"They are already establishing a sort of de facto administration, controlling population, taking 'taxes' from people who pass through and that... is hardly acceptable, " he said.

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As more and more Americans became de facto criminals, the American population as a whole became increasingly paranoid.

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Though Taiwan has de facto sovereignty, most of its population are ethnically Chinese and China continues to claim Taiwan as a part of China and has not ruled out the use of force to take the island.

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