I got into an argument with a guy on Reddit because he kept insisting that Taiwan was a sovereign nation and I kept telling him that Taiwan does not view Taiwan as a sovereign nation. At one point he asked me if we sold weapons to China and when I said definitionally yes he lost his shit.

[–] diablexical@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (36 children)

A June 2013 poll conducted by DPP showed an overwhelming 77.6% consider themselves as Taiwanese.[140] On the independence-unification issue, the survey found that 25.9 percent said they support unification, 59 percent support independence, and 10.3 percent prefer the "status quo." When asked whether Taiwan and China are parts of one country, the party said the survey found 78.4 percent disagree, while 15 percent agreed. As for whether Taiwan and China are two districts in one country, 70.6 percent disagree, while 22.8 percent agree

Taiwan #1

[–] TheGamingLuddite@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

For context: the DPP is the pro-indpendence ultranationalist party founded by local landed elites who collaborated with the Japanese empire during wwii. To this day many Taiwanese ultranationalists around the DPP deny Japanese atrocities such as Nanjing and Unit 731. This may not be the most reliable source, three pinocchios!

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Anyone who says they support the DPP is openly saying they support fascists.

[–] randint@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I don't support the DPP, but they are far from being fascists.

[–] randint@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Not to defend the DPP, but I find the claim that some people deny the Rape of Nanking hard to believe.

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