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

However, I am do not believe you have justified your stance as multiple arguments you made in round 2 do not stand up under scrutiny. In this round, by addressing these arguments presented I hope to improve my position in this debate. Devaluing the UN My opponent continually in their opening and closing arguments talks about an independent nation. However, they have not shown that Taiwan is historically an independent country. In contrast, in round 2 I have shown that Taiwan is indeed a state of China. This is important to realize as I pointed out multiple times that the Taiwan “government” consists out of an ousted oppressive and corrupt government that fled China when the people rose up against them under the leadership of Mao. It should also be noted that my opponent did not rebut the claims of theft and corruption by the Republic of China. As such my opponents claims that they are a better government and should be awarded a country (for losing and stealing? ) is moot. Additionally, by pointing out that countries have dark pasts and then pointing out that the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) has a dark past is illogical. By promoting this point all you have done is assert my argument that Taiwan is a state of China. As such I thank my opponent for strengthening my argument as to why Taiwan is a state of the PRC. Lastly, how can this be devaluing the UN when the UN does not accept Taiwan (ROC) as an independent country and in fact kicked them out and handed the seat to the rightful government the PRC. (1) Standing Up to China It seems this is probably the core of the argument by my opponent which is prefaced with “standing up to China”. This argument is based on faulty history (i. e. From my understanding) and reeks of discrimination against China (i. e. stop China throwing its weight around). I would also like to point out that I never once in my argument said if Taiwan (ROC) is a nation that the PRC must cease to exist as my opponent has fallaciously said I did. In fact my opponents arguments for this make no sense as he is rebutting an argument that was never made. Finance My opponent then goes on to state the reason Taiwan should be an independent country is because their GDP is the 18th biggest in the world. This argument is based on the fact that Taiwan is an independent nation which has not been demonstrated by my opponent. Additionally, if we are to look at things this way it should be noted that the State of California is the 8th biggest economy in the world. (2) Does that mean California should be an independent country? Conclusion In this debate my opponent has made multiple historically incorrect unsubstantiated claims. Some of these claims even have helped my argument such as the quote from my opponent reference 44 in round 2 “In addition, accusations of Guomintang corruption led to the erosion of popular support for Chiang's regime. ”. I would also hope the voters do not get swayed by the immense amount of citations my opponent used as most of them, 3-43, could have been cited using a single source. In contrast I have showed the logical and historical reasons why Taiwan should remain a state of China. I now hand the debate over to the voters. (1) . http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com... (2) . http://econpost.com...