Historically it appears as if China's claim to the island has greater force.
China's claim might be better, but the "
People's Republic of China's", in my opinion, does not. Since the seat of the R.O.C. went to Taiwan, and was never defeated, I think the claim that Taiwan
is iChina is reasonable. Now, if you want to consider Red China as a bunch of breakaway provinces, be my guest. But I have no interest in allowing the Butchers of Beijing with their one-child limit/forced-abortion/anti-"non-approved" religion policy anywhere near the innocent people of Taiwan. If I had my druthers, I'd tariff the Red Chinese heavily. If we are that hooked on "cheap stuff", we can get it from Malaysia, S. Korea, Mexico, Brazil, Taiwan, Indonesia, Singapore, India, Thailand and a whole bunch of other places that don't have nukes pointed at us or their neighbors (India being an exception to the "neighbors" part).
Maoist propaganda flash
http://www.csie.nctu.edu.tw/~ycchuang/shehui.swf
Post-Mao propaganda flash (cuter and friendlier,
but look out for the CLAW!)
http://www.sittnick.net/socialism-is-good.swf
English translation of lyrics
http://www.revolutionaryleft.com/ind...howtopic=30781