Trump warns Taiwan against declaring independence after China talks

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8p61v7l68o

cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/64418113

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cranakis@reddthat.com · 38 pts · 107d (1 reply)

Donnie bends the knee.

DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 14 pts · 107d

The natural place of the submissive male

shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works · 26 pts · 107d

What a fucking pussy

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 20 pts · 107d (6 replies)

Why would they declare independence

They are already a globally recognized independent country

NekoKoneko@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 107d

Because Trump finished high school before the Chinese Cultural Revolution, and has been called by one of his college professors the dumbest student be has ever taught.

Add in dementia and I really believe Trump has no idea what Taiwan is apart from a word he recognizes and, with preparation, can barely distinguish from Thailand.

vga@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 107d (3 replies)

Unfortunately not. More countries recognize Palestine than Taiwan, even though Taiwan more clearly is an actual country.

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · -2 pts · 107d (2 replies)

I think almost all countries recognize Taiwan including the US

vga@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 107d

Sadly no. There are only 11 countries that have official relations with Taiwan. Almost all other countries either clearly think it's a part of China, or have an ambiguous position towards it. Most western countries are in that last group.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_Taiwan

And as comparison:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_Palestine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_Israel

Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 107d

Based on what

umbrella@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 107d
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green_red_black@slrpnk.net · 19 pts · 107d (10 replies)

Good news Taiwan wasn't planning that. Seriously current mood is maintaining the defacto independence.

vagrancyand@sh.itjust.works · -29 pts · 107d (9 replies)

Shh you'll ruin the entire neoliberal western narrative that has caused the populations of the US and Europe to constantly disparage the single most advanced form of government proven so far. If they cannot fear monger about China being evil bloodthristy imperialists wanting to take Taiwan or propagandize Taiwan as being brave independent freedom fighters then all the other hundreds of billions of dollars in propaganda through hundreds of outlets in more than two dozen countries including extensive terror campaigns, the wholesale creation of several cults, and the world's most extensive propaganda NGO in world history would all be for nothing.

They really don't understand they're the bad guys and not China, and it'd break their little hearts to find out China got that big without doing all the evil shit they did.

Cypher@aussie.zone · 18 pts · 107d (4 replies)

Cool cool, Tibet and forced sterilisations.

vagrancyand@sh.itjust.works · -2 pts · 107d

Give any source for forced sterilization that isn't a front for the NED and I will personally send you $1,000 USD.

Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml · -5 pts · 107d (2 replies)

Tibet was a theocratic slave trading shithole before China, the only people pretending otherwise are braindead westerners coping poorly with their increasing irrelevance

Cypher@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 107d (1 reply)

Gotcha, imperialism is only great when China does it.

Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml · -5 pts · 107d

green_red_black@slrpnk.net · 16 pts · 107d (3 replies)

You do realize that China literally considers Taiwan a province in rebellion right? Or did you think that the mainland actually was giving formal recognition to it's independence this whole time.

Junkers_Klunker@feddit.dk · 7 pts · 107d (1 reply)

They’re a tankie, they don’t realise anything.

Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml · -4 pts · 107d

vagrancyand@sh.itjust.works · -2 pts · 107d

...Who said any of that? Yes, Taiwan is a province of China. Because they are the old imperialist, fascist government of China that was beaten in the civil war.

King@literature.cafe · 14 pts · 107d (4 replies)

America helps russia... now cossies up to china. What on earth is happening.

Zirconium@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 107d

The capitalists have no loyalists to any nation. They will betray and strip the US of all of its natural resources to sell to China if it meant more profit (as they've done to every other nation)

radiofreebc@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 107d (2 replies)
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JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 107d (1 reply)

Why not send a copy to iran and cuba for good measure?

radiofreebc@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 107d
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ShaggyBlarney@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 107d

Trump; the dictators town bicycle.

AmazingSUPERG@thelemmy.club · 11 pts · 107d

Cool so how about closing all those bases in Asia because you don’t need them now.

Scotty@scribe.disroot.org · 4 pts · 107d

Taiwan says is an 'independent' nation, after Trump's warning

Looking at their post history, OP is what is called a 'ziganwu', right?

ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 107d

The separation was encouraged and kept by the Burgers ("unsinkable carrier" as MacArthur said) but the times are changing.