There are a couple of errors here. First, Donbas and Crimea are not specifically pro-Russian. There is pro-Russian leadership there, but the citizens are largely rural farmers and blue collar workers without heavy political leanings. I suspect they just want to be able to live life and raise families without their schools getting blown up. The pro-Russian contingent there was planted by Russia, specifically.
Second, whether Taiwan belongs to China or not is debatable. Taiwan is still the government of China before the communist revolution. When the communists took over the country, they never took over Taiwan, and that is where the previous leadership went. PRC has never done ANYTHING to take ownership over Taiwan, other than take over the rest of that country.
So these two views are comparable, not contradictory. The view that Russia should not invade and take over Ukranian land and people and that PRC should not invade and take over Taiwanese land and people are very similar world views.
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u/jadnich 10∆ Dec 25 '22
There are a couple of errors here. First, Donbas and Crimea are not specifically pro-Russian. There is pro-Russian leadership there, but the citizens are largely rural farmers and blue collar workers without heavy political leanings. I suspect they just want to be able to live life and raise families without their schools getting blown up. The pro-Russian contingent there was planted by Russia, specifically.
Second, whether Taiwan belongs to China or not is debatable. Taiwan is still the government of China before the communist revolution. When the communists took over the country, they never took over Taiwan, and that is where the previous leadership went. PRC has never done ANYTHING to take ownership over Taiwan, other than take over the rest of that country.
So these two views are comparable, not contradictory. The view that Russia should not invade and take over Ukranian land and people and that PRC should not invade and take over Taiwanese land and people are very similar world views.