Seems like a win win. Reddit is fine with it and becomes a site promoting that Taiwan is a country and spreading awareness of Tiananmen Square massacre 1989. While subs return to normal.

Or reveals themselves to be the mouth piece of the CCP if they force removal of Taiwan is a country and Tiananmen Square massacre 1989.

Edit: #taiwanisacountry should be enough. That mere statement has been enough for western capitalists to quake in fear.

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    Taiwan, on the other hand, is a current issue. Personally, I feel bad for the taiwanese that don’t want to be integrated into China but it does seem like an inevitability at this point.

    Not a problem as long as Taipei remains where the government of China is located for a few decades.

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      i’m not sure what you are trying to say. you mean taiwan just needs to stay de facto independent for another few decades and they will be OK? maybe you are right, but to call Taiwan “the government of China” is to ignore reality

      point being look who has a seat at the UN

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        I am saying that if there is any unification of Taiwan with China, than the ruling government needs to be the Republic of China whose current capital is in Taipei, and former capitals in Nanjing and Chungking, and definitely not the illegitimate PRC dictatorship in Beijing. That is the only possible way China can be reunited. Taipei would need to be the capital for awhile so everybody knows who rules the country, and eventually move the capital back to Nanjing perhaps.

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          while pretending like this might be fun for you, reality is it’s never going to happen. even if CCP falls apart, the state apparatus in mainland China for whatever fills the void would still be stronger than Taiwan. They’re like 2 factors of magnitude larger. and that’s assuming CCP falls apart - the momentum doesn’t seem to be going in that direction

          It’s like saying Texas will be independent again one day. It’s a larp

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            CCP doesn’t need to “fall apart”. China just needs to progress in a new direction. If China goes democratic, and someday it will, it could be wise to leverage Taiwan’s democracy to make the entire process more stable. This is what happened in Germany. West Germany’s government simply absorbed the former East Germany. So for a time the West German capital of Bonn was the capital of the unified Germany.

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              differences between west germany / east germany v taiwan / china

              1 - population

              east germany 1989 - Around 16 million
              west germany 1989 - Around 62 million
              east germany was about 1/4th the size of west germany in terms of population

              taiwan current - Around 23 million
              china current - Around 1.4 billion
              china has about 61x the population of taiwan in terms of population

              2 - gdp

              east germany 1989 - around $300 billion
              west germany 1989 - around $1.5 trillion
              east germany was about 1/5th the size of west germany in terms of GDP

              taiwan current - around $760 billion
              china current - around $17 trillion
              china has about 13x the size of taiwan’s GDP

              3 - time period separated

              germany - around 41 years
              china - around 74 years
              china and taiwan have been separated nearly double the time as germany - with no reunification in sight

              So in the case of East Germany vs West Germany, the West was significantly larger both in terms of GDP and population. West Germany was about 4x~5x bigger and was able to incorporate the East because they were bigger. In addition, they were separated for a shorter amount of time… the longer it goes on the more complicated it gets.

              If we look at Taiwan and China, Chinese economy and population is somewhere between 1 and 2 factors of magnitude larger. Taiwan simply does not have the capacity to incorporate China. The state apparatus in mainland China is absolutely massive - it’s hard to fathom how many bureaucrats are needed to effectively run that country.

              Having said all that, looking at the future of China, I sincerely doubt there will be a democratic revolution. The approval rating for the CCP is very high (much higher than democratic countries in the West). China has historically been authoritarian. They have taken the capitalist model and effectively used it in an authoritarian state. It works well for them and I don’t see that changing anytime soon.

              Of course, nobody can tell the future. With the accelerating pace of technology and the inevitable climate change and who knows how much radical change there will be in the coming decades.

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                The approval rating for the CCP is very high (much higher than democratic countries in the West).

                First of all NEVER EVER believe that a dictatorship has a “very high approval rating”. (1) the people have never approved them ever, and (2) If their approval rating really was “very high”, there would be no reason at all not to allow democracy. (3) naive westerners have a long and famous history about being repeatedly conned by dictatorships.

                And 2nd LOL that is obvious BS. This happened LESS THAN A YEAR AGO.

                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_COVID-19_protests_in_China

                differences between west germany / east germany v taiwan / china

                Dude, I already knew all that stuff. So what? None of that is relevant to what I said. The fact remains that (1) Taiwan’s government could be extremely useful in helping China convert to democracy in a stable manner, and (2) It is totally impossible for Taiwan to unify with China unless China becomes democratic like Taiwan. So since #2 is a necessity, it follow that #1 will always be a very important consideration.

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                  taiwanese government could be extremely useful in helping China convert to democracy in a stable manner

                  there are 10 million bureaucrats in china

                  that’s already half of the population of taiwan alone. the city of shanghai has a bigger population than taiwan

                  So what? None of that is relevant to what I said.

                  yes, it is. it’s logistically impossible. i tried to elaborate on why because to hold a belief like you do someone must not know all of the obvious facts

                  It is totally impossible for Taiwan to unify with China unless China becomes democratic like Taiwan

                  it’s very possible. it’s happening right now in Hong Kong. China just takes over and slowly integrates it and removes the democracy bit by bit. I think it’s so strange how you make a comment pretending reality is some way when it isn’t. I get it - I support Taiwan too. I prefer Democracies over authoritarian regimes. But let’s be real here

                  First of all NEVER EVER believe that a dictatorship has a “very high approval rating”.

                  independent organizations have done studies in China. they really do support the CCP. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/07/long-term-survey-reveals-chinese-government-satisfaction/

                  it’s sort of a side effect from the “heavenly mandate” idea in China. they’ve always had authoritarian leaders. as long as the economy is doing well the people tolerate anything. and china has been growing fast for decades now

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                    there are 10 million bureaucrats in china

                    Who can very easily take orders from Taipei

                    yes, it is. it’s logistically impossible.

                    It’s not. The PRC simply needs to apply become part of the Republic of China again. That is literally all it takes. The rest is just details.

                    they really do support the CCP.

                    They really do not. We’ve had the Covid protests, the Hong Kong protests, and the Democracy Wall protests. When the Communist dictatorship is overthrown, it will happen fast, and Taiwan’s help will be needed for their expertise in democracy. Also, the current dictator is literally the very worse one since 1976.

                    independent organizations have done studies in China.

                    It is literally impossible for “independent organizations” to objectively “study China”. But in general dictatorships NEVER have more than 15-25% or so of the population. Your stance that Chinese do not want freedom and democracy and control over their own country seems racist. Your stance that only white people want and are capable of having freedom and democracy is totally obsurd.

                    it’s very possible. it’s happening right now in Hong Kong.

                    Because Britain foolishly turned control of Hong Kong to Beijing instead of Taipei. If China tried to invade Taiwan it would result in another Ukraine situation, where the entire free world unites against the imperialist aggressors.

                    I support Taiwan too. I prefer Democracies over authoritarian regimes.

                    No you don’t. Let’s be real here. You are an apologist for the Communist tyranny. You do not understand how obvious it is but no American would ever say what you said.