China on Tuesday unveiled a plan to deepen integration between the coastal province of Fujian and self-governing Taiwan, touting the benefits of closer cross-strait cooperation while sending warships around the island in a show of military might.
You have to keep in mind that Chinese culture is very honor-based, for all that it doesn’t indulge in the so-called “honor” killings that make the news from time to time. So ultimately, despite whatever justifications people might spout, it just boils down to the fact that Taiwan represents a loss of face to the mainland, because for all that the KMT lost, the CCP never managed to actually finish them off.
You have to keep in mind that Chinese culture is very honor-based, for all that it doesn’t indulge in the so-called “honor” killings that make the news from time to time. So ultimately, despite whatever justifications people might spout, it just boils down to the fact that Taiwan represents a loss of face to the mainland, because for all that the KMT lost, the CCP never managed to actually finish them off.