the word English / brave. So the literal translation of her name’s Chinese spelling is Tsai (a common surname) English, instead of Tsai Ying-wen (with a different character).
Most people recognize it for what it is, but for someone learning mandarin it’s a funny coincidence.
@@craigkdillonThe characters 英文 in general usage now means English language. Just because 英 is pronounced as Ying or “ing” which refers to the pronunciation of the first syllable of English “Eng”. But as a name, the literal meaning of 英 is brave or heroic, and 文 means language or learned (as in educated person) or cultured. So her name can be interpreted as “heroic and cultured”. For sure, her given name was NOT intended to be interpreted as “English language”.
Fun fact.
The current president of Taiwan has Paiwan heritage.
Paiwan is Formosan aboriginal. It is part of Austronesian group.
The Austronesian people spread from Hawaii to Taiwan to Indonesia to Madagascar.
@@bctvanw Interesting. Are the Paiwan related to the Polynesian people? Also, what percentage of the population of Taiwan is Paiwan??
Thanks.
Having a dialog with the Commies.. is a lot like trying to talk a hungry lion out of eating you.. 😁😁
So you just hate all communists without any reason then? Would you like to admit you have a brainless bias constructed by 100 years of western propaganda to protect the rich at all costs and sabotage the self-sustained progress of all underclasses, or would you just like to try explaining why you hate all communists because of some “Evil Muslim/Jewish/Chinese/LGBT/Immigrant/Foreigner plot against all white people”? I'm assuming it'll be the latter.
China isn’t even communist, buddy.
@@RedCommunistDragon 😂😂🤣🤣.. CCP = Chinese Communist Party.. what kind of a wumao are you?..
@@TigerUppercut.00 It's a little complicated, but China isn't actually communist anymore. It's a mishmash of socialism, capitalism, and mild authoritarianism. It stopped trying to be Communist since the 80’s when America spent 10 years turning the manufacturing zones in China into anti-union capitalist sweatshops. Which is why the Tenniman Square protests took off the way they did, because they were over the forced disbarring of unions in capitalist-owned manufacturing zones, which directly went against their worker's Communist ethos. So no, despite the naming convention the CCP isn't technically communist, it's just the sole ruling party of China.
@@Elzilcho87 Once a Communist.. always a Communist.. no matter how much you spin it..
it's stuck at 480p
what a fail..
I getting 360p. I think I'm gonna drink myself to death. I just can't take this crap.
They money ran out for HD.
Mainland China should be governed by Taiwan instead
No, different people, different history, different values.
@@tdn4773
0.o Their history is less then a century separated and their values can be improved with the help of the Taiwanese. But they are mostly genetically the same people.
The difference between the RoC and the PRC is simply the PRC took the mainland and then proceeded to commit mass self genocide.
@@AngryAmericanWizard Isn't it Americans who self destruct? More people die in shooting incidents in the United States every year than on the battlefield in Ukraine🤣🤣🤣
@@AngryAmericanWizard Every year, 109600 drug deaths occur in the United States, and the daily death toll in the United States is higher than the accidental death toll in China throughout the year🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Such an amazing, clear, and analytical summary of contemporary Taiwanese politics. I am an overseas Hongkonger (I am NOT Chinese, I am 100% Hongkonger), but I confess that I needed this video to educate me about things that I wasn't too clear about previously. If I could give 100 thumbs up for this video, I would.
There is no such thing as a "Hong Konger" as of 1997. The Stockholm syndrome is very real lol.
Yes, there are Hong Kongers...
The ones that escaped
@@randomdds Don't matter if you escaped or not you are still Chinese by blood. How you identify yourself has nothing to do with basic facts.
@@Democracyexposednope. Americans aren’t British, skippy. Time and identity change. I don’t know a single Taiwanese that says they are Chinese. Not. One. I’ve been there off and on for a decade, I’m flying to Taiwan to stay in three weeks.
@@profribasmat217 The United States of America declared independence on July 4th 1776 with a new flag sewn by Betsy Ross.
When did the ROC declare independence from China? More importantly, when did the ROC's China claim stop? We still fly the original (Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth flies in the land of China) flag created from the mainland in 1929.
