'One China’ explained

Beijing and Taipei share a complicated history. Both agree there is only "one China", but they’ve long disagreed about who rules it. The disagreement has shaped relations between Beijing and Taipei for almost seven decades.

[mbrp]

PRC or ROC should claim mandate of heaven to validate their claim of one true China LOL

[axiom.ai.obviousbattletank]

Taiwan. An island with a bunch of people.

[XfromDarkHorse]

I hope Taiwan remained as a province of China forever.

[-zendeluna-]

"Taiwan's unique way of life?" Maybe you mean westernized way of life? 😉

[stevenleung]

Although the ideologies are different, the civil culture is the same. There is a sense of unification in Chinese culture.

[GyacoYu]

Before 1991, both Pyongyang and Seoul agreed on "One Korea". Since 1992, both agreed the existence of the other as a country by joining the same international organization (UN) together, but still both agreed on there's "one Korean nation". We respect the Korean choice of "two Koreas" and "one Korean nation", but that's not our choice so please respect our one China policy, no matter what polity you recognize.

[asim]

If Israel can claim ancient land and US/EU support it, I don't see why China can't take its own land. I support China.

[Kianglekable]

Time to pull down the red and yellow flag

[Shenzhou.]

Pfft! Taiwan is a "flourishing democracy"? Taiwan had been under martial law for more than 38 years, which was qualified as "the longest imposition of martial law by a regime anywhere in the world". But it was under Kuomintang's authoritarian rule that much of Taiwan's economic progress and development occurred. The truth is that Taiwan was ruled by single government KMT for almost its entire life, and only in 2016, did another political party DPP finally took over, and now Taiwan is in a slump.

How exactly did Taiwan flourish under democracy? Or is it just Western propaganda promoting democracy as beneficial for Taiwan?

[alanlee]

One China,
One Taiwan!
CCP has never once own nor have care for Taiwan for 70 years, except constant military threats.

[christianmarriott]

I think it would be in everyone's interest if ROC admit defeat and dropped their claim to the mainland and then changed it's name to 'Republic of Taiwan'. Then China and Taiwan can both live in peace as two separate countries with a shared language, history and culture.

[noname-ioi]

另外，西藏和维吾尔也受到过部分支配。 如果再往上走，就会把辽宁地方让给高句丽，受到部分统治。

[canpsub]

But harsh truth is there is no One China.

[sixtails-]

people are still discussing about this ? This issue is a Cold War era thing. old and stinky

[noname-ioi]

China is a country established by the oppression of numerous ethnic minorities by the Han Chinese. I hope that Inner Mongolia will become an independent country unified with Outer Mongolia as soon as possible. China has never been a single Chinese for a long time. Tibet should become an independent country, and I desperately look forward to the day when the Uighur Autonomous Region, Hui Autonomous Region, and Korean-Chinese Autonomous Region will become independent as separate peoples.

[julienjeanmuller]

I knew this would be bias. Skipping a lot of history 🤔

[LazyAndFabulous]

I agreed the One China policy, as long it never harmed Taiwan or its economic relations

[Do-not-be-sheep]

I support one China as well. One China does NOT include Tibet. Once China does NOT include Mongolia. One China does NOT include Uyghurstan. One China does NOT include Ladakh, and One China does NOT include Taiwan. One China only includes only China.

[michaelsanjaya]

Taiwan is province of China, the motherland!

[chrischen]

It doesn't matter who has the legitimate claim because at the end of the day, what matters is the question that who has the force to enforce its claim. As far as I am concerned, PRC has the will and the force to enforce its claim. That's why I support PRC.