[Qatar-6]

Taiwan has been "Half pregnant" for 70 years

Chaing Kai Shek never reinquished his claim to China after the commies ran him off the mainland

To my knowledge they've never formally declared themselves a separate independent nation from mainland China

This twilight status has suited them well

To me they're another strategic ball and chain - something our legacy support for has a restricting effect on our (America's) foreign policy options

If they want to declare themselves a separate independent nation we should recognize them as such and back their independence militarily

But they're not "China" - thats the mainland

If they're not willing to declare independence then we should reduce our diplomatic presence to a counsular office of the embassy in Beijing and stop all military cooperation.

I've had it with the "half pregnant" status. 70 years is enough - either declare independence or reassimilate.

[Agamemnon]

You write like a typical un-informed millennial who has no memory of communism.

I have been to mainland China many times. The ROC does not want to be like the mainland. FReegards!