Originally Posted by
golder
If the 'world' gives Taiwan an independent nation status. It's a different story.
I find it hard to make a case when there is a 'One China' policy. If China owns Taiwan, it's an internal squabble. There are many examples in the world now. Then you have the nation vs nation fights. Put Israeli/Palestinians where you want to.
The CCP says there is a 'One China Policy though historically even Mao said Taiwan should be independent (when the Japanese were in control of it. Otherwise, the USA only acknowledges that the CCP has a 'One China Policy' - it does not support it or agrees with it - the ambiguity is on purpose and made the most sense in the early 1970s at the height of the cold war. The Taiwanese position has evolved - pre-1949 there were indigenous Taiwanese, some Chinese and about 300K Japanese. So they would hardly see themselves as a part of China. After 1949 when the KMT retreated to Taiwan they saw the island as more of a temporary wartime capital until they retook China.
Now? Taiwan is progressive and democratic and has its own character - if its people want to be independent - or part of China - or part of anything else that is their choice and only their choice - not the Chinese Communist Party's choice.