Comments by "D. San" (@DSan-kl2yc) on "Does Taiwan no longer have to worry about a possible Chinese invasion? | DW News" video.

 @shutup2751 because they don't consider the PRC their government and reject it. In other words, they view themselves as independent from the PRC and mainland China. Thus as separate country.
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 @zsarimaxim692 the PRC is not the republic of China. Being a province of a different country than China, regardless of name, is being a different country
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@cosmoobserver3416 according to north Korea, there's a single Korea. But we know that's not true. You can hear a Taiwanese in this video referring to it as a separate country. Two separate governments since the founding of the PRC. That reject each other's claim over their territory. That's essentially the situation. Two countries claim the same territory. but they are two countries.
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 @yzlfc95 US merely says it acknowledges that china thinks this way.
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 @binbi8177 it's the remnants of the previous china/country. The PRC are the ones who started a separate country within ROC's territory. Splitting the country. And creating two new ones.
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@PlaYer-sn5or twisting truth into a lie. It was given to the ROC, which maintained it. What china got was the seat of China at the UN. That's it. It didn't give the ROC's territory to the PRC.
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@donomnivora1225 you realize the PRC would be the confederates in your analogy? it's like north Korea and South Korea. A country that split into two countries. Or breaking of Yugoslavia or USSR ect. It happens.
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@@Koncur-uu3qd that's right. It's an independent sovereign state.
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 @kashe747 UN passed no agreements on that.
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@NicolLi1279 that's a name. There's two countries of Dominica. Two Koreas. The names are different here. Republic of, and people's republic. There's more than one United States of America, but that doesn't make them the same country.
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@NicolLi1279 china (prc) never had sovereignty there. No one buys that argument. Like saying UK has sovereignty over the US. The only people who matter are the ones from Taiwan. China is trying to steal their sovereignty.
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@frankun8755 it doesn't have to have a proper end. They don't need to have any agreement. They aren't the same country. Everything you said applies to NK and SK. It just isn't a requirement. It is just the reality that they split.
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@frankun8755 it is a kind of nebulous but it's a combination of things. In modern times, a legal basis helps but that doesn't always go well for a break. Other people have described it. An independent government, its own money. The fact and reality that it operates as one, as a separate country(de facto). And the lack of claim by China(or anyone else) to the territory except the people of Taiwan. And most importantly, the way the people view the situation. Which is in line with the UN's right of self determination. We can look to the history of Taiwan in particular, the Chinese government that became Taiwan. Which is separate, and rejected the rule and take over of the PRC. The PRC didn't get control of Taiwan. The PRC's claim would not be greater than ROC's. But the people that live there recognize themselves as a different country, and/or not part of the PRC. It's the same situation as any country that was formed after a civil war, including the US. In this case though it's the PRC that essentially split from the ROC. You technically don't need recognition by itself. It helps legitimize a country. I just looked up a definition: a nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory _ It doesn't say anything about recognition. Popularity. Ect. At least the very first one.
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