You don't know don't mean they don't exist. Go take a look at the current KMT title. It's called the "Kuomingtang of China." Last time I checked 4.6+ million "Taiwanese" voted for the KMT of China. The KMT also won more seats in the legislative yuan than the DPP. You might want to double-check your "facts."
You were in Taiwan for a decade? I was born and raised in Taiwan lol.
Long life to democracy and human rights 🏳️
I'm very grateful for these informative videos
Thats great
Don't be grateful ...
Rudolph tricks his followers into believing his biased views and skewed analysis .
Don't rely on a single type of source for your information !
Genetically speaking , China & Taiwan is absolutely one-blood one heart .
Stand with Taiwan 🇹🇼
Wouldn't all Chinese be betteroff under Taiwan's form of government ?
I think so,and US people will be betteroff under Japan or Germany form of government❤
taiwanese people are brave people
Funny false narrative.
Then how come those "Taiwanese" from Japan and U$... chose not to return to Taiwan under the DPP rule for the past several years !
The exact opposite, they literally fled when they lost
@@only_fair23 They're still fighting
@@rimozione_cittadinanza_a_l4847 The US saved their ass. Plus, that doesn't matter, they lost the civil war and then fled.
“Done and dusted”. I understood that reference 😂 Out of this world
Could you explain what this is referencing to?
@@belis6349 Chinese content creator. Does really fun food videos. At the end of each video he says "Done and dusted. Out of this world!" Felt like it was a swipe at China being it's a video about Taiwan(Country😉) doing their own thing.
Freedom is a precious thing, lets keep taiwan free
Freedom is a propaganda. Everyone is free in this world
Hi,
It seems your old videos (from more than 3 years ago) are inaccessible, could you fix that please?
If China can claim the South China Sea because the name is the same, then America should be able to claim all of North, Central, and South America by that same logic. It’s time to break out the old Monroe doctrine.
America is already practically in charge of ALL of the Americas. 😁😁
Given how many coups the US is responsible for, it already does
Your ignorance is monumental!
Sea of Japan 😅
Ok then we can just rename it to west Philippine sea
Unification is possible. After the collapse of the CCP, the Mainland will need a real democratic government. The Taiwanese government is a good example
Unification is very much possible, just depends on cruelty levels
Autocrats don't seem to understand "you catch more bees with honey". They can only think in terms of punishment, fear and suppression. This is why they eventually collapse. No creativity, only destruction.
Truth be told, witnessing the Brexit vote in the UK, I've come to realize that there's no nation where democracy operates flawlessly. Nevertheless, I sincerely hope that Taiwan charts a course akin to that of South Korea or Japan, rather than mirroring the trajectory of authoritarian regimes like North Korea or China.
Two parties system = One built walls, the other tears them down.
It's not a shift in the popular sentiment, it's just that the majority vote has been split amongst independent factions. Democracy at work folks. The majority is still largely in favor of an anti-China stance but differ on domestic issues.
why only 480p?
SerpenZA be like oO.
Awwsome vid.
480p? really? is it because no chips available?
And you need HD
because ... ?
480p is like what you could get from old TV`s why not use the tech when available?@@TK0_23_
Taiwanese here.
Chaing Kai shek is not the founder of Taiwan, or the founder of China. He is just someone who fled to this island after the war. If anyone were said to be the founder of modern day Taiwan, that would be Lee Tung Hui.
You mean the "Iwasato Masao, Japanese Governor-General of Taiwan" 😊😊
@@fortpark-wd9sx When I say Modern Taiwan, I mean the one people building Taiwanese identification and democratizing this island.
Chiang Kai Shek is who defined the Republic of Taiwan in its actual form and defended every inch of it. He is the father of what we understand today as Taiwan. There wouldn’t be Lee Tung Hui without Chiang Kai Shek. Greetings.
@@yuantingkung378 Building Taiwanese identification.....
from a self-identified Japanese national who also identified as Japanese in the puristic racial sense,
who then supported the Taiwan COMMUNISTS that was affiliated with the JCP, not the CCP.
Seemed like a good argument that Taiwan should not be part of the PRC but the Taiwan Autonomous Province of the Japan People's Federation. 😊😊
Then when the Blues really got nasty with the TW pro-Reds, he adjusted accodingly.
After having a successful life under the Blues, he then helped to engineer a Blue split, although to be fair, the Blues always had an infighting problem.
Then there was the fabulously successful re-education.
When he took over, Taiwan as the other China with 90% ++ Han Chinese was a no-brainer.
By the time he passed on, a sizable portion of the western world thought Taiwan was 10% Han Chinese with the other 90% as Aborigine-Japanese mestizos. 😁😁
There's always cause and effect. Let time be the answer.
Taiwan is an independent country and it's sovereignty should be defended by all means.
Crimea is an independent country and it's sovereignty should be defended from the Nazis by all means.😊😊
we adhere to one china and one Taiwan policy..
My take on how Taiwan should address the aggressive China issue is to continue beefing up their military capabilites and even go so far as invoking a 2nd Amendment like rights for their citizens to bear arms (though impossible this will be), and simultaneously paying lip service to China's demands but not actually meeting them. Time isn't on China's side and their window of opportunity of a successfully carried out invasion is closing.
Lol you actually think Taiwan stands a chance against China
@@flyinpug3791 It's not about whether they stand a chance, but how costly the invasion would be. A thorn doesn't have to be an existential threat to one's foot for you to not want to step on it.
Taiwan will be invaded by China cause Taiwan need to sign a treaty with China first, NOT the whole world
Obviously not happening. 4 months of compulsory military training... literally means their backup army is crippled.
There is an undercurrent problem of organized crime in Taiwan. Took years for the ROC gov to sort things out. The menance, though under control, is still there. Right to bear arms is likely to lead to chaos.
It shows that It Is more democratic than the neighbour.
LONG LIVE THE FREE INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC OF TAIWAN!!!
Taiwan does not need to declare independence.
ROC in Taiwan has always been separate and independent from the PRC.
This is why majority Taiwanese support status quo = de facto independence as ROC. International community just need to recognize this fact.
It is worth repeating. Taiwan has never been a part of the People's Republic of China.
How can the RoC declare independence from a country that is younger then it's self, when it never surrendered it's sovereignty to begin with. I ask because the way people talk it's like they think the PRC at some point forced a surrender of sovereignty or they just know nothing about Chinese/Taiwanese history.
It's like saying in 1776 Britain Declared independence from it's US Colonies. LMAO
Just like Texas, as the largest free and democratic country, the United States should respect the choices of the people of Texas and recognize it as a nation@@freeman10000
this! Both the PRC & ROC have same hierarchy but complete separate. Taiwan along with islands of Kinmen, Matsu, Penghu are governed by the ROC and never the PRC nor will it ever. The status quo should serve as a firm attention to every international committee that this is Taiwan’s de facto independent status instead.
Your country dare not even recognize Taiwan as a country, what a timid country it is
PRC never set foot on Taiwan. This is PROOF that Taiwan is separate & independent from the PRC. Mao failed twice to invade Taiwan. Our victories in Kinmen already solidified Taiwan’s separation & independence from the PRC.
Exactly right, it kills me when people who are ignorant of Taiwanese/Chinese history talk about a nation that is older then the People's Republic of China "going sovereign"; The RoC existed a decade before the PRC.
The island of Taiwan was returned to the RoC after Japans defeat in WWII, Communist China has never once held that island. The Republic of China has never signed a peace treaty surrendering it's sovereignty. How can people be so dumb as to suggest a nation needs to become a nation when it's already a nation?
Chin Men, Ma Chu ... these are the Chinese names.
Stop using Japanese colonial names !
The Country of the ROC 🇹🇼 and not "Taiwan" .
DPP agenda is to abolish the ROC ...in order to replace it with their "independent Taiwan" .
@@peekaboopeekaboo1165 Taiwan was a colony of china as well. so what's the difference between Japanese and Chinese? at least the Japanese bothered to modernize Taiwan.
@@lordssundee7047
Funny fake news and disinformation.
Chinese settled on the island. Later on...they named it Taiwan .
The "indigenous" tribes never claim the whole island as their own .
Japan militarily forced China to "cede" Taiwan to them .
@@peekaboopeekaboo1165Taiwan wasn’t the original name though. Before that, it was called Formosa(named by European explorers).
The Qing also didn’t fully explored the island. If you look at the map from the Qing, it only covers the west side of the island, not the east. Japan was the one who fully explored the island.
China is also as much a colonizer as the Japanese. The Dutch kicked the Portuguese off Taiwan. Then the Ming remnant came and took the island from the Dutch, who ruled the island before them. The Qing then came to wipe out the Ming before the Japanese came.
The video is 480p, no option to pick any higher. Normally your videos have higher quality, something wrong?
I detest how loud is your intro music compared to voice.
Lol, you changed the title!
Previously title:
Taiwan: China or Independence.
New title:
Something Is Changing in Taiwan.
Taiwan = Independent.
Edit: Hold up I just noticed 480p is the highest quality.
Mayve they changed the title name to avoid triggering YT algorithm that may deem this clip too controversial and thus less views. 🤷♂️
@@willywonka4340 Who knows, we may never know.
Low quality setting from a video when it's first posted is pretty normal, YT doesn't get it sorted out right away somehow. Seen it happen before
@@clockworknorse Indeed CZcams first does Standard definition until it takes its time for High Definition.
Why is everyone saying that
DONT TOUCH HER!!! YOU ARE NOT THE SAME AGE
😂😂😂😂China is older than Taiwan, China the motherland to Taiwan
Build drone factories
Dictator squirms seeing democracy flourishing
Taiwan is not China and never will be!
Every other country should acknowledge Taiwan as an independent country!
I LOVE TAIWAN! ❤
Alex, Germany
I wonder if there will ever be a pro-democratic candidate in mainland.
China can become West Taiwan so it'll get its unification, completely ease the war tension and than divert the attention to improve the living standard on the mainland.
Oh wait; there are no election but we can still dream =P
Having other country's acknowledgement is helpful but unnecessary at this time *unless Beijing attempted to pull a Putin*
Many nation such as France (despite it gets less media attention - which could be intentional) has done quite a bit for Taiwan even if the president seem to be leaning towards Beijing. Actions is however more important than words and they sent their warship-etc to Taiwan just like USA to help maintain the cross straight peace. If a War breaks out = RIP high end fashion brand sale and ... there is also the France Olympic this year so they really don't want any problems before the Olympic ends.
Right on 👍
@@michaelwang6125 What are you even babbling about? It's like you can't even string a coherent sentence together. China and the CCP has literally, and I mean LITERALLY taken more than a 100 million people out of extreme poverty and made them middle class in less than 30 years. In the entire history of human civilisation, that has NEVER happened before. Why is it so difficult for your mind to even acknowledge that fact, and why do you feel the need to simply project some sort of inherent evil on China? Is it all because it calls itself Communist? All this hatred and deception because they want to consider themselves as being a different ideology other than Western capitalists? Whatever political ideology they want to think of themselves as having, you can't dispute the hard facts, and the facts are that they’ve literally made the lives of its population objectively better.
Taiwan doesn't recognise itself as am independent country, why should the international community?
And Taiwan Independence means war😂😂😂and surely PLA will win😂😂😂
Will the sick man of 💶 (Germany)dare intervene?A big NO😂😂
SO let CHINAS ISLAND PROVINCE OF TAIWAN BE!!!😂😂
IMHO A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the Taiwanese government should give the people the right to keep and bear Arms, It would help Taiwan defend itself.
What's crazy is that they already have a law allowing weapons permits, but don't hand out applications. All they'd have to do is let people apply.
They do allow training for firearms but don’t have a form of militia.
Just join with motherland China. People in Taiwan are better off.
It’s not a major setback, China expected it lol
What about Taiwan Natives?
2.5% of the population.
