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Let's be clear, visas are handled separately because they are separate countries.

Maps are just political theatre. The vintage ROC map you are referring to also includes Mongolia and parts of Russia (Chinese territories that Mao/CCP ceded), but no one in Taiwan is seriously making those claims. Note the CCP lays claim over the SCS based on an old 9-dashed map made by the ROC.

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Look I’m saying I don’t have to care and its easy to conform without actually considering it bending the knee, because its hilarious.

I get that the current head of state and majority party in the ROC doesnt extend its territorial claims beyond the island they are on. There are some people that hold on to the prior claims.

The rest of us really need to just build additional pylons so we don't have any manufacturing consequences when that matter is resolved. Because thats the only reason we care right now (aside from how brutal the reintegration will be).

Many Taiwanese would love to throw off the legacy of the ROC completely (territorial claims, claims on mainland China, etc...), but to do so would be an act of ultimate war as far the PRC is concerned.

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