Taiwan - Surfing in the Rebel Country (that is not a Country)

The British publication The Economist recently named Taiwan in a cover story as “The Most Dangerous Place on Earth” because of the possibility of a shooting war with China PRC to reclaim the island. The PRC considers the ROC to be a breakaway province that must be brought under the control of the motherland by force if necessary.

Taiwan, formally known as the Republic of China or ROC, is having none of it. They have watched carefully what has happened to Hong Kong since being brought under mainland Chinese control in 1997 and they don’t like the changes at all. 

While a unilateral declaration of independence is a red line that must not be crossed as it would trigger an invasion to retake the island by force, Taiwan does everything it can to conduct itself as an independent state outside the writ of Beijing.