Maybe my sample size is too small, but when I was in Shanghai they very clearly felt Taiwan was a (rebellious) part of China. To claim that PRC has no claim on Taiwan ignores the fact that even the US recognizes Taiwan as part of China (though to keep status quo we still sell arms to Taiwan).
Edit: sorry for the country typo; Was thinking about a trip to visit my friend in Shanghai who lived there until moving to Singapore recently.
> To claim that PRC has no claim on Taiwan ignores the fact that even the US recognizes Taiwan as part of China
The US has never officially recognized that the island Taiwan as part of the PRC, only as part of "China", which is ambiguous because there are two nations calling themselves China (PRC and ROC).
This is false. The US has "acknowledged" the "One China" position of both sides of the Strait since the 1970s, but it has never supported the notion that Taiwan (and Kinmen, Taiping, etc.) is PRC territory or that the mainland is ROC territory.
The feelings of Singaporean residents about the matter are not relevant to the discussion at all.
> Maybe my sample size is too small, but when I was in Singapore they very clearly felt Taiwan was a (rebellious) part of China. To claim that PRC has no claim on Taiwan ignores the fact that even the US recognizes Taiwan as part of China (though to keep status quo we still sell arms to Taiwan)
The US has agreed not to have official relations with the ROC, but the US has _never_ recognized the PRC's claims of Taiwan and the rest of the land controlled by the ROC.
Edit: sorry for the country typo; Was thinking about a trip to visit my friend in Shanghai who lived there until moving to Singapore recently.