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[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It’s a Chinese thing. PRC and ROC (officially) both see “China” as including the “province” of Taiwan.

Part of it is brainwashing on the PRC side - they are taught from elementary school that Taiwan is a part of China. Part of it is ROC stubborness. It’s even a political issue within Taiwan. While the younger generation generally sees Taiwan as an independent country, the KMT and the older generation refuses to let go of mainland China.

Chinese culture also has the famous line that translates roughly to “after having been united for a while, it must split. After having been split for a while, it must unite” that refers to China in general. Taiwan, HK, and “China” have been split for a bit and the PRC wants to see it reunited.

[–] DarkGamer@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The problem is that any such reunification would presumably be on the PRC's terms, and that didn't turn out so well for Hong Kong.