Neither has the PRC. I'm not sure why that's relevant here.
> De jure, yes.
_And_ de facto. The PRC has _never_ exercised control over Taiwan, Kinmen, etc. The PRC claims to the lands controlled by the ROC are as ridiculous as the ROC claims to lands controlled by the PRC _both_ de jure and de facto. By any reasonable measure, there have been two independent countries sitting next to each other for almost 70 years now.
> The ROC has declared not just independence, but sovereignty over all of China.
> Neither has the PRC. I'm not sure why that's relevant here.
(de jure) ROC is the same Republic of China that was established in 1912. PRC was declared in 1949.
> there have been two independent countries sitting next to each other for almost 70 years now.
Yes, but the PRC (and KMT until it became clear that retaking the mainland was impossible) is openly hostile to that viewpoint, which is what I originally posted.
Neither has the PRC. I'm not sure why that's relevant here.
> De jure, yes.
_And_ de facto. The PRC has _never_ exercised control over Taiwan, Kinmen, etc. The PRC claims to the lands controlled by the ROC are as ridiculous as the ROC claims to lands controlled by the PRC _both_ de jure and de facto. By any reasonable measure, there have been two independent countries sitting next to each other for almost 70 years now.