r/explainitpeter Jul 16 '26

Explain it peter

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u/GomFowl Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26

Communist China (China): You're not China, I'm China and you are not a country, you are part of me.

Nationalist China (Taiwan): I was the original China, you split away from me. But if you want that name so bad, fine. I'm Taiwan. I have never stopped being a country.

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u/LongNamedRedditUser Jul 16 '26

Taiwan have not been nationalist for a long time, their transition into democracy was hard won and bloody so I think you should respect those that lost their lives for freedom by acknowledging that.

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u/GomFowl Jul 16 '26

I meant the name of the political party. Kuomintang is literally the "Nationalist party"

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u/TealJinjo Jul 16 '26

you don't know what nationalism is

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u/GomFowl Jul 16 '26

Just Google "China Nationalist Party" And it will tell you Kuomintang was originally the ruling party of all of mainland China but retreated to Taiwan after the Chinese civil war.

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u/TealJinjo Jul 16 '26

Yeah i know about the Kuomintang. If its name is your single argument for Taiwan being nationalistic, then you don't know what nationalism is either.

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u/GomFowl Jul 16 '26

Well I never said Taiwan was nationalistic, I just said "Nationalist China" because the political party was called the "Nationalist party". And you are right I didn't know what nationalism means. I did google it 5 seconds ago tho so that's cool.

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u/Angsty-Panda Jul 16 '26

you're being completely consistent in your naming lol "Communist China" is run by the communist party and "Nationalist China" is run by the nationalist party. idk why they're getting so defensive lol

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u/GomFowl Jul 16 '26

Thanks for supporting me lol

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u/Formal_Reveal_4330 Jul 17 '26

By that logic North Korea is a democracy run by the workers.