Through constant political pressure and heavy international lobbying, PRC has blocked Taiwan from having official diplomatic ties with almost every country in the world. If a country wants to do business with PRC, it must denounce Taiwan and remove it's embassy. The PRC is blocking Taiwan from having a seat in the United Nations, and prevents the Taiwanese from even the right to fly their own flag in the Olympic Games. The PRC wants to take over Taiwan, and is claiming that the recent example of Hong Kong will set the stage for eventual "reunification". The Taiwanese have never once been a part of the PRC and there is little interest among the Taiwanese in joining the communist Mainland.
I've been to Hong Kong before and after the takeover, and the difference is night and day. I will not set foot in PRC again until the communist party goes away. I'll continue to visit Japan, Taiwan and Korea in the future.
There are several different opinions among the Taiwanese as to what to to with this question. Some feel that Taiwan belongs to the Taiwanese and that they should declare themselves as an independent country, completely separate from PRC. Others are of the opinion that reunification might be acceptable only if PRC was a truly democratic society. Still others would like to see Taiwan as part of China at any cost. By charter of the United Nations, the people of Taiwan are entitled to decide for themselves what their final outcome will be.
I believe that Taiwan should be recognized internationally as an independent state from the PRC. The government on Taiwan is a multi party democracy, with freedoms of press, speech, religion, enterprise, and so on. This government represents 23 million people. There are much smaller nations with representations in the U.N. and official embassies from world powers such as France, Germany, the United States, and others. But most importantly, again, never in it's history has Taiwan ever been a part of the political entity known as the PRC. Most of the countries around the world have buckled to pressure from the PRC to shift recognition of "China" from Taipei to Beijing. This appeasement to an aggressive and intimidating government at the expense of the Taiwanese is wrong.
Both countries should be recognized equally as two independent states at this time. Taiwan should be recognized as a part of the People's Republic of China if, and only if, Taiwan decides to become so. Otherwise, Taiwan is an independent state and both countries deserve U.N. and international recognition.
I've been to Hong Kong before and after the takeover, and the difference is night and day. I will not set foot in PRC again until the communist party goes away. I'll continue to visit Japan, Taiwan and Korea in the future.
There are several different opinions among the Taiwanese as to what to to with this question. Some feel that Taiwan belongs to the Taiwanese and that they should declare themselves as an independent country, completely separate from PRC. Others are of the opinion that reunification might be acceptable only if PRC was a truly democratic society. Still others would like to see Taiwan as part of China at any cost. By charter of the United Nations, the people of Taiwan are entitled to decide for themselves what their final outcome will be.
I believe that Taiwan should be recognized internationally as an independent state from the PRC. The government on Taiwan is a multi party democracy, with freedoms of press, speech, religion, enterprise, and so on. This government represents 23 million people. There are much smaller nations with representations in the U.N. and official embassies from world powers such as France, Germany, the United States, and others. But most importantly, again, never in it's history has Taiwan ever been a part of the political entity known as the PRC. Most of the countries around the world have buckled to pressure from the PRC to shift recognition of "China" from Taipei to Beijing. This appeasement to an aggressive and intimidating government at the expense of the Taiwanese is wrong.
Both countries should be recognized equally as two independent states at this time. Taiwan should be recognized as a part of the People's Republic of China if, and only if, Taiwan decides to become so. Otherwise, Taiwan is an independent state and both countries deserve U.N. and international recognition.