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TheKingPotat t1_is1ljg5 wrote

Reply to comment by ordenstaat_burgund in Museum shows off Taiwan flag which went to the moon on Apollo 11 by Pure_Candidate_3831

Ive never actually heard of those islands before. I just knew taiwan cus thats the big population area

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ordenstaat_burgund t1_is23it7 wrote

The ROC government held onto many islands including Hainan and Zhoushan which they lost in late 50s to the PRC.

That’s why the ROC still has 2 provinces today, Province of Taiwan and Province of Fujian. If they had kept Hainan and Zhoushan too, ROC today would have had 4 provinces.

The recent news about “Chinese drones invading Taiwanese airspace” was actually a civilian DJI flown from Xiamen to Kinmen (which are 1.5km apart). In fact any time a commercial airline flies out from Xiamen, it’s “violating Taiwanese air space.” Kinmen is 150km away from the island of Taiwan.

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