Please could some-one explain to me about ROC and PROC - Page 7 - Political Forum

smallpox · 04-29-2008, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by orange dave

Okay, and if that trade stops or significantly decreases...

You can have a lost of trade because of market crashes, because of meteors falling from the sky, because of the bubonic plague but if you have a market as dependable and big as that of China, you don't lose trade by declaring war (at least, not enough to declare autarky).

gaile · 05-02-2008, 03:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Intranetusa

More like the other way around. The KMT in Taiwan has always been the legitimate successor of the Qing Dynasty since 1911. The CCP communists are just lucky that Japan invaded in Sino-Japanese Wars 1 & 2, weakening the nationalists so the communists could defeat the nationalists in 1949.

Mao Zedong himself said "Our determined policy is 70% self-development, 20% compromise, and 10% fight the Japanese."

So it's ironic he's seen as the "great patriot" who fought off the Japanese invasion when in reality the KMT nationalists did most of the work.

You are correct on most points with one exception: Republic of China existed since 1912, right after the breakdown of Qing dynasty, but KMT appeared in 1924 and united China in 1928 (or 1929?). Before that, China was not ruled by KMT.

smallpox · 05-02-2008, 04:21 AM

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Originally Posted by smallpox

You can have a lost of trade because of market crashes, because of meteors falling from the sky, because of the bubonic plague but if you have a market as dependable and big as that of China, you don't lose trade by declaring war (at least, not enough to declare autarky).

Oooppss:
You can have a lost of trade because of market crashes, because of meteors falling from the sky, because of the bubonic plague but if you have a market as dependable and big as that of China, you don't just lose trade in order to declare war.
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