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It’s not. Ireland claimed Northern Ireland, while the UK didn’t claim the Republic of Ireland.
No, but it claimed the North. You’re deliberately ignoring my point which is that the claims, both ways, are bluster.
So in your opinion, literally every country and Taiwan itself is China’s bitch.
More or less, yes. There are exceptions and hats off to them. I wish my country had the balls but selling some butter (which I’ve seen in supermarkets in China) is more important to them.
China will cut off ties if you don’t recognise the one China policy. Even the US accepts it for trade purposes, all while arming the shit out of Taiwan to defend itself from annexation and maintaining heavy ambiguity on whether they’ll defend Taiwan.
Nobody claims Taiwan is a country, Taiwan doesn’t even claim to he a country.
Those “exceptions” just recognise the government in Taipei as the government of China. They don’t recognise Taiwan as being separate from China, just the government there to be in Charge of China. They simply just didn’t recognise the legitimacy of the PRC after the civil war.
Provably false.
It’s literally called “The Republic of China”. They used the pre-1949 Chinese flag. The article you mentioned:
As of 2025, here are the countries who maintain formal diplomatic relations with the ROC as the sole legitimate government of “China”, along with their international memberships: Organization of American States (OAS), African Union (AU), Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), or Southern Common Market (Mercosur).
It says they recognises the ROC’s government as China’s. Not as Taiwan being a country.
Taiwan has not declared independence.
The Republic of Ireland claimed Northern Ireland, a part which claimed to be a part of the United Kingdom and is claimed and administered by the United Kingdom. The Republic of Ireland did not claim England, Scotland, or Wales.
In addition, Northern Ireland is part of Ireland in a geographical context. (And this is coming from someone who got back from an Ulster Unionist parade a few hours ago) It’s still not really comparable as the Northern Ireland executive doesn’t claim jurisdiction of the other 26 historical counties of Ireland.
If for example Northern Ireland wasn’t a part of the UK, and it claimed the true government of Ireland was seated in Stormont, claiming the other 26 aforementioned counties, while Dublin still claimed authority over the 6 counties in Northern Ireland, then yes it would be comparable. In addition especially if both governments claimed “you can recognise me but not the other” However that’s not what’s happening and never was the case.
It’s more comparable with North Korea and South Korea. Both claim jurisdiction over each other and style themselves as a government of Korea. Their civil war is on an indefinite ceasefire just like China’s, but they allow countries to recognise both governments simultaneously.
The USA doesn’t actually recognise the DPRK regime as being legitimate, so would hold the position that Seoul is the rightful owner of the entire peninsula. Meanwhile the UK has relations with both, including embassies in their respective capitals.
This is the last thing I’ll address because you’re being deliberately obtuse now and just parroting the same, dull, seemingly deliberately naive takes.
literally called “The Republic of China”
That’s ignoring the countries that recognise them. That nomenclature is from history. Same as the Irish claim on the North. If they called themselves the Republic of Taiwan, China would invade post haste. Like this is twelve year old child level obvious.
You’re bringing nothing to the discussion that you haven’t already said and the .uk suffix coupled with such apology for an obviously independent nation smells so bad of a bad actor that I’m out.
No, but it claimed the North. You’re deliberately ignoring my point which is that the claims, both ways, are bluster.
More or less, yes. There are exceptions and hats off to them. I wish my country had the balls but selling some butter (which I’ve seen in supermarkets in China) is more important to them.
China will cut off ties if you don’t recognise the one China policy. Even the US accepts it for trade purposes, all while arming the shit out of Taiwan to defend itself from annexation and maintaining heavy ambiguity on whether they’ll defend Taiwan.
Provably false.
Those “exceptions” just recognise the government in Taipei as the government of China. They don’t recognise Taiwan as being separate from China, just the government there to be in Charge of China. They simply just didn’t recognise the legitimacy of the PRC after the civil war.
It’s literally called “The Republic of China”. They used the pre-1949 Chinese flag. The article you mentioned:
It says they recognises the ROC’s government as China’s. Not as Taiwan being a country.
Taiwan has not declared independence.
The Republic of Ireland claimed Northern Ireland, a part which claimed to be a part of the United Kingdom and is claimed and administered by the United Kingdom. The Republic of Ireland did not claim England, Scotland, or Wales.
In addition, Northern Ireland is part of Ireland in a geographical context. (And this is coming from someone who got back from an Ulster Unionist parade a few hours ago) It’s still not really comparable as the Northern Ireland executive doesn’t claim jurisdiction of the other 26 historical counties of Ireland.
If for example Northern Ireland wasn’t a part of the UK, and it claimed the true government of Ireland was seated in Stormont, claiming the other 26 aforementioned counties, while Dublin still claimed authority over the 6 counties in Northern Ireland, then yes it would be comparable. In addition especially if both governments claimed “you can recognise me but not the other” However that’s not what’s happening and never was the case.
It’s more comparable with North Korea and South Korea. Both claim jurisdiction over each other and style themselves as a government of Korea. Their civil war is on an indefinite ceasefire just like China’s, but they allow countries to recognise both governments simultaneously.
The USA doesn’t actually recognise the DPRK regime as being legitimate, so would hold the position that Seoul is the rightful owner of the entire peninsula. Meanwhile the UK has relations with both, including embassies in their respective capitals.
Omg. Listen to yourself.
This is the last thing I’ll address because you’re being deliberately obtuse now and just parroting the same, dull, seemingly deliberately naive takes.
That’s ignoring the countries that recognise them. That nomenclature is from history. Same as the Irish claim on the North. If they called themselves the Republic of Taiwan, China would invade post haste. Like this is twelve year old child level obvious.
You’re bringing nothing to the discussion that you haven’t already said and the .uk suffix coupled with such apology for an obviously independent nation smells so bad of a bad actor that I’m out.