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The flip side of "in the end, you care more about Los Angeles than you do about Taipei" that always gets ignored is that China also cares more about Shanghai/Be
by khuey 8y ago
The flip side of "in the end, you care more about Los Angeles than you do about Taipei" that always gets ignored is that China also cares more about Shanghai/Beijing/etc than they do Taipei.
- philwelch 8y agoOnly marginally. Taipei is, to the CPC, part of China, just like Shanghai and Beijing.
- ardy42 8y ago> Only marginally. Taipei is, to the CPC, part of China, just like Shanghai and Beijing. But it is a "part of China" that they've already effectively lost. Gaining it at the cost of Shanghai doesn't seem like a very good bargain.