As Beijing has increased its efforts to recruit Taiwanese people, the number of spying cases has risen
  • nekandro@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    I always find it silly how Westerners have no grasp of reunification in a non-military manner.

    In the same way say, France and Germany might have a unified economy or Canada and the US might have a unified culture, it’s entirely possible to maintain legislative and/or budgetary independence under a unified front. In fact, that’s already more-or-less true of China’s governments: the proportion of government spending at the federal level is only 15% of all government spending. This includes spending for defence, science & technology, public security, public services, education, and diplomacy.

    • Varcour@lemm.ee
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      10 months ago

      Yeah, because that worked so incredibly well in the past. Just look what a great time the Tibetans had. How Hong Kong is flourishing. Tell me more about Chinas great track record when it comes to honouring it’s regions independence.

  • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    I love how westerners consider political capture of a rogue province of Taiwan by US cool and normal. Just imagine how much foaming at the mouth there would be if Russia started backing a separatist government in Texas. I mean libs are still losing their shit over the made up Russiagate conspiracy, so I guess we don’t have to imagine.