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On September 11, 2008, [[Southern Metropolis Daily]] published a full-page report titled "If Canton was an independent economy." The article said: "Let us imagine if Canton was a country... We will try to look at China in a new way from an outsider's perspective" and calculated that if China's provinces were treated as independent countries, "the 'Republic of Canton' would become the 14th largest economy in the world (in terms of purchasing power parity)."<ref>{{Cite web |title=假如广东是独立经济体 经济总量位列世界第14 |url=http://finance.southcn.com/content/2008-09/11/content_4593860.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130110400/http://finance.southcn.com/content/2008-09/11/content_4593860.htm |archive-date=2019-01-30 |accessdate=2008-09-11 |publisher=[[南方网]]}}</ref> Some commentators believe that the reason why the "provincial independence thought" reflected in this article has its vitality is that "China's unification is the result of military unification and cultural unification."; since people in Guangdong nearly always have a stronger tendency to self-identify as "people of Guangdong" rather than "people of China (or Han)", thus the idea of "Guangdong independence" will appear from time to time even if in different forms<ref>{{Cite web |title=張三一言：省獨思潮與聯邦制 |url=https://www.epochtimes.com/b5/9/5/17/n2529404.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230508003811/https://www.epochtimes.com/b5/9/5/17/n2529404.htm |archive-date=2023-05-08 |accessdate=2009-05-17 |publisher=[[大紀元]]}}</ref>.
In August 2019, [[Luk Chung-hung]], a member of Hong Kong’s [[Pro-Beijing camp (Hong Kong)|pro-establishment camp]] and a member of the [[Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions|Federation of Trade Unions]], declared on his personal Facebook page that the [[2019–2020 Hong Kong protests#Objectives|five major demands]] put forward by Hong Kong demonstrators during the [[2019–2020 Hong Kong protests|anti-extradition bill movement]] were only part of the U.S. imperialist plan for “global domination.” In the road map he pointed out, Luk believed that the United States' plan included instigating Hong Kong's independence, inciting an independent rebellion in Canton, and dismembering China. Luk Chung-hung's remarks have also incited heated discussions among netizens who supported the demonstrations, who believed that his ideas hinted at the directions of the Hong Kong independence movement. <ref>{{Cite web |title=陸頌雄推「美國獨霸天下」路線圖：港獨只係其中一步 |url=https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20190823/H5XQ5SDSDIDR4EDSR7D6QEQYO4/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304192448/https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20190823/H5XQ5SDSDIDR4EDSR7D6QEQYO4/ |archive-date=2021-03-04 |accessdate=2019-08-23 |publisher=[[香港苹果日报]]}}</ref>
Chinese scholar [[Li Yi (sociologist)|Li Yi]], who actively promotes "[[Liberation of Taiwan|reunification through military action]]" regarding the Taiwan issue and staunchly opposes [[Taiwan independence]], believes that the emergence of independence consciousness in Taiwanese society is due to the fact of [[Legal status of Taiwan|cross-strait division]] and Taiwan's regular elections. He thinks that with these conditions existing for a sufficient period, Taiwan will develop a separate consciousness from the mainland. Using the hypothetical scenario of Canton independence as an example, he suggests that if Canton were to "hold presidential elections every four years starting from 1996," then it would also develop the consciousness of being an independent country separate from China, believing that "there are no Chinese in Canton" and viewing China as a foreign country. In this hypothetical situation, "Canton" would also revise its history and geography textbooks, defining the highest mountains and longest rivers as the [[Pearl River]] and so on. "(If they do this) starting from '96 till now, if you still want to say you are Chinese and you would like to reunify with them, wouldn't they disregard you as a lunatic?" His remarks sparked vigorous discussion among netizens both domestically and internationally. <ref>{{Cite web |title=私人聚會影片曝！中國武統學者李毅吐真心話：瘋子才要統一 |url=https://www.setn.com/m/News.aspx?NewsID=964434 |accessdate=2021-07-07 |publisher=[[三立新聞]]網}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=中國武統學者「最想刪除的影片」！李毅分析「瘋子才要統一」 |url=https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/3595463 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009142546/https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/3595463 |archive-date=2021-10-09 |accessdate=2021-07-07 |publisher=[[自由時報]]}}</ref>
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