Originally Posted by
melmothtw
Seeing as you brought it up, my ancestors actually lost their lands in the Wars of the Roses, having backed the wrong horse so to speak, so I'm all for claiming the crown back if that's what you're suggesting.
Good luck with all that.
Originally Posted by
melmothtw
My point was really in response to racedo trying to tie Taiwan into Crimea, where there is no similarity whatsoever
The Chinese (Peoples' Republic of China) may see it differently than you or I, in terms of how valid they think their claim is to Taiwan (Republic of China). There are some distinct differences, however.
The Chinese on the Mainland do NOT have their fleet's home port on Taiwan at Kaoshung nor Keelung.
The pretext of "defending Mandarin speakers" of which there are a plentitude in Taiwan, is not going to meet the popular reception among Mandarin speakers there (Kuomintang sort to be sure, and some others) that you'd see in Crimea among some Russian speakers.