Taiwan was never unified with mainland China to begin with, anyway. They have no claim over it. Not that that stops the CCP from claiming everything in the Pacific.

[–] lennee@lemm.ee 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Even if, I used to be there is not a valid claim anyhow.

[–] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Exactly. If California voted to leace the US tomorrow then they would have every right to be free. Same for Northern Ireland, Scotland, Catalonia, and Südtirol.

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

California can not just vote to legally secede without approval from the US congress.

[–] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 days ago

Eh, precedent is severely overrated. China doesn't have any right to Taiwan because all people have a right to self determination. China invading Taiwan would be just as terrible as Spain forcing Catalonia to remain, or the US using violence to keep California from seceding.