tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post7590060144360222357..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: US-Taiwan-China relations and the Taiwan IssueMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-53623774854274078772012-05-04T07:45:29.608+08:002012-05-04T07:45:29.608+08:00Both of the prior comments are absolutely correct....Both of the prior comments are absolutely correct. Taiwan and China both suffered through the same incompetent and corrupt governance of Chiang Kai-Shek and the KMT for all of FOUR years (1945-1949).<br /><br />That brief experience is the ONLY basis for the ridiculous claim of "reunification"!<br /><br />Thanks,<br />- Mike FalickMichael Falicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-91669154683946013262007-06-04T03:14:00.000+08:002007-06-04T03:14:00.000+08:00i've always considered it overly generous of pro-t...i've always considered it overly generous of pro-taiwan types to say that taiwan has been governed separately from china for 50 years. china gave taiwan away by the treaty of shimonoseki in 1895. i'm assuming the 50 years number comes from 1949, when the KMT showed up in taiwan, but by then they had already lost china. so i've always thought that taiwan has been governed separately from china for 110 years. am i wrong here?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-87446621175352380752007-06-03T19:26:00.000+08:002007-06-03T19:26:00.000+08:00Taiwan was only a province of China (not the PRC) ...Taiwan was only a province of China (not the PRC) for ten years, from 1885 to 1895 when the Ching Dynasty abandoned it. For about 200 years, it was a prefecture of Fuchien Province. Before that, it was as the Emperor Kangshi put it "a blob of mud floating in the ocean." It wasn't a province dating back to "ancient times" or anywhere close. It wasn't even on China's radar until around 400 years ago.Patrick Cowsillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12904899672214340947noreply@blogger.com