• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      The fact that it was the last refuge of the Chinese democratic republic he fought against for one thing.

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      7 months ago

      The place is a jewel. Have you learned anything about it? You don’t just randomly become the world’s leading high tech manufacturer. They have great land, great resources, a great trading location, great people, great natural defenses… Any country on Earth would flip to have Taiwan.