There is no question that Taiwan is a state in any political science definition of a state.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Taiwan is democratic.
Taiwan and China are related ethnically and close neighbors geographically. There's no reason to resent or to fight against each other.
Free nations of the world cannot allow Taiwan, a beacon of democracy, to be subdued by an authoritarian China.
We will never allow anybody to separate Taiwan from China.
For many Taiwanese, almost all Taiwanese, we'd like to we say we are a country, and we have a sovereignty of our own.
Taiwan politics certainly is colorful.
The majority of Taiwan people cannot accept Taiwan becoming a second Hong Kong, nor can we accept Taiwan becoming a local government of the People's Republic of China or a Special Administrative Region of China.
When I was in Taiwan, I was taught in school that Taiwan is part of China.
Taiwan has been so well developed economically. But we are underdeveloped culturally.
Taiwan is an independent sovereign country.