No Taiwan was never part of China. https://fapa.org/taiwans-history-and-status-taiwan-has-never-been-a-part-of-china/
On Thursday, November 20, 2025, Duane Filan via groups.io <duanefilan44= [email protected]> wrote: > Avram - "Maybe read leftists Taiwan is not part of China" > > I read what Avram suggested, and, in spite of the spin by the Taiwan > comrades, it appears to support what I said - that when Japan invaded > China, Taiwan had already been Chinese territory for centuries: > > "Chinese and Japanese pirates would seek shelter among the marshes and > inlets of the southwestern Taiwanese coast. > > Ming rulers [1368-1644] were never able to defeat the pirates, but in the > 17th century they decided to make common cause with them against their > enemy, the Dutch settlers in South Taiwan. The Ming Court approached Cheng > Chihlung who it appointed admiral of the imperial fleet with > responsibility to stamp out the "others". > > His son Koxinga, became increasingly important as the Manchus [Qing > dynasty 1645-1912] captured first Beijing, then Banging, and, in 1646 > Fuzhou. Both the remaining Ming and Qing courted Koxinga who maintained his > fleet and ruled over an enclave along the southern China coast... > > In 1661 he laid seige to Fort Zeelandia, the Dutch trading center on the > southwest coast. On February 1, 1662 the Dutch surrendered, retreating to > Batavia (present day Jakarta, Indonesia)... But it was not until 1683 that > the Kangxi Emperor, the Qing dynasty's third, forced Taiwan into submission > and incorporated it as a prefecture of the Fujian province, with an 8,000 > man garrison of Qing soldiers." > > The RCIT is pushing a dumb idea - "For a socialist Taiwan as part of a > federation of workers states in the region!" > Why not just call for "Global socialist revolution soon!"?? > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#39363): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/39363 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/116389177/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
