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[–] db2@sopuli.xyz 54 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What are you trying two say

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago (6 children)

That Tiwan is the rightful government of China, there are just rebellious western provinces that call themselves the CCP?

[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I agree. (But I think they were just making fun of your spelling).

pssst. that wasn't OP

[–] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's actually their governments position. To admit otherwise would acknowledge Taiwan's independence and would anger China. They are still technically at war.

[–] Joncash2@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

The funny thing is that people think China would disagree with that map, yet that map is exactly what China claims. In fact, Taiwan claims far more than that map, so the only source of disagreement technically would be on the naming. However, China, or Sino wouldn't actually care. You think China is the name they gave themselves or even use or say that term? That was a Western nomenclature put upon them in the first place.

China's largest gas company is called sinopec, not chinapec. So that weird name change is meaningless to them. If that made the west happy so they could take over Taiwan, they'd do it in a heartbeat.

[–] JoShmoe@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 years ago

Those flithy westerners

[–] Marxist_Bear@midwest.social 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The KMT are literal fascists. You don't become the rightful government without overwhelming support of the people.

[–] Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Mate, you might be 30 years in the past

[–] purahna@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

things people who invoke holodomor on an hourly basis say

[–] Alto@kbin.social -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Working overtime to keep that social credit score high I see

[–] purahna@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

social credit is just gen Xs' and millennials' rebrand of orientalism and yellow peril. Boomers just called it called it China's tentacles. It's beaten to death and it wasn't funny when it was brand new. Find new material to veil your orientalism please, this one's all used up

[–] Alto@kbin.social -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"You can't criticize blatant authoritarianism because that would be shuffles deck racist!"

[–] purahna@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

the racist thing is Americans calling literally any other country in the world "authoritarian" because the way they do it doesn't involve police apprehending you for failing to pay your Big Mac microloan

America has 4% of the world population and 25% of it's prison population. Over a quarter of our prisoners are held with no trial and a majority are held on nonviolent charges. America has the largest military in the world and has used it to exact more death than any other nation on the planet today. America has the Patriot Act, the TSA, the CIA, and the FBI. Any discussion about authoritarianism that does not start and end with America is an unfounded attack on every other nation mentioned, and that's usually gonna be american exceptionalism and prejudice against whoever the other nation is.

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago

It's CPC, racist.

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago

Try too think more carefully in case you make a comment that's to controversial.

[–] KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (3 children)

fun fact: i have access to printers located in china through our company network.

but i'll probably get fired if i print out a john xina

[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago

When the last day comes, you know your mission.

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Or maybe you'll just disappear for a few years.

[–] MyPornViewingAccount@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago
[–] pudcollar@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Got anything about them that is younger than I am?

[–] pudcollar@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Sure, here's one that's ongoing https://www.swazilandnews.co.za/fundza.php?nguyiphi=2264 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB5Ybg5JzUo

Anyway, the Tienanmen Square protests happened before the white terror ended.

[–] NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

So what do tienanmen square and the oppression of native Taiwanese have to do with anything?

You aren’t trying to go for a “Well someone else did something bad so now I am good thing are you?”

Congratulations China and West Taiwan have both done bad things.

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[–] purahna@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Taiwan claims way, way more territory than that

You don't like China claiming Taiwan? Surely if illegitimate land claims are bad, you have issues with Taiwan for claiming China, Mongolia, Russia, Pakistan, India, and more, right?

[–] ZILtoid1991@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

lemmygrad

Opinion discarded

[–] purahna@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago

it must be nice, living a life so simple that you can build your reality by only listening to the people who come from a place you like.

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

It’s less about the land claims than it is about the CCP’s laughable rejection of reality

[–] _cnt0@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago