They cannot claim themselves independent or else China would attack. Don't you think it's kind of ludicrous that a country can force another "region" to not be independent by threatening them?

[–] PosadistInevitablity@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What are your opinions on the civil war in the US?

Should the confederacy have been allowed to leave without threat of force?

[–] randint@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I don't really care about the history of the US.

[–] diablexical@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

that doesn’t even consider itself independent

How does it not consider itself independent?

[–] Aria@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 1 year ago

Article 4 of the constitution:

The territory of the Republic of China according to its existing national boundaries shall not be altered except by resolution of the National Assembly.

Which means they're not independent of the rest of China. They also claim parts of Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Bhutan, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Russia, and according to Vietnam parts of Vietnam. Their territorial claims aren't ancient by the way, they were revised in 2002, when they accepted Mongolia's sovereignty.