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>Taiwan is not recognized as an independent nation by the U.S.

While that might have some relevance in the US, I'd be more inclined to ask the Taiwanese if they are an independent nation. AFAIK, they believe so.

Should the Taiwanese be subject to the whims of the US? Or of the CCP, for that matter? I think not.

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Taiwan claims that it is China. So its territorial claims encompass all of existing mainland China and actually bits of India and other countries as well. They claim the CCP has been too soft on maintaining Chinese territorial sovereignty. So ironically the Government in Taiwan is actually more expansionist than the Government on the mainland.

Survey shows only 5% of people in Taiwan think they are Chinese and not Taiwanese. What you are referring to is the de jure side of things. Taiwan is a de facto sovereignty and doesn't not have border dispute with India or building islands in SCS.

> They claim the CCP has been too soft on maintaining Chinese territorial sovereignty.

Never heard.

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