Huadu (Taiwan)
Republic of China independence (Chinese: 中華民國獨立; pinyin: zhōnghuá mínguó dúlì), abbreviated in Chinese as Huadu (Chinese: 華獨; pinyin: huá dú; lit. 'Chinese independence')[1] is the political position that the Republic of China (Taiwan) is already an independent country separate from the People's Republic of China; approving neither Chinese unification with the PRC nor Taiwanese independence as the Republic of Taiwan. The Taiwanese nationalist movement is largely divided into Taidu and Huadu. Taidu (Chinese: 台獨; pinyin: tái dú) is an abbreviation of Taiwan independence (Chinese: 台灣獨立; pinyin: táiwān dúlì).[1]
Taiwan is already a sovereign, independent country called the Republic of China.
—Lai Ching-te, 15 August 2023[2]
Major politicians of the Democratic Progressive Party seeking moderate Taiwanese nationalism tend to support Huadu. Tsai Ing-wen's administration of Taiwan maintains that Taiwan is already an independent country as the Republic of China and thus does not have to push for any sort of formal independence.[3] Some politicians in Kuomintang also support Huadu.[4]
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- ^ a b "We're all pro-Taiwan independence now". Taiwan News. 16 January 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
Broadly speaking, they are divided into two camps: "Taiwan" independence (台獨, taidu) and "Republic of China (ROC)" independence (華獨, huadu). The basic difference between the two is between renaming the country Taiwan or maintaining Taiwan as an independent nation under the ROC name and maintaining the constitution.
- ^ Wang, Cindy; Weber, Joel (15 August 2023). "Taiwan's Election Is All About War". Bloomberg News. from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ Nachmann, Lev. "No, Taiwan's President Isn't 'Pro-Independence'". The Diplomat. James Pach. from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "九二共識普拉斯（上）：國民黨內部曾提過「華獨」，為何最終沒有採用？". The News Lens (in Chinese). 27 April 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2024.