• smallerdemon@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    You bunch of carb addicted fat asses need to lay off the… wait… wait… ok… oh… nevermind.

  • lntl@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    Red Doritos aren’t half as good as blue. I think we could quit the red chips.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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      1 year ago

      Taiwan is a province of China. This is a well documented fact, and Taiwan’s legal standing is not in question. This is the position held by the UN as well as practically all the countries in the world. This is also the fundamental basis for having diplomatic relations between US and China per Potsdam Proclamation that was signed 77 years ago between China, the US & the UK. This position has never officially changed. You can also read about it on the US state department site:

      The United States approach to Taiwan has remained consistent across decades and administrations. The United States has a longstanding one China policy, which is guided by the Taiwan Relations Act, the three U.S.-China Joint Communiques, and the Six Assurances. We oppose any unilateral changes to the status quo from either side; we do not support Taiwan independence; and we expect cross-Strait differences to be resolved by peaceful means.

      That seems pretty clear cut to me.

      • spauldo@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        Sure, and that “policy” keeps China happy while we continue to treat Taiwan as its own country.

        The US doesn’t care about China’s little turf war as long as we get to trade with both.

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            1 year ago

            The governments of Texas and Hawaii don’t pretend to control the entire United States.

            The China/Taiwan thing is downright silly. They can pretend all day long and make all the claims they want, but at the end of the day it’s just make-believe. The PRC doesn’t control Taiwan, and Taiwan doesn’t control the PRC. The rest of the world will smile and nod and say whatever we have to in order to get what we want, in the same way you’d smile and nod until your crazy neighbor stops ranting and goes back in his house.

            • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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              1 year ago

              US has basically committing a genocide in Hawaii, having annexed it after WW2. Here are just some of the atrocities US is committing there. There is an independence movement there that very much deserves support from the world.

              China/Taiwan thing is silly only because Taiwan independence is a complete joke given that it’s entirely reliant on mainland China economically. China is going along with the farce simply because they expect to end it in a peaceful way. In fact, that almost happened back in 2014 when KMT was about to officially repatriate. The deal was that Taiwan would be allowed to keep an autonomous government and have a representative on the mainland. US ran a color revolution in response that put the current DPP government in power. However, their popularity has recently plummeted and it’s very likely that KMT will get back into power in the elections next year. At that point the talks of resolving the independence issue peacefully will likely restart. KMT officials have already travelled to the mainland this year for talks.

              • spauldo@lemmy.ml
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                1 year ago

                And the Hawaii stuff has exactly what to do with China? Oh wait, it doesn’t. The US being “nice” isn’t even part of this discussion. And really, neither the PRC or ROC have any leg to stand on when it comes to accusations of atrocities.

                As far as the rest, none of that matters. Does the PRC control Taiwain now? No, no it doesn’t. Has the PRC controlled Taiwan for all these decades it’s played this game of pretend? No, no, it hasn’t. Until the PRC has actual control over Taiwan, its claims of ownership are meaningless.

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    1 year ago

    You changed the headline of this one also? What is your deal man? Just here to stir shit up?