@@SeptikAvenger they should be saved like moved to Canada :)
Native meaning those who did not come from the mainland? that's almost 90%@@SeptikAvenger
Only if you use the Chinese patriarchal way of calculating. Most Chinese immigrants to TAiwan were men who married with local women. If you calculate what percentage of Taiwan has some non-Han heritage, it would be the vast majority. @@SeptikAvenger
A friend of mine keeps telling me how Taiwan has nothing to worry about and how it is the Americans that Taiwan should worry about. I remind him how It's arguable whether you can trust the Americans or not, but it's indisputable that they warned you crane about Russia beforehand, and they were told they were just fear-mongering at the time.
Your friend is absolutely correct. I am Taiwanese and I will tell you why your friend is correct. Taiwan's real name is not even Taiwan. Our country is called the ROC (Republic of China). Taiwan and the ROC are two very different things. The term Taiwan only refers to the name of the main ROC island. There are many islands in the ROC (Kinmen, Matsu, Taiwan, Peng Hu, Taiping). There are many colloquial terms for the main island from Taiwan, Formosa, to Free China, while its official, legal term is the ROC. People need to understand when it comes to our de facto status, Taiwan should NOT be used since it does not represent all territories of the Republic of China. It's the same reason why people don't call the United States of America "Alaska." The reason why "Taiwan" is accepted by the Western collective is because this island is of strategic importance to the USA and not because of its "democracy." This is why the US says they will defend "US interests."
Kissinger went to the PRC on July 10th 1971 and gave away the de jure status of the ROC to the PRC. He even told the CCP how he would made this legal (UN 2758). The term "Taiwan" never existed in the UN but the ROC was a member of the UN for 25 years. This is why the ROC is in the situation we have today.
Our people in the ROC sees this issue from a "sense of birthright" point of view, while the PRC sees this issue from a "historical and legal" point of view. Now ask yourself this question. Why did an American like Kissinger have the right to give away the de jure status from the ROC to the PRC? Don't the Americans support "self-determination" ? That is the real question nobody is asking. Why? Politics of course.
@@Democracyexposedbut if you look at surveys over the last 50 years, more and more people on the island identify as Taiwanese versus Chinese. Though I would wager that if China gave basic Western freedoms to their people, Taiwan would not be so scared to rejoin them. Also, sure I recognize that China's not a western country, they don't necessarily have western values, well the people of Hong Kong did, They did for over 100 years, and the people of Taiwan see how much the governments and Beijing respected their rights. They barely made it over half the time. They promised the people of Hong Kong before they stripped them with their rights in 2049. And I say strip them of the rights, it's pretty extreme to say but fairly accurate looking at what's happened.
@@samthesuspect That's because you are consuming western propaganda and yes it does exist. There is too much to unpack if you really want to understand what's going on between Taiwan and the mainland. I'd be happy to explain if you are serious about this topic.
@@Democracyexposed propaganda has nothing to do with it, it's viewpoint. Just because people of Chinese descent live there does not mean that it's part of China. Yes, Chinese people have almost always lived there, but very seldomly has the government of mainland China controlled Taiwan. More so the people of Chinese descent that live there are more and more of yelling themselves as Taiwanese versus Chinese, any form of government in mainland China has controlled Taiwan for less than 10 of the last 130 years, and less than 150 of the last 500 years.
@@samthesuspect You really don't have any idea what you are talking about. Propaganda has EVERYTYHING to do with it. Why don't the US even mention the real name of my country? It's NOT Taiwan. The country is called the Republic of China. Go look it up if you don't know and stop brainwashing yourself with western propaganda. The Taiwan "island" has been colonized/ruled by the Han Chinese "Zheng Chenggong" since 1662, more than 100 years than the founding of the US. Qing Dynasty took over Taiwan in 1683 and ruled for 200 years before the Japanese Empire in 1895.
Meanwhile on the mainland, there was an uprising in 1911 started by the Nationalist and they eventually overthrew the Qing Dynasty and created the Republic of China, the exact same name of the "OFFICIAL NAME" of "Taiwan."
