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[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

China says they support international law, but then dont, look at what they do in the south pacific, the 9 dashes or whatever, making territorial claims against the Philippines and Taiwan, copy right infringement etc. Im not mad at China for training russian troops they are somewhat friendly to one another.

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

I think the artificial islands is China trying to be clever. Allegedly they are doing that to ensure their commercial traffic, IDK if this is really necessary? But some say that USA (through allies) have China kind of locked in, and could block Chinese transports in case of conflict.
If that is true, I can understand how that is a problem for China, and why they are trying to get around it.

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

No, that's just excusing china's behavior. They do shit like all the big players do

[-] sheogorath@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yep, just look at all their activities in SEA. The Indonesian and Laos governments are already being held hostage since they are using their national budgets and some of their national assets as collateral.

[-] frisbird@lemmy.ml -4 points 3 weeks ago

The UN recognizes that Taiwan is a province of the nation-state of China. That's why there is no official Taiwan delegation to the UN.

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

And the un is wrong an awful lot. Taiwan is its own nation. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk

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[-] Cliff@feddit.org 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The UN does not recognize Taiwan as a souvereign country, because China made that a requirement for them to participate in that institution.

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