US Angers China...

[knloregon]

Absolutely correct that the vast majority of Taiwanese are the Nationalist Diaspora from the civil war.

 

But even before that, there was a concerted effort to fight the Japanese, who occupied Taiwan, even before many areas on the mainland.

 

But on top of that, the Kumingtang and the Communists share a common link that goes back to the Nationalist overthrow of Imperial rule (the last dynasty) ...

 

Nationalists and Communists were once united under the Kumingtang, and Sun Yat-sen was a common link. Sun, who really got around, was educated partly in Hawaii, but he also toured many of the Chinatowns in the US to raise funds to overthrow the Chin in China, and was not opposed to many of the goals of the early Communists, who were members of the Kumingtang.

 

the overthrow of Imperial rule was successful in late 1911, and Sun was made the first president of Nationalist China on January 1, 1912. It may have been more to ask from anyone to actually unite China at that point in history, but there is certainly a common link, on almost every level, between the vast majority of Taiwanese and mainland China.

[a2784]

Absolutely correct that the vast majority of Taiwanese are the Nationalist Diaspora from the civil war.

 

But even before that, there was a concerted effort to fight the Japanese, who occupied Taiwan, even before many areas on the mainland.

 

But on top of that, the Kumingtang and the Communists share a common link that goes back to the Nationalist overthrow of Imperial rule (the last dynasty) ...

 

Nationalists and Communists were once united under the Kumingtang, and Sun Yat-sen was a common link. Sun, who really got around, was educated partly in Hawaii, but he also toured many of the Chinatowns in the US to raise funds to overthrow the Chin in China, and was not opposed to many of the goals of the early Communists, who were members of the Kumingtang.

 

the overthrow of Imperial rule was successful in late 1911, and Sun was made the first president of Nationalist China on January 1, 1912. It may have been more to ask from anyone to actually unite China at that point in history, but there is certainly a common link, on almost every level, between the vast majority of Taiwanese and mainland China.

Thanks Kim for the great information.

[Stepbrow]

Back to the of the US angering China. I think this blog from Liz Economy of the CFR accurately sums up what has been going on between the US and China. http://blogs.cfr.org/asia/2010/02/02/the-u...ve-at-it-again/

[HongKong2LA]

Back to the of the US angering China. I think this blog from Liz Economy of the CFR accurately sums up what has been going on between the US and China. http://blogs.cfr.org/asia/2010/02/02/the-u...ve-at-it-again/

 

Excellent article. Puts things in perspective and makes perfect sense.

[ShaQuaNew]

Back to the of the US angering China. I think this blog from Liz Economy of the CFR accurately sums up what has been going on between the US and China. http://blogs.cfr.org/asia/2010/02/02/the-u...ve-at-it-again/

 

Excellent article. Puts things in perspective and makes perfect sense.

 

Thanks for posting this link from the US Council on Foreign Relations. The content of the article is pretty much what you would expect to see coming out of Washington. They seem to be working hard at doing some serious damage control after the press got hold of the story.

 

What would be nice to see from the CFR (Council on Foreign Relations) is an admission that the relationship between China and the US took a big hit after the arms sale to Taiwan was completed. That hit is with the average Chinese citizen who hears about this story every day, and is not happy it.