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Sunflower Student Movement (Protests in Taiwan)

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The crisis in Ukraine involving Crimea was one thing, but over in Taiwan a very similar situation is going on, and there are people saying that Taiwan is going to become the next Crimea. This is very disturbing when you realized how similar the countries are:

The countries have had weakening economies and both live in the shadow of a larger, more powerful neighbor (Russia for Ukraine/Crimea, China for Taiwan) and considered separated territory from the larger country that they want to reclaim. The leaders of both countries made trade deals with the larger country that the people opposed and started protests over and turn exceptionally violent. They say history repeats itself, and that definitely seems to be the case.
 
Split off from the Ukraine thread because the protests in Taiwan are a very different issue from in Ukraine, but definitely a topic worthy of discussion.

Cross-strait relations are a tricky thing, always have been, and it's reasonable for Taiwanese citizens to eye any dealings with the mainland suspiciously.
 
There is a huge difference here. There isn't/wasn't *that* much difference between life in Crimea and life in Russia. Taiwan is a first world country, and compare that to most of China. There are going to be major issues with Chinese going to live in Taiwan if a hypothetical takeover occurred.
 
(guys this thread was spun out of the crimea thread specifically because the two events are not truly comparable. please try to keep on track and not just talk about how crimea and taiwan aren't comparable)
 
According to this, "The United States does not support Taiwan independence." which makes sense since the US would not want to get on China's bad side since we rely on China for cheap manufacturing.
Personally, I find this to be sad that we would let our economic interests come before recognizing other countries. Then again, money talks.
 
US recognition of China is complicated, to say the least, and US acknowledgement of the PRC vs the ROC is based mostly on practicality rather than any real fraternity with the mainland regime. If the ROC still had the geopolitical power and influence it had in the 1950s, you can bet the US would still completely support Taiwan's claims of sovereignty. But the ROC does not still have that power, and hasn't since the 70s.

That said, I think it would be in Taiwan's best interest to become a "special economic zone" of China a la Hong Kong or Macau, which would resolve many of the disputes that have historically created tension within the South China Sea. This isn't a very likely scenario, however, since union with the PRC - with the PRC dominant in the relationship - is not an attractive option to Taiwan. Certainly a lot of the controversy about this bill seems to revolve around it being perceived as steps toward such an arrangement, and as we can see, that is not an idea the Taiwanese people like very much.
 
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