Comments by "anotheranon" (@anotheranon3118) on "DW News"
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@lynzhu3343 The US, for 30 years, recognized Taiwan's independence, but that's not the point. The point here is that, while the question of recognition is thorny for Taiwan for a number of reasons, Taiwan is de facto an independent country (or a self ruled territory, we could look into the terminology with more detail).
Comparing Texas to Taiwan is misleading, but let's have a look: Texans have a say in domestic affairs and enjoy a degree of autonomy but they still abide by the greater American judicial, legislative and executive structures of government, they don't have their own military, they don't have their own foreign policy, they don't have their own central bank and their own currency, their own passports, their own defense/border control policies and infrastructures, they don't demand visas/permits from other American citizens, etc. None of the previous applies to Taiwan.
Taiwan is de facto a sovereign entity but not widely recognized globally, that's why it occupies this weird legal limbo. What it clearly is not is just a mere province of China.
Considering that there is virtually no appetite in the island to be governed/rule by Beijing (among others, because they do value their democracy), it seems that China will have to attempt to annex the island to "reunify" it. We will see how that goes, if it ever happens.
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