[wkat4242]

> and fulfilling the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) promise to reclaim all major territories historically associated with China in some form, of which Taiwan is the crown jewel.

I still don't really understand how they justify this.

Of course if Britain or Spain would suddenly decide they wanted to reclaim any territory or colony they've every possessed in history (note, this includes the US for Britain and most of latin America for Spain) nobody would stand by them. Why do we act like this is acceptable or justifiable when it comes to China? I was kinda hoping that we'd be past this as Humanity. And owned territory does not equate power anyway. The US has been very powerful without owning half the world.

[hakfoo]

I always interpreted the Taiwan angle specifically as being unable to finish the prosecution of their civil war.

Consider if the US Civil War had ended with a similar stalemate. The CSA still claims a fraction of Virginia in 1865, but were able to secure defensive treaties with the superpowers of the time (likely Britain and France). At what point would you expect the Washington government to give up their justification for reunion?