| Dear Bo, It started off like this, "Dear Mei, Taiwan is according to you, a "quasi government " because your country - PRC made it to be... " and then, "By the way, I have assumed that you are Chinese (PRC) because you had decided (in identifying) that you are Chinese and stopped there." In which of my posts did I identify that I'm a Chinese ? Does it matter to you whether I am or not? In my retort to your earliest statement, I presumed that you were Taiwanese as you mentioned that you were glad your ancestors did not make China their home. Yes, in this regard I was being presumptuous, so I apologise for my error. Taiwan / China issues are really far complex than what can be discussed in this blog. On what grounds do we stand on? Legal? The Treaty of San Fransisco was signed by countries, apart from ROC and PRC. And under pressure from the US, Japan signed the Treaty of Taipei with the ROC (which repudiated the Treaty of Shimonoseki) which was in turn is unilaterally nullified by Japan in 1972. I've heard arguments citing the 'different hearts and minds' of the Taiwanese and the mainlanders as grounds as well. So where do we agree to begin the debate? What are the parameters? At the end of the day, I hope for Taiwan and China to reconcile or at least put aside their differences and work out some kind of framework for bilateral cooperation. |
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