☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Share Funny Videos, Images, Memes, Quotes and more @lemmy.mlEnglish · 16 days agoTrump remarks on China as WWII 'ally' raise eyebrows in Japanasia.nikkei.comexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down11
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minus-squareZapBeebz_linkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·16 days agoIsn’t the China that was our ally in WWII now actually Taiwan? Or am I misremembering the timeframe for the Chinese communist revolution?
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·16 days agoTechnically no, as the KMT hadn’t retreated to/invaded Formosa yet. Both sides fought Japan: they held a shaky truce, the Second United Front, until the Japanese invaders were removed.
Isn’t the China that was our ally in WWII now actually Taiwan? Or am I misremembering the timeframe for the Chinese communist revolution?
Technically no, as the KMT hadn’t retreated to/invaded Formosa yet. Both sides fought Japan: they held a shaky truce, the Second United Front, until the Japanese invaders were removed.