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Originally Posted by FlyingFrog Zyca:
CSB = Chen ShuiBian.
Do you think Taiwan will get recognition from other countries (I mean most countries, ALL major countries) even if Taiwan declared independence?
Or put it simple, will USA recognize it? |
I know you didn't ask me, but here goes anyway. The reason no nation currently recognizes Taiwan is for 3 reasons.
1.) Currently, Taiwan is still officially claiming to be the true government of ALL of China (as the ROC). They have never made any claim nor approved any motion for establishing themselves as an independent nation. Because we have 2 governments claiming control over all of China, the nations of the world have to pick one. The PRC is the more obvious choice.
2.) Taiwan has yet to ask for recognition as an independent nation.
3.) If anybody did recognize Taiwan under current circumstances, it would disagree with Taiwan's current official definition of itself.
They don't recognize themselves as a separate nation, so some other country recognizing that would be premature. More importantly, the PRC would throw fits about it if anybody recognized them as independent.
IF Taiwan declared Independence and (by some miracle) was not raped by the mainland as a result, then the world would be confronted with the need to decide whether to recognize Taiwan or not. Most of the world only has one reason not to at that point -- keeping China happy.
Quite a mess of trouble for "officially" acknowledging what already exists, don't you think?? (Taiwan is 100% self-governed and for all intents and purposes, its already an independent nation.)