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And this week, Taiwan has elected its next president.
And China is not happy with the result.
William Lai campaigned to keep Beijing at arm's length in an election which in part was about who the Island's people are.
75 years after Chinese nationalists lost their civil war with the communists and fled to Taiwan, the debate continues there.
Are they Taiwanese or still Chinese?
Taiwan is a province.
It is still a part of China.
Slowly the differences between us will narrow until we are the same.
Then we can achieve unification.
I don't consider myself Chinese.
The current mainland and Taiwan are of course very different.
My feeling is that we share the same ethnicity, but in terms of culture and habits, it's still quite different.
And the longer time goes on, those cultures and habits continue to evolve.
One difference is already established.
Taiwan has competitive elections between more than one party.