, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, after WW2 they had already struck a deal to return Japanese colonies back to either RO-China or 
Korea with the exception of Okinawa (which btw was itself influenced by different groups)
Actually ethnicity and culture are not good arguments considering the 70% of Taiwanese are Hoklos and 15% Hakka, both classified as a branch of Southern Han, while the rest is 12% various mainlanders and 3% mixed/Aborigines. Culturally, they're a typical East Asian nation.
The reason why they're separate is because they were founded by the refugees of the ROC, making them a separate nation.
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