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Not really. What would be similar is if Taiwan was able to achieve permanent independence through US interference. That would make the situation analogous.
The regions lost to Russia were not Han Chinese and were peripheral border regions mostly occupied by nomads. It would be like if a pan Arab state lost a territory in the Sahara occupied by Tuaregs for example.
If China was divided into small states and each province became a country sponsored by different European powers then that would be analogous.
What? Taiwan has literally been de facto independent since the nationalists lost the civil war in mainland China and left for Taiwan. It is the most propped up US ally anywhere outside of Israel and the main point of contention between China and the US and could become one of the main causes for WW3.
There is no such (remotely) example in Arabia let alone the entire Arab world.
It would be like if a part of an existing Arab nation became propped up (to insane levels) by an outside power and acted against the remaining Arab countries and moreover had territorial/rule claims. After all the Taiwanese leadership in a perfect world, claim to be the legitimate rulers of China and would love to rule a united China.
Fair enough, but by that logic (non-Han Chinese) the same could be said about the non-Han Chinese regions of China (Xinjiang, Tibet, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria) that were never a part of the Chinese heartland yet make up most of the landmass.
China is unique in the sense that it was mostly unified for the past 2 millennia (with ups and downs, invasions and occupations nevertheless), while the Arab world became fragmented long ago.
But Arabs should no doubt use China as the example for what unification could potentially do and why it is beneficial.
I have always said that because this is undeniable.
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