ONE OF THESE IS AN ILLEGITIMATE ENTITY CREATED IN THE MID TWENTIETH CENTURY ON LAND BELONGING TO AN ANCIENT NATION. IT NOW MASQUERADES AS A SOVEREIGN NATION DESPITE HAVING NO LEGITIMATE HISTORICAL BASIS, AND IS ONLY PRESERVED AS A TOOL FOR FOREIGN POWERS TO USE AGAINST ITS MORE ADVANCED AND BETTER DEVELOPED NEIGHBOR, WHO WILL ONE DAY CRUSH IT. THE OTHER IS THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA