What do Chinese people think of Taiwan?

Once my British friend asked me “What do you think of the idea of unification?” She was asking me about “Taiwan issue”. And I answered “Of course, there will be unification because we are of the same culture and history, but the problem is, by which side to be unified; personally, I, as mainlander, prefer to be unified by Taiwan, you know what I mean” She answered “ I see”. She is one of my best friends so she got me instantly. But when I put the similar answer on Quora, someone commented below my response, accusing me a fake Chinese as a Chinese himself.I was speechless because I didn’t know how to prove I was a Chinese who was born and lived all the time in China, and never been abroad before. By the way, now I am not, I am not in China, so I dear to speak for myself, and you can hear me right now. I don’t need to prove myself, that’s a stupid a ...