At the founding of modern Taiwan, even the Kuomintang asserted that that Taiwan is a part China, to be reunited at some point in future. Historically it was part of the Qing Dynasty until Japan invaded and took it away.Taiwan is another island chain bumiputras need to liberate from tyrannical Chinese domination.
The Portuguese and Dutch did not find Chinese when they landed bin Taiwan 500 odd years, ago. They had to import coolies labour from China to build their fort. Orang asli, like malays, will never work for foreign masters.At the founding of modern Taiwan, even the Kuomintang asserted that that Taiwan is a part China, to be reunited at some point in future. Historically it was part of the Qing Dynasty until Japan invaded and took it away.
The Han migration from Fujian (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Quanzhou) to Taiwan took place in the mid-17th century, just before the end of the Ming Dynasty. Thereafter Taiwan remained under Qing rule until 1895 when the Japs took over.The Portuguese and Dutch did not find Chinese when they landed bin Taiwan 500 odd years, ago. They had to import coolies labour from China to build their fort. Orang asli, like malays, will never work for foreign masters.
That's why an amphibious invasion is not on the table. All this talk of invasion is just American disinformation meant to up the ante, change the status quo and provoke a Chinese response, a la Russia in Ukraine.PRC navy are just paper tiger.