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‘We recognise China, and that Taiwan is part of China’ – Irish Prime Minister clarifies Ireland’s position ahead of Davos meetings (m.independent.ie)
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[–] [email protected] 49 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.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 10 months ago

What? Neither side represents the indigenous population of Taiwan.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago

Taiwan is not colonized by the PRC.

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 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.