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China would say yes, and in such a case you should not ever be in a state that has and/or requires good diplomatic relationship with, or economic support from,
by eurg 7y ago
China would say yes, and in such a case you should not ever be in a state that has and/or requires good diplomatic relationship with, or