If countries were people — the relationship between China, America and Taiwan would be a love triangle like no other. Taiwan is in a very complex state as far as Democratisation is concerned. One way that people all over the world have seen Taiwan is that it's the first place in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. It's an island of fewer than 24 million people, and yet its economy is close to one of the top 20 in the world today. But this wealthy, democratic island is not considered an independent country by Beijing. China has long viewed Taiwan as its lost territory and threatened to unify with it by force.