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"divine right of nature": I think I finally figured out how the Communist Party deals with information control. They simply state whatever they wish were actu
by prewett 11y ago
"divine right of nature":
I think I finally figured out how the Communist Party deals with information control. They simply state whatever they wish were actually true as if it were true, and then bully, punish, jail, block or otherwise try to stamp out any other perspective.
So, they say "Taiwan is part of China" when it manifestly is not part of China, and they encourage an angry response to anyone who says it is not true. But other than national messaging, it seems like the State media actually does their own stories, because you often see it run a story which then gets deleted off the web site a couple hours or a day later, after the government decides what the message should be.
- wilsynet 11y agoBut Taiwan refers to itself as "The Republic of China" while China refers to itself as "The People's Republic of China". From the outside looking in, China and Taiwan are merely part of a long running civil Cold War.
- umanwizard 11y agoNorth Korea and South Korea are obviously different countries but they are both called the "Republic of Korea" (one with various adjectives tacked on). I don't think you should read too much into names. Taiwan is neither internationally recognized as part of China nor does it function as part of China in any way.