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[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 132 points 10 months ago (19 children)

I hope for him nobody says "We recognize Britain and that Ireland is part of Britain" 🤣

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[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 55 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Pathetic. You’d think a country colonized by a foreign nation would be more sympathetic to their struggle for independence.

[–] brain_in_a_box@lemmy.ml 38 points 10 months ago

The ROC are not the indigenous people of Taiwan though. In fact, in this comparison, the Taiwanese government would be equivalent to the British.

[–] gnuhaut@lemmy.ml 33 points 10 months ago

What? Neither side represents the indigenous population of Taiwan.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 23 points 10 months ago

Taiwan is not colonized by the PRC.

[–] MarcoPOLO@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Taiwan has never been colonized by a foreign nation, except by the ROC after the Chinese Civil War.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 18 points 10 months ago

It was also colonised by Netherlands and Spain for few decades in XVII century and by Japan in 1895-1945.

[–] erranto@lemmy.world 41 points 10 months ago (8 children)

He is not technically wrong, as the Taiwanese themselves haven't declared independence from China.

[–] erranto@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So they are not independent then. not even their staunchest ally (USA) recognizes their Independence, so I don't see where is the controversy with Irish PM's statement.

[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] LarkinDePark@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Why is it even being posted here? Top comment seems to think it's controversial. Lemmy users are like redditors in political awareness.

[–] asteroidnova@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

Well, yes. Redditors and Lemmy users are the same people.

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[–] Dekkia@this.doesnotcut.it 10 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Yes, but that stems more from the fact that the Republic of China (aka Taiwan) and the People's Republic of China both lay claims to be the real China.

You can't really declare independence from yourself.

Also the PRC would probably attack immediately if the ROC gave up their claim on being china.

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