Post AT77fP4h6SC1x4zn04 by stevendrowe@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AT6xKbOV6bAKXMhbxw by stux@mstdn.social
       2023-02-27T17:06:30Z
       
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       Pfff.. I can understand very good that #Taiwan doesn't wanna be a part of Pooh's #China regime :pooh: Dictators really are the true parasites on this planet
       
 (DIR) Post #AT6xsHRXmyFkVSBWb2 by mastodonchonk@mastodon.social
       2023-02-27T17:12:47Z
       
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       @stux i know fr, thats why we make platforms like mastodon bc dictators are even in social media lmao
       
 (DIR) Post #AT6zIsK1Oh52MnuZzU by peteriskrisjanis@toot.lv
       2023-02-27T17:28:41Z
       
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       @stux biggest issue of all this is there is no requirement for China to conquer Taiwan. It is Xi vanity idea (same as Putin's was Ukraine). I would even argue it is counter to China security interests, because it pulls USA in, which is biggest and will be biggest China trading partner for foreseeable future.
       
 (DIR) Post #AT6zNEOHHwujyByn6u by qurlyjoe@mstdn.social
       2023-02-27T17:29:35Z
       
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       @stux I think the indigenous people of Taiwan would like a word. The current regime invaded after they lost to Mao and of course the US subsidized them throughout the 50s and 60s and are still subsidizing their military. Of course, that was just the latest in a long series of takeovers. Nothing is simple.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Formosa
       
 (DIR) Post #AT70KUeyRXIPVu30DI by alex_02@infosec.exchange
       2023-02-27T17:40:17Z
       
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       @stux Not to mention Taiwan is a large world semiconductor manufacture and I really don't want the garbage china produces.
       
 (DIR) Post #AT76JQulTww7KiJLkW by IronCurtain@mstdn.social
       2023-02-27T18:47:21Z
       
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       @stux the situation between Taiwan and PRC is very complex. While we should stand in solidarity with the Taiwanese, we did that before Nixon going there, and relations were icy. Granted, Chiang Kai-Shek's regime in Taiwan wasn't much better (our cold war policy is "better dead than red"), now it's different seeing as China is more authoritarian capitalist and Taiwan is an authentic democratic republic.
       
 (DIR) Post #AT77fP4h6SC1x4zn04 by stevendrowe@mastodon.social
       2023-02-27T19:02:30Z
       
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       @stux This is based on what I have seen. Looking through the polls I see that about 8-16% of Taiwanese people want “reunification”. That figure has decreased since 2020. I’ve seen a lot of Taiwanese actors in Chinese film and tv shows, it’s where the big money is.