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Maybe it's time we stop pretending that Taiwan is just a temporary rebel state that's really part of China?
To which the obvious response is that this particular state, unlike all the others in that list, has not taken the first step and claimed its own independence. Yes, that is for a pragmatic reason. But also yes, it is significant.
Only because China's Anti-secession law promises war if Taiwan changes its name from the old "Republic of China" (since 1911) to "Republic of Taiwan". RoC was never affiliated with communist China (PRC), but martial law era ruling party KMT first threatened to retake China and then diluted the plan into "reunification" and cozied up with China. Taiwanese people never agreed with KMT's hubris or sucking-up, which shows in voting results since the martial law ended.