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Oh Han Chinese are nothing special but just like Russians, Americans, Japanese etc who will not let any part of the current territory go.
LOL Who cares what you believe and think. Your "assurance" is as laughable as your confused view of the world.
The fact is Taiwan cannot claim independence and I'm happy with the status quo.
Another fact is the hardcore pro-independence generation in Taiwan are mainly 30-50 years old. Many younger Taiwanese are actually not that extreme. Heard of 绿蛆?
You're right in saying so.
In my age group I found my classmates and coworkers from Taiwan have been mostly "Green", but younger generations are less so.
It's a long story, but a short answer is those who don't consider themselves Chinese all want to claim independence given a chance. Some of those who claim to be Chinese actually want to be unified with China in some situation.
I agree.
The trend of de-sinicization was in heydays when Lee Teng-hui was leader of Taiwan. His administration tried to justify independence of Taiwan by educating the people that they are not Chinese at all.
For ordinary people, this is almost enough to persuade them that they need to found a non-Chinese state.
Strange to me is how the KMT, once Communist China´s sworn enemy, is now the anchor party of the Blue Coalition, which essentially entertains the idea of possible reunification in the future, whereas the Greens led by the DPP seem to toe a more independence-minded line (without formally declaring it...yet). Is this ironic? I´d say so. But come on, it´s been 70 years...time change...and cultures grow ever farther apart.
I guess in theory the KMT feels like reunification could be more on their terms, or at least the "one country, two systems" ideal would be taken very seriously, and a reigned in Taiwan would not be pushed around like Hong Kong has been. I just don´t know see how that would possible, or how the two countries could come together at this point without it being a serious mess.
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