Quote Originally Posted by taka View Post
sorry to say, but being a brit born chinese, i have to say that Taiwan is part of china (history is along the lines of civil war caused a bunch of chinese to move to taiwan, and the full chinese name for taiwan consists of the words china.)

Tibet has also been part of china for a looooong time, if i remember correctly, at least from the Song dynasty, maybe even before.

and please don't judge china from american and british television alone - china has done a lot to improve it's status and it just needs time to further improve itself. whilst there are always places that want to hinder china's improvement, just give them time.
No...NO and NOOO! Tibet is a people who while they have been oppressed by the Chinese are their own people. They have their own country on a map and are their own people. And Taiwan is Taiwan. It has its own political agenda, its own military, and the US backs it. The Nationalists left after the Commies took over and went to Taiwan, again the Tibetians and Taiwanese may be of Chinese decent and nationality, but they are most certainly their own country.