Originally Posted by
Asturias56
You are right - the situation is pretty clear - both sides claim to be part of "China" and both sides see the others as theones who should bend..... but one is very much bigger than the other.
No inbuilt stability in the situation
'...both sides claim to be part of "China"'
No, they don't.
Things have changed a lot from when the KMT took refuge in Taiwan in 49 and from the One China Policy of the early 70's.
- There are older people in Taiwan who still identify to an extent with Japan....but anyway the DPP and younger Taiwanese see themselves as Taiwanese firstly. (And rightly so imho). Having seen what the CCP has done to Macau, Hong Kong and how the CCP under Xi acts in the PRC and in foreign policy it is not surprising they do not want to join a 'Greater China'