tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post2697481005873035988..comments2023-11-06T00:01:30.085+13:00Comments on New Zeal: Chinese Influence in the Cook IslandsTrevor Loudonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040453691836232676noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-27453493211490588552008-11-05T23:20:00.000+13:002008-11-05T23:20:00.000+13:00However you are forgetting Taiwan was a part of Ch...However you are forgetting Taiwan was a part of China when annexed by Japan in 1895. Therefore Taiwan was a part of China, and when the treaty singed declaring all territories Japan had stolen from China to be returned from Japan, this included Taiwan. The Kuomintang are just a rebel force still in Chinese Taipei, to which the Chinese government are not willing to take back in fear of US resistance and trade embargoes, as well as being isolated from world affairs as they were after the 1989 Tienanmen Square massacre.<BR/><BR/>Taiwan is a part of China.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-60019422960065880662007-12-22T12:35:00.000+13:002007-12-22T12:35:00.000+13:00Taiwan did not "break away" in 1949. In 1949 sover...Taiwan did not "break away" in 1949. In 1949 sovereignty over Taiwan belonged to Japan and would until 1952, when it gave it up to no one. Taiwan was handed over by the Manchu dynasty, the Qing dynasty, in 1895, to Japan. It was never a province under any Chinese emperor.<BR/><BR/>I wish newspeople bothered to do actual research. Taiwan did not "break away" because it was never part of China.<BR/><BR/>The rest of the article is certainly interesting, however.<BR/><BR/>MichaelMichael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.com