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The Osnos piece was not just somewhat less than even-handed, it was also wrong on a crucial detail. To quote: "Some background: Taiwan broke away from mainland China in 1949." Even the most basic understanding of East Asian history in the post-war period is enough to tell you that Taiwan did no such thing. The ROC government re-located to Taiwan and continued to claim sovereignty over the whole of China, supported and protected by the US. It seems that we are well and truly in a post-factual era if such statements can appear in The New Yorker.
David Holm <dvdholm37 at gmail.com>
by denton.2 at osu.edu on December 7, 2016
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