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‘Better off with Taiwan’: Honduras joins other Latin American countries rethinking ties with China
(www.theguardian.com)
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I can't understand why China would care about Taiwan. It's not like it's 1950 and Chaing has a good chance of retaking the mainland. Wouldn't it make more sense for them to save their money and use it to buy friends? What would they win if they invaded?
Taiwan is the closest part of the first island chain. The first island chain consists of Japanese, Taiwanese, and Filipino islands that are all western-aligned and could be used to blockade the entire Chinese coast. China sees this as a strategic vulnerability. Taiwan also used to be part of China. Combine all that with the "century of humiliation" narrative and you create the political conditions for an unwavering determination to take Taiwan as a way of reclaiming their spot on top. I doubt it has anything to do with industry, economy, or resources. It's just political narrative. Taiwan could be a barren desert. As long as their flag looks different and they're cozy with the west, China would still want to conquer them.
It's not entirely correct to say "Taiwan used to be part of China" without context.
The current ruling party has never had any strong claims on it. The old ruling party of mainland China escaped to the Taiwan island after losing a civil war to the other party. The current ruling party of mainland China has adopted imperialistic and nationalistic ideals and has decided the Taiwanese people have no right to be independent of the rest of China and see themselves as the only valid ruler for all Chinese people. All claims on the island itself are just cover for trying to quash independent groups.