[quote=briansd1]
Until 1971, ROC held the UN seat for all of China, a tacit admission that are Chinese.
When the US recognized the PRC as the rightful government of China, America recognized PRC sovereignty over Taiwan.
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America acknowledges PRC claim over Taiwan, but soverneignty is based on facts on the ground. You can’t remove on the ground reality and sovereignty with international political tic for tac. Even when the ROC had international recognition, and PRC did not, you can’t say PRC did not exercise sovereignty over China.
[quote=briansd1]
I don’t know, ocrenter. I have a close Taiwanese friend whose family is originally from Taiwan for many generations. She’s OK with being called Chinese.
Her brothers and cousins are all doing business in China, so she said, they might as well be Chinese.
But she doesn’t buy anything made in China and is not fond of mainland culture, haha.
It could be like Sicilians not wanting to be called Italians, but they are Italians in the eyes of the world.[/quote]
there are plenty of folks in the world that switch nationalities. British immigrants to America after a few years here will start identifying as Americans. we see that with Canadian immigrants as well. Did Peter Jennings identify more as an American or as a Canadian? more likely as an American. your example of Taiwanese that moved to China to do business is the same thing.
and I really don’t get you with these weird analogies. First you think California has an independent standing army. Now you think Sicily issues its own passport.
I’m starting to think when you heard Lin is Taiwanese you thought he was from Thailand.
