Wow. Their own flag and government. I'm overwhelmed. And pardon my ignorance, but I'm not familiar with the expression smth just leaves smth for dead. I suppose, though, that it means that one thing - or place in this situation, is much better than the other. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

I'm rather curious, too, about your knowledge of Taiwan and its relation to China. That is, have you studied its history very far back? Or do you just believe what you believe because it seems, based on common input, that it's the right thing to believe?

On another note, we'll see how soon Taiwan will cozy up to China once your hero Trump tramples the existing trade agreements. I don't know. I'm pretty ignorant about international trade and all that, but it does seem to me that Taiwan enjoys an overwhelming amount of support from the US. And America? Yep, it's all about the money and whether or not where we support is of strategic importance to us.

At any rate, I guess back in 2008 you enjoyed living in the dark ages (Wuhan, I believe). Well, at least that's what one could infer from the following, which you posted way back then:

"In fact, I feel pretty good right now, I'd say this is about as good as it gets, apart from some boring grammar classes that I will teach this week."
Silverboy