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[0.3.x] Realistic Taiwan and China relations

NOTE: 0.4.x game version of this mod is now available at https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3184165545

Tired of people asking whether Taiwan is a country? Frustrated that people can't tell the difference between Chinese and Taiwanese? Dumbfounded that Tibetans and Uyghurs got better representations than Taiwanese in game? Hopefully this mod will provide a solution and a quick history lesson.

Change List

1. A new nation called the "Republic of Taiwan" is created with a sole claim on the Taiwan region. This is to portray the main sticking point of Taiwan independence debate (Wikipedia reference[en.wikipedia.org]).
   
2. "Liberating Mainland China" project will give Taiwan (Republic of China) claims on Tibet, Xinjiang, Assam and Mongolia regions. This is to reflect the exact words on Taiwan's (Republic of China) current constitution (Map reference[en.wikipedia.org]). Also adjusted the flavor text in both English and Chinese to make it clear that it is a revival of an old Chinese idea made by Chiang Kai-shek’s Kuomintang (Project National Glory[en.wikipedia.org]) instead of something native to the Taiwanese. Finally, "Liberating Mainland China" is re-translated as "光复中国大陆/光復中國大陸" per the name of the civilian committee (光復大陸設計研究委員會) setup by the Kuomintang to support Project National Glory.
   
   • For extra points the updated flavor text now pays homage to both Dr. Sun Yat-sen[en.wikipedia.org] and the third line of Taiwan (Republic of China)'s current national anthem[en.wikipedia.org].
3. "Liberating Mainland China" project unlock requirement has changed from Taiwan (Republic of China) must exists as an independent nation to China (People's Republic) must exists as an independent nation. The reasoning for this change are the following:
   
   • Fix the vanilla game bug where "Liberating Mainland China" project unlock will be lost forever if Taiwan (Republic of China) is absorbed into China (People's Republic), Japan or Indonesia, since it is almost impossible for China (People's Republic) to cease to exist as an independent nation in game without using the Alien Nation.
     
   • Historically, the idea of "Liberating Mainland China" is closely related to the dispute between Chiang Kai-shek’s Kuomintang and Mao's CCP on which political party should form the legitimate government representing China, which has nothing to do with the other debate on the legitimacy of Chinese (both PRC and RoC) ownership of the Taiwan region (See One China Policy[en.wikipedia.org] and UN Resolution 2758[en.wikipedia.org] as references). I find it hilariously missing the point that the vanilla game checks the project unlock condition against whether the Republic of China is still the government representing the Taiwan region (a.k.a. Taiwan independence debate) instead of checking on whether China still exists as a nation for the Kuomintang’s Sanmin Zhuyi[en.m.wikipedia.org] ideology to liberate it.
     
   • The player can now play out the plausible scenario where the Republic of China is reborn due to a rebellion on mainland China without Taiwanese input.
4. A new project called the "Honor Restored" will give Taiwan (Republic of China) the same list of claims as the "Pan-Asian Combine" project. This is to reflect the fact that the Chinese irredentist ideology called "The Century of Humiliation" had a long history that goes way before the birth of People's Republic of China in 1949 (Wikipedia reference[en.wikipedia.org]). This project will unlock after "Great Nation" and "Liberating Mainland China" are researched and Taiwan (Republic of China) still exists as an independent nation. It costs 50,000 research points since it is the far-right counterpart to the far-left version of "Pan-Asian" Chinese irredentism portrayed in the vanilla game.
   
5. "Liberating Mainland China" and "Honor Restored" research chain is now an alternative path to unlock "The Pacific Defense League" project.
   
6. "End of China" project no longer requires China (People's Republic) to exist as an independent nation before it can be unlocked. This is to prevent the scenario where the player/AI cannot break apart the Republic of China (or the Alien Nation) once it is firmly established on mainland China.
   
   • Extrapolating from the same train of thought, all claim projects gated under the "Independence Movements" and the "Fall of Empires" global techs no longer require specific nations to exist before they can be unlocked.
7. Russia now has claims against Xinjiang, Manchuria and Pyongyang regions under the "Forward Russia" project, since it is impossible not to bring this up to explain the schism between RoC and PRC's versions of Chinese nationalism. Also the extra claims is totally inline with the modern day version of Russian Eurasianism per the writings of Aleksandr Dugin[en.wikipedia.org].
   
8. Manchuria nation now has claims on the Vladivostok and the Beijing regions since the game flag icon strongly implies it is the equivalent of Manchu nation[en.wikipedia.org].
   
9. Both Chinese simplified and traditional character localization files are provided, with the "Republic of Taiwan" translated as "台湾国/台灣國" (Taiwan the Country), while "Honor Restored" translated as "平反国耻/平反國恥" (Overturn National Humiliation).
   
10. Synced "End of China" Chinese localization strings with the opening line of the novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" per developer's original intention (話說天下大勢，分久必合，合久必分。[zh.wikisource.org]).

Known Issues (that I can't or won't fix)

1. See this thread

Technical Information

1. See this thread

FAQs

Q: Which game version is this mod built upon?
A: 0.3.107 0.3.138

Q: Are you a hanjian/50 cent party member?
A: I am not going to dignify questions like this with a response.

Q: [Typing furiously in Chinese] Taiwan Independence Movement is (insert expletives here)!
A: Sorry, I don't understand Chinese. I am trying to patch up my broken Chinese using this guide: How to Learn Authentic Chinese by Playing Terra Invicta.