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Think of Hong Kong when you vote, Taiwan president says (www.japantimes.co.jp)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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'Look at Hong Kong and think of Taiwan,' Tsai Ing-wen said. 'We don't want Hong Kong-style peace. We want dignified peace.'

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (7 children)

KMT presidential candidate Hou Yu-ih said on Saturday that a vote for the DPP was equivalent to "sending everyone out to the battlefield" because supporting Taiwan independence would touch off a war.

What's happening in Taiwan? Why did a presidential candidate said something like this? In another country, a presidential candidate telling people to not supporting their own country's sovereignty would be a political suicide.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Believe it or not, a lot of younger Taiwanese people want to rejoin the mainland. Not exactly a majority yet, but it's getting pretty close.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

What is your source for this ? Recent polls show reunification support is still <2%, with about 6% open to reunification eventually but not now.

In 2018, before the crackdown in HK, the reunification support was 3%, with 13% open to it eventually - the events in HK have definitely significantly eroded support for reunification in Taiwan.

I have family in Taiwan and literally don't know a single Taiwanese person that wants reunification with the PRC.

[–] concrete_baby 5 points 9 months ago

Source?

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