During the Cairo Declaration in 1943 during WWII, Roservelt, Churchill, and CKS of Republic of China (on the mainland) declared that once the war ends when they win, that Japan will return all of its stolen land back to "China." This included Formosa aka Taiwan, along other territories on the mainland uder the rule of Imerpial Japan.
What happened after WWII was the resumption of the Chinese civil war between Communist Mao and the Nationalist CKS. CKS lost the war and retreated to the Taiwan island. CKS wanted to regroup and eventually start a counteroffensive except Truman wouldn't allow him.
Mao called for the creation of a New China called the People's Republic of China, essentially declaring the Republic of China as defunct. At the time, CKS's ROC only held 5% of the "Chinese territory" Formosa/Taiwan, while Mao held the rest of the 95%, yet the US decided they would NOT recognize the PRC government by Mao. Instead, they recognized CKS' ROC as the rightful owner of ALL CHINA, including 95% of the maindland which they don't own nor rule.
Before 1971, Both the PRC and the ROC claim they are China. The only difference is the US initially recognized the ROC's China claim. It wasn't until in 1971 Kissinger made a deal with the PRC that made the US switch recognition of the China claim from the ROC to the PRC. "Taiwan" was never part of the "country" discussion and only a "territory" discussion.
"More so the people of Chinese descent that live there are more and more of yelling themselves as Taiwanese versus Chinese"
It doesn't matter how many Chinese call themselves as "Taiwanese." I am 22nd generation "Taiwanese." The ROC calls itself a democracy and the only way for us to be "Taiwanese" is if we drop the ROC title (which literally says we are China) and have a referendum. The current pro-independence party ruled the ROC for 16 years now and they refused to have a referendum citing it's not "necessay" since they are already independent. That is a complete lie. Everything about us says we are "Chinese" not "TaiwaneseS" even our ID cards says we are "Chinese." It has nothing to do with "China's intimdation" because we, the ROC, also claims to be China, except the western media doesn't tell you this. If you go look at the major political party KMT today, it is still called the Kuomingtang of China and it received more than 4.6 million votes, which identifys as "Chinese."
The mojority of us only want the status-quo before 2016. We don't want the status-quo in 2024. So again, learn the facts, not the propaganda.
One thing you missed out is that while Lai seems to take a harder stances to China, he also went against party norms to challenge his own party candidate and incumbent president in 2020 over her overly direct approach to China.
So Lai is likely to take a both harder in principle but softer in approach stand to China. We might be in for a new era of Cross-straits dynamics where things will be more nuanced and require reading between the lines.
The intro music is too loud.
Of course a Brit is still salty about loosing Hong Kong lol
No why we be salty about that? your just salty because we stand up for human rights.
A country "Invasion" its own territory? You'd better lernen the basic English in order to express the common things correctlly.
@@neroshinobi : 'Lmao. You seem to be doing just fine “learnen” english.'
As same as you. Ha, ha.
But its not its own territory!
the -Te in Lai ching Te should be pronounced as "duh", as in Lai Ching - Duh. 😂
On the contrary, WIlliam Lai victory had signaled that government in Republic of China, Taiwan desire to recapture Mainland as envisioned of by KMT is non exist anymore. Incoming new President had openly declared of no intention in pursuing an independence agenda also reduce the pressure on Xi Jinping to accelerate his great Chinese nation rejuvenation program, the prospect of war is once again seen distant if not impossible for now despite some wishful thinkings.
If the US cannot carve out Taiwan, which is part of China's sovereign territory, when it was at the peak of its military power after WWIII, I don't see how it can do it now that China is a peer military power? It is only a matter of time before Taiwan is incorporated into China and time is on China's side....All these talks about Taiwan are just hot airs.....Even if Taiwan were to declare independence with the support of the US and Collective West, it will not change the the reality and China's goal...
That true
The sunflower movement sponsored by a particular three-letter agency.
The CCP? 😂
@@Atlantafied Who would benifit more with a pro independence party in power? Answer this.
The CPC ☭ A diverging Taiwan gives the Party the justification to further reinforce societal controls and get everyone to ignore the insane amounts of debt they're racking up, while Taiwan and the West squabble over how much of the reality about the Republic of "China" they're willing to recognize.
yes a bunch of students with no protective gear and no weapons, requiring donations from local vendors and parents to get food while they stage their protests requires sponsors. I can see your logic clearly.
Wrong, people were honestly standing up for what they believed. I knew those people, did you?
Sorry.. I'm Taiwanese and am a KMT member. We KMT are not "pro-Beijing" or "pro-PRC" (pro-China). We KMT denies being "pro-Beijing". We KMT are still anti-communist, pro-Taiwan, pro-Taiwanese, pro-ROC (pro-Republic of China) and pro-West (including Pro-USA). Anti-communism is even written in our party constitution. The "pro-Beijing" or "pro-PRC" (pro-China) stigma used on KMT is a red-smearing election propaganda tactics utilized by the pro-Taiwan independence DPP in election, just because our cross-straits policy is a right-winged conservatives policy of advocating peace, dialogue and friendliness with Beijing but now kowtow (not surrender) to Beijing, rather than being very "confrontational" against Beijing. Besides strengthening our ROC military, this conservative cross-straits policy is to make sure dialogue takes place between Beijing and Taipei, in order to avoid any gun mis-firing/went off or miscalculation, in order to defend Taiwan, ROC. Diplomacy is required to prevent war. At the moment, CCP and DPP does not have any dialogue and this is dangerous and can lead to miscalculation. We cannot afford to have a war happening in Taiwan, as all our wealth, rich economy and technology built for 75 years will be destroyed (even if we win the war). We KMT wants to defend our ROC freedom and democracy. We KMT will support ROC military to defend ROC and will not surrender in case CCP invades Taiwan, but our cross-straits peaceful policy had been designed to de-escalate tension and deterrence against CCP. However, sadly, this peaceful conservative cross-straits policy had been "distorted" and "manipulated" by the DPP with a "red communist stigma" of being "pro-Beijing". We KMT deny being "pro-Beijing". This is wrong!
408p?
Time for a re-upload perhaps? 😂
Thanks for pointing out the fact that the DPP and many Taiwanese aren't in favor of independence only because it'd mean straight up war.
So often do I have to read "Oh, but many Taiwanese dont even want to be independent" "Oh, but the ROC still claims mainland China and doesnt want to declare independence" and it's annoying how many dont understand this simple concept of appeasement.
They would, if they could, but who in this world, others than some small-dicked, warmongering despots (And certain corporations), has any interest in war? No one. And Taiwanese are very aware of that.
As for the TPP: They're VERY popular (I'm talking 60+%) among young people and chances of them becoming stronger as time goes on, is veeeery likely.
Lots of Taiwanese have economic links with mainland. Why will they want to be treated as foreginers on the mainland? Just ask the ABCs on the mainland. The social. economic and official mood is different is you are a foreign national.
They have handled the CCP for decades and do not need some warmongering democratic and freedom promoters to tell them what to do.
Taiwanese do not want to be cannon fodder for the neo-cons.
TPP wants to keep the status quo.
Why is this in 480p?
Chang was the founder of Taiwan? LOLWUT? I don't think you're equipped to discuss this issue if you don't even know the mentality of Chang...
I voted for Lai Ching-de on that day
Because I want to tell the world that Taiwan is the Taiwan of the world, and it is a democratic Taiwan.
It's weird that we have to talk about how one country is complaining like a child because another country had an election.
PRC isn't complaining about the election in Taiwan .
PRC is warning the DPP to stop it's separatism agenda !
Considering how bad things are going for Beijing, is now the right time for Taiwan to reclaim the mainland or East Taiwan?
Not exile. Retreat.
China CCP: "Taiwan will also be ours!"
Taiwanese voting: "Do you really want it squid?" "Come and get it." 😂🖕😂😂😂😂😂😂
ROC 🇹🇼
DPP didn't even get the majority of the voting population !
KMT and TPP split the majority votes between them.
The "j" in "Beijing" is not pronounced like the "g" in the English word "regime"; indeed, the Chinese language doesn't even have this quasi-French sound. The "j" in Beijing is pronounced more or less like the "J" in the English name "Jim."
Is this Channel preparing for the impeding chip-shortage by uploading only in 480p ?
It's a tragedy for the CCP. They make two claims. One is that "the Taiwanese are Chinese". The second is that "Democracy is not for Chinese people". Well, Democracy is fine and well in Taiwan, so which of the two claims is a lie? Or maybe both?
Taiwan should give up on the idea that they are the one true china, even though their origins are from the monarchy that ruled china before.. the CCP took over mainland but never took taiwan.. and likewise, taiwan is now a democracy, seperate from the monarchy that maintained power among the island.. Taiwan is a new, sovereign, independent country from their past.. they should focus on that and i think it would go a long way towards other countries accepting and declaring them as a sovereign nation seperate from China..
Fun fact: China says they will declare war if Taiwan changes its name to Taiwan or rewrites its pre-civil-war constitution to state they do not claim territory on the mainland.
"Taiwan should give up on the idea that they are the one true china"
historically a separation of a country that lasted this long made a new country Taiwan should just be it's own country by now
The fact the incoming president won without a clear majority is meaningless. Taiwan uses a first past the post method of elections. Had he won by a single vote or 51% works the same. As for the legislature, it’s not a parliamentary system, you don’t to create a majority, you just need more than anyone else. As for the third party, that happens from time to time even in America. A third party never seems to last more than two cycles. The fact they have a split rule is not because of China, but the result of issues with the economy.
VIVA-FOREVER THE GREAT CHINA .
LONG LIVE XI JINPING .
Trust me , the DPP is also a major set back for Taiwan. Because it means they can stand up to all sorts of bullshit when they just shout “anti China”, while actually not taking actions at all.
Go nation of Taiwan….🇹🇼
don't touch her！！！😡
"Reunification is inevitable" to make China Strong internally and externally.
1. Technically China & Taiwan's Civil War still not resolved since 1949 i.e. Both governments still claim one another.
2. Compare with Ukraine, Taiwan land mass of 36,136 km2 is only 6% to Ukraine. Further, majorities of population at the western side of the Island. If Civil war restarts, all Taiwanese and Mainland China will suffer. Crying for our young ones will be a joy for the West.
3. Ukraine population drop from 45 millions to 36 million. If these scenarios apply, Taiwan populations will drop to 18 millions from 23.5 millions due to Civil war.
4. Instead of Civil war among Chinese as a whole, these 5.5 millions chinese can migrate to the Western world to enjoy their democracy system. China needs these chinese diaspora throughout the world.
5. To make China strong, Reunification is inevitable. Taiwan return to the motherland China is the best option. We can resolve our own disputes internally without any interference from the Western world. Our past humiliation histories already written clearly as a reminder.
If we use a CONSISTENT logic, Taiwan (ROC) does NOT need to declare independence to be an independent country!!! George Washington took 13 states from Britain to start a NEW country called the USA. Did Britain declare independence from the U.S. in order not to be absorbed into this new republic? Likewise, the Chinese Communists took the mainland to start a NEW country called the PRC. The old regime (ROC) didn't have to do anything at all to remain independent, much like Britain got smaller after the American Revolution but remained an independent sovereign. If Taiwan ever bothers to pursue "independence", it would be from the ROC instead of the PRC! Regardless of whether Taiwan breaks away from the ROC, the PRC and ROC are two separate and independent countries the minute the CCP changes the country's title to the PRC! Any discussion of the PRC to be the one and only legal representative of China is NONE of the ROC's business. Similarly, if Taiwan chooses to break away from the ROC, it would be none of the PRC's business either!
You are wrong more than 60% of the people wanted status quo. He only won 35% of the voted. Can't call it a majority. They also lost control of the legislature.
"Reunification is inevitable."
What's Xinnie Jinpooh gonna do? Invade? Good luck, that window is closing at a fast rate!
Taiwan Democracy and de facto independence is a beaty status quo, viva Taiwan!!!
Not many have touched essential and critical point. Legal is legal, legal is not the same self-identify. If a Russian national born in USA, only spend his/her lifetime in Russia. Then such person by law is Russian and American but up to individual to identify themeselves.