A closer (but imperfect) analogy would be if during the US Civil War, The South retained Florida because The British intervened and prevented a reunifucation of the country, and neither side ever conceded, and there are still people alive that remember all of this happening.
And now The British are demanding international legitimacy for The Confederacy even though it's a red line for the North and most people in Florida don't even want it, but The British gain from it.
And to point out a major issue with the Israel analogy: Israel is a settler-colonial project of The West whereas Formosa was previously Chinese / indigenous, then colonized by the Japanese, and finally conquered by the imperialist-backed nationalists. This is closer to liberation than a colonial claim.
A closer (but imperfect) analogy would be if during the US Civil War, The South retained Florida because The British intervened and prevented a reunifucation of the country, and neither side ever conceded, and there are still people alive that remember all of this happening.
And now The British are demanding international legitimacy for The Confederacy even though it's a red line for the North and most people in Florida don't even want it, but The British gain from it.
And to point out a major issue with the Israel analogy: Israel is a settler-colonial project of The West whereas Formosa was previously Chinese / indigenous, then colonized by the Japanese, and finally conquered by the imperialist-backed nationalists. This is closer to liberation than a colonial claim.