Taiwan and Okinawa are in the same predicament

 There are many similarities between Okinawa and Taiwan. both were conquered and ruled by the Japanese. The original natives of Okinawa were not Japanese. The Kurile Islands were independent states until conquered and ruled by Japan. Japan moved a lot of Japanese into Okinawa and committed cultural and human genocide on the Okinawans. The culture of the Okinawans is almost completely destroyed just like the native Americans. But Okinawans would still retain their own names written differently from the Japanese.

In the case of Taiwan, the Japanese tried to do the same to the Taiwanese in cultural genocide. But the Chinese roots were too strong to be destroyed. For the decades that Japan conquered and ruled Taiwan, the Taiwanese were made to take on Japanese names like the Okinawans and adopted Japanese way of life including schools.

The startling similarity is that both are expendable to their political masters. Both can be sacrificed for the interests of their masters. Japan allowed the Americans to build military bases in Okinawa, including deployment of nuclear weapons. This makes Okinawa the top military target to be destroyed in a war with China or North Korea. This is the heavy price the Okinawans are paying for being a subdued and suppressed minority in the bigger plan of Japan.

The Americans also treat Taiwan like Okinawa. They tried to turn it into a military base to attack China. The more the Americans militarise Taiwan, the more it would become a target of China. Not only that Taiwan has many targets needed to be destroyed by China in a war. The Americans are now openly saying that they would destroy the chip and related factories in Taiwan when war breaks out with China. Yes, the Americans would bomb Taiwan to protect American interests.

The pathetic thing is that both the Okinawans and Taiwanese are too weak to protest for being the expendable chess piece. Both just tools to their masters, the Japanese and the Americans. One slight difference, the Okinawans are all against the military occupation of Okinawa by the Japanese. In the case of Taiwan, there are Japanese and half Japanese in Taiwan and also unthinking Taiwanese that do not mind being the chess piece of the Americans and also the Japanese. They would support the interests of the Americans and Taiwanese.

Whatever, both islands would be destroyed in a war with China, they are on the front line, top priority targets.