Taiwan Should be Recognised by the United Nations as an Independent Nation

I will be spending more or less all my time arguing against my opponents historical arguments but first I should state that the statement "Taiwan should be recognised by the united nations as an independent nation" is not in any way equivalent to the statement "China (PRC) should not be recognised by the united nations as an independent nation". There are many nations that claim territory considered to be part of another nation or even entire other nations. For instance is the statement "Ukraine should be recognised by the united nations as an independent nation" equivalent to "Russia should not be recognised by the united nations as an independent nation" (as a counter the a coming argument I am referring here to the Crimean dispute rather than the Donetsk dispute)? Or does the sentence "Pakistan should be recognised by the united nations as an independent nation" mean "Armenia should not be recognised by the united nations as an independent nation".Chinese Popular Uprising"It seems however that my opponent wants to jeer in the face of the Chinese popular uprising."I think you have overlooked what that uprising you are glorifying did. The Chinese revolution of 1949 threw out a democratic (if flawed) system with totalitarian one party rule which lead to between 30 and 40 million deaths [1]. But seeing as you are totally behind a peoples right to rule themselves I assume you support the right of the Taiwanese to determine their own future right? You see only seven percent of the Taiwanese population supports unification with China [2]. Taiwan's Past "Is my opponent in fact championing the oppressive reign of Chiang Kai-Shek?"Taiwan is now and has been for several decades a pluralistic democracy. There are many nations with shady pasts, here is a list:Afghanistan [3]Albania [4]Algeria [5]Angola [6]Argentina [7]Armenia [8] Australia [9]Austria [10]Azerbaijan [11] Bahamas [12] Bahrain [13] Bangladesh [14]Barbados [15]Belarus [16] Belgium [17]Belize [18]Benin [19]Bhutan [20]Bolivia [21]Bosnia [22]Botswana [23]Brazil [24]Burundi [25]Bulgaria [26]Burkina Faso [27]Burma [28]Burundi [29]Cambodia [30]Cameroon [31]Canada [32]Cape Verdi [33]CAR [34]Chad [35]Chile [36]Columbia [37]China [38]Columbia [39]Comoros [40]Congo [41]Costo Rica [42]Croatia [43]I could go on but I think you get the point. Every country has a dark history. Would you deny any of these nations their UN membership?Overthrow of Democratic Governments"Should we be supporting ISIS as they try overthrow a democratically elected government?"No just as you shouldn't be supporting the violent overthrow of a democratic government [44].[1] http://www.heritage.org... [2] http://www.taipeitimes.com...[3] http://www.bbc.co.uk... [4] http://www.lonelyplanet.com... [5] http://www.ecpr.eu... [6] http://www.sras.org... [7] http://www.economist.com...[8] http://www.pinkarmenia.org...[9] http://www.independent.co.uk... [10] http://theremustbejustice.wordpress.com...[11] http://www.theguardian.com... [12] http://www.bahamas.com... [13] http://www.huffingtonpost.com... [14] http://en.wikipedia.org... [15] http://www.funbarbados.com...[16] http://www.rferl.org... [17] http://www.yale.edu...[18] http://www.belizenet.com... [19] http://news.bbc.co.uk... [20] http://www.hrw.org... [21] http://www.huffingtonpost.com... [22] http://www.history.com... [23] http://gvnet.com... [24] http://www.historytoday.com... [25] http://www.bbc.co.uk... [26] http://genocide-in-macedonia.blogspot.co.uk... [27] http://www.aljazeera.com... [28] http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk... [29] http://www.genocidewatch.org...[30] http://www.ppu.org.uk...[31] http://www.aljazeera.com...[32] http://www.cbc.ca...[33] http://www.historyworld.net...[34] http://www.foxnews.com...[35] http://historyofchadgenocide.blogspot.co.uk...[36] http://www.writework.com...[37] http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk...[38] http://www.genocidewatch.org...[39] http://columbia111.tripod.com...[40] http://genocidewatch.net...[41] http://www.yale.edu...[42] http://ihscslnews.org...[43] http://en.wikipedia.org... [44] http://asia.isp.msu.edu...