We would have to plan on winning in 2 weeks. After that we'd have to buy spare parts from them

It serves every function that an embassy does.

https://www.usembassy.gov/taiwan-2/

Other than China claiming Taiwan, they really have no claim at all. Different Government, people, currency, medical system, etc.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
The sun is over the yardarm someplace in the world.

It always is!

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many former Chinese nationalists see it as giving up on ever getting their home (mainland China) back.

They stand as much chance of that was the Native American tribes have of ever winning back the lands they were forced from.

The reason we're still tied to the RoC is because of Chaing's wife and sister-in-law. Otherwise we would have backed Mao/Zhou/Deng's forces after the Sino-Japanese war and had an extremely strong ally on the southern border of Russia