TAiwan and China

Taiwan's modern life began the start of the peoples republic of China; almost all of the fleeing neo-fascist and capitalist Goumindang went to Taiwan to escape persecution and to reorganize for the struggle against the now-communist mainland. Due to their somewhat unrealistic world-view and the previous experience that the GMD had in statecraft, they dominated the native Taiwanese, establishing class distinctions and a industrial base very quickly in China. This was aided by their closer connections with the western powers, established early on a

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Military action is a constant threat, but not likely unless a particular brand of revanche hard-line politics comes to power in Beijing. They filibustered and protested very loudly whenever the CCP tried to gain voice in international forums like the UN, and insisted for a very long time that they(Taiwan) represented the entire land area inhabited and governed by the CCP. So it will be very hard to re-establish a cultural over Taiwan again, should China r-gain control. The communist mainland was forced to start from the ground up, more or less, receiving much less aid and having vastly greater problems of organization, due to size and the rural state of the population. China has by today become an industrial nation of the first tier, and the 'cat theorist' have brought it out of total isolation- to anger China now has economic ramifications, and thus they make it costly to interfere with their goals. The movement in Taiwan to open relations and dialogue with China is the only way the rich, capitalist Taiwan is going to influence events in the future.

Culturally, also, times have changed in fifty years.

China feels it must re-gain control of Taiwan and its rich industrial base, in order to augment its own resources and also to more thoroughly control the trade in the area. The two governments are much the same vintage, and neither one has more precedent or experience than the other- they are truly separate states now.

Taiwan was, due to foriegn connections, especially with the USA, also the first and only representatives of Chinese people in the international community. The Taiwanese are certain that Chinese annexation would result in a great shift downward in their lifestyles and freedom, but they must heed the realities of the situation, globally and locally, which is that China is bigger, and has some claim to exercise, and will, given enough isolation and/or ignorance from the world, take over Taiwan. Taiwan made quick, important gains in schools and infrastructure as well, reinvesting money with the purpose to make Taiwan rich.

Taiwan was also quick to arm, due to militaristic preoccupation and the threat of mainland China.

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