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by brobinson 1816 days ago
>people in ... Taiwan overwhelmingly consider themselves to be Chinese

2/3 of people in Taiwan identify as Taiwanese exclusively: https://esc.nccu.edu.tw/PageDoc/Detail?fid=7800&id=6961

>people in ... Taiwan overwhelmingly consider themselves to be ... part of China

For those not familiar with the situation, Taiwan is the "Republic of China" as opposed to the "People's Republic of China". "China" in English is ambiguous as it could mean 中國, 中華民國, or 中華人民共和國 (usually meaning the last one nowadays). Both the ROC (中華民國) and PRC (中華人民共和國) claim to represent "China" (中國) according to their constitutions, but the PRC is the representative of "China" (中國) at the United Nations since 1971.

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I’m just repeating what friends in Taiwan have told me.

The ROC government still claims all of China after all, just like the PRC.