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Tom Cole: “Chinese Communists have never controlled an inch of…”

Featuring: Tom Cole, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 4th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 09:18

The Nationalist Chinese had it for about four years and then fled to Taiwan when they lost the civil war in China. Chinese Communists have never controlled an inch of Taiwanese territory. And most of the people in Taiwan, believe me, I've been there multiple times, think, hey, we should get to decide our fate. And we're not very interested in being part of China. (09:18–09:22)

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Asserts that the Chinese Communist Party has never controlled any part of Taiwan.

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