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Originally Posted by kareno999
I don't think ROC constitution actually contains an article about the capital. Since the 1990s, ROC is pretty much only concerned with their small island and have long given up the ambition of recovering the mainland.
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The Constitution does contain and article about the capital,and it's indeed Nankin,but the situation is far more complicated than "Taiwanese don't want to be independent".
The general belief is that China's gonna invade Taiwan if we modify the Constitution about the territory of ROC and the capital because that equals
nominally separating with China.So Nankin remains our capital and Mongolia remains our territory in the Constitution.
Such idea didn't pop out of nowhere because when we had our first directly presidential election in 1996,PRC was very angry that they fired several missiles to the Taiwan strait.It didn't really make any difference though,other than helping Lee to get even more votes and US sending out their aircraft carrier to the strait to help defending the island.
Then in 2004,China passed a bill called Anti-Secession Law,it states that
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the State shall use non-peaceful and other necessary means under these alternative conditions: (1) if "Taiwan independence" forces, under whatever name and method, accomplish the fact of Taiwan's separation from China, (2) or if a major event occurs which would lead to Taiwan's separation from China, (3) or if all possibility of peaceful unification is lost.
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This bill didn't really make any difference(yet) as well other than triggering the 228 Hand-in-Hand Rally(like the one took place in Baltic States in Soviet era,it was really cool),and secured Chen's another four years in the office.
Most of the Taiwanese would love to see Taiwan to become an independent country,OR at least don't want to unify with China.Those that say "most Taiwanese people are immigrants and refugees came from China in 1949" have absolutely no clue.Even decades ago,those Chinese only made up about 15% of the population at most,now they are all either dead or pretty close to be dead.
However KMT has always been in power,due to the massive property and wealth of the party,the pathetic political culture in Taiwan(there's this term called 樁腳 in Mandarin and Taiwanese,it basically means that some certain supporters of KMT would do everything they could to secure the votes by receiving certain benefits.They are usually some "respected" or rich inhabitants in the neighborhoods.By "everything they could",it means bribery and threatening),many citizens that only care about how the candidates look or the "vibe",and PRC's manipulation.The election has never been very fair.And Ma has been pushing us to the path of unification.He's also the chief of KMT now,which means that every member has to listen to him or they'd be kicked out of the party.(Not that other members are any better though)
When China was very weak and Taiwan was booming in the 70s,we had numerous chances of gaining independence,but Chiang turned down all of them,because it'd be "humiliating" for them to be in the UN and any other international organizations with PRC.Back in 1971 when PRC was about to replace ROC's seat in the UN,both the US and Saudi Arabia provided ways for Taiwan to stay in the organization(China would replace ROC's seat in Security council while Taiwan would just become a normal member).However Chiang declined the offers from both.He was a dictator,so no one could disagree with him.**** him.
Did I mention that the murderous father and son have gigantic memorial halls?Transitional justice seems like a fantasy here.
The political status of Taiwan is one of the most complicated and dangerous issues in the international community in current years.There are different angles to look into the issue,and you'd get different answers.Most of the rest of the world are on the side of that Taiwan's legal status is still undecided because Japan only "gave up" the sovereignty of Taiwan without saying who'd receive the island in San Francisco Peace Treaty,so they can remain unofficial relations with us,and that's how the US could bring Taiwan Relations Act into power,the bill would be a clear violation to international law if Taiwan is actually a part of China.
The principle of self-determination is the only way out.It's jus cogens,and Taiwan has been a sovereign entity for more than 70 years now,which fits the criteria of self-determination by all means,however since China is extremely powerful now,nobody would support us even if KMT isn't currently in power.Chen tried,then US was terrified.
Actually independence is not really that big a deal.It's more sentimental than practical,we can totally don't give a crap about China by not mentioning independence and do our own trading and stuffs,but unification is just intolerable for most Taiwanese,however Ma has been moving closer and closer to that hell hole ever since he has been in office.
Whatever.I've been feeling very hopeless and helpless for months,the situation can get any worse anyways.
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