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[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Polling in Taiwan shows that your statement is false. Simple as that.

The overwhelming majority of people in Taiwan want to maintain the status quo. The desire for Taiwanese independence has experienced a significant drop over the past three years, with only 25.3% of people who want to “move toward independence” or seeking “independence as soon as possible” - down from nearly one-third - 32.4% - in 2020.

https://esc.nccu.edu.tw/eng/PageDoc?fid=7424

What's more, that's despite US interference in Taiwan politics and media which is very well documented. US has poured countless millions into shaping the opinions of the people in Taiwan through orgs like NED, it directly grooms US politicians such as Tsai Ing-Wen. This is what's known as cultural hegemony.

Sunflower Movement Leader Lin Fei-fan’s Associations with the US NED

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)’s regular Reporting to AIT

[–] lustyargonian@lemm.ee -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lol the graph clearly shows lack in interest in unification, even "unification as soon as possible" dropped. Isn't that enough sign that Taiwanese don't want unification as of now?

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The graph clearly shows that vast majority of people are against independence. I see reading comprehension is not your strong point.

[–] lustyargonian@lemm.ee -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If status quo means they are independent which they very much appear to me, then isn't that overwhelming majority support for letting it be the way it is, i.e. not ruled by PRC? If it is ruled by it, then why did PRC bring their vessels to threaten its own people just a month ago?

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Status quo is that Taiwan is a province of China that's not independent. That's literally why the chart shows the support for becoming independent is practically non existent. If Taiwan was independent then there wouldn't be a question of it becoming independent. Hope that helps clear up basic logic for you.

Meanwhile, the real question is why the US still has presence in another country that's half way across the world from it.

[–] TheFrirish@jlai.lu 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If status quo means that they are a province of China that's not independent then to whom pertains the "unification"?

Surely you cannot be posting a graph that implies that there is need for a unification with a country other than our Great People's Republic of China?

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They're an autonomous region. It's pretty funny when people start opining on topics they have absolutely no clue about.

[–] TheFrirish@jlai.lu 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The party is unaware of such claims of autonomy. Posting graphs that imply even remotely that the region of Taiwan is in any way autonomous from our country is westoid propaganda.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I posted a graph from the official Taiwanese polling, but do go off champ.

[–] TheFrirish@jlai.lu 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yet again you stray from our official line and you brush it off... Mao understood very well why the soviets and Khrushchev were not friends. You cannot change your narrative and constantly backtrack when it's suits your purposes. Chinese people do not deserve to be pawns of Russia. 人民万岁

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've seen chat bots leave more coherent replies. 😂

[–] TheFrirish@jlai.lu 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The graph you have posted is metionning some sort of independence opinion survey about an integral part of China's authority.

There is no Elections Study Center in the People's Republic. There is no such thing as the R.O.C. It is the fascists that predate the People's Republic. You are just spewing out links of no value and fantasy graphs just to undermine Chinese unity.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

I absolutely love it when reddit trolls find their way over to lemmy to clown around here.