Is the US allies with Taiwan?
Following the passage of the Taiwan Travel Act by the U.S. Congress on March 16, 2018, relations between the United States and Taiwan have since maneuvered to an official and high-level basis. Both sides have since signed a consular agreement formalizing their existent consular relations on September 13, 2019.
How do you annex a state?
There are a few ways to add territory to a country, and one of them is to simply incorporate another country (or parts of another country) into your own. This is known as annexation, or the transfer of political sovereignty over a chunk of land to a new state. It’s just one way that nations can grow.
Why can’t China (PRC) annex Taiwan?
As to the question, China (PRC) cannot annex the Island of Taiwan because to suggest it would be to admit that it is not part of China (PRC) right now. That is contrary to their dialogue and considering that the island of Taiwan was part of historical China before 1949 (a long time before) it would also be historically incorrect.
Could the United States have annexed Japan?
For the United States to annex Japan would have been extreme hypocrisy. It would have undermined the reason that the war was fought. Well actually believe it or not, there was some (I emphasize SOME) talk of turning Japan into a protectorate after the war.
Why didn’t the United States invade Japan?
Japan was an extremely nationalistic nation (they would rather die than surrender, one of the reasons the the US nuked instead of invading as they would have lost hundreds of thousands in a ground offensive) so occupying Japan would probably not be the best idea The US just nuked Japan and killed nearly 200,000 people in the matter of a few days.
How can Taiwan stop being confused with China?
The only way Taiwan can stop “being confused with China“ is to invent a time machine, go back in time, and win the civil war against the Chinese Communist Party…. One might wonder why doesn’t Taiwan just stop calling itself “中華民國”，aka “Republic of China”, all together.