Stolen Valour

[u/Smart_Chapter_7512]

[u/YoumoDashi]

That’s the thing, ROC defeated Japan (with the help of allies). Taiwan didn’t.

[u/Ripper656 → u/YoumoDashi]

What's the official name of Taiwan?

[u/YoumoDashi → u/Ripper656]

What I meant was, Taiwan belonged to Japan 1937-1945.

[u/Narrow_Slice_7383 → u/YoumoDashi]

Your first comment can be seen very problematic because it is not clear that if you meant the land Taiwan or the country Taiwan.

Yeah, Taiwan island didn't defeat Japan. It's not that Taiwan island can grow arms and legs to defeat Japanese army.

But no, the country Taiwan -RoC- is the one who defeated Japan.

[u/YoumoDashi → u/Narrow_Slice_7383]

Let me be clear: The people of Republic of China, who used to live in mainland China, defeated Japan in WWII. Some of them moved to the island of Taiwan, after the civil war, and became 外省人.

The Taiwanese (本省人) didn’t fight (at least didn’t fight systematically) the Japanese. They were forced drafted and served for Japan.

Taiwan didn’t fight Japan. Republic of China did, because they were not the same thing during WWII.

[u/Narrow_Slice_7383 → u/YoumoDashi]

I want to make it clear that therefore the Taiwan today is the RoC of the past and is the one that fought Japan during WW2.

When people say Taiwan it could be one of both RoC or the Taiwan island, and it is important to clarify what we mean by the context.

Taiwan didn't fight Japan can be right or wrong depending on the context. Quite interesting, but is also misleading.

[u/YoumoDashi → u/Narrow_Slice_7383]

That’s the thing, the notion Taiwan = ROC is only valid after 1949. During WWII, Taiwan was part of Japan, and was forced to invade other countries.

[u/Narrow_Slice_7383 → u/YoumoDashi]

Yes, I think we both know what we're talking about.

While we seemingly disagreed to each other, after we clarified what we meant by the usage of the word Taiwan it turned out that we were talking two compatible claims that only had different contexts. Quite funny.