Huadu (Taiwan)
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Republic of China independence (Chinese: 中華民國獨立; pinyin: zhōnghuá mínguó dúlì), abbreviated in Chinese as Huadu (Chinese: 華獨; pinyin: huá dú; lit. 'Chinese independence')[1] is the political position that the Republic of China (Taiwan) is already an independent country separate from the People's Republic of China; approving neither Chinese unification with the PRC nor Taiwanese independence as the Republic of Taiwan. The Taiwanese nationalist movement is largely divided into Taidu and Huadu. Taidu (Chinese: 台獨; pinyin: tái dú) is an abbreviation of Taiwan independence (Chinese: 台灣獨立; pinyin: táiwān dúlì).[1]
Taiwan is already a sovereign, independent country called the Republic of China.
—Lai Ching-te, 15 August 2023[2]
Major politicians of the Democratic Progressive Party seeking moderate Taiwanese nationalism tend to support Huadu. Tsai Ing-wen's administration of Taiwan maintains that Taiwan is already an independent country as the Republic of China and thus does not have to push for any sort of formal independence.[3] Some politicians in Kuomintang also support Huadu.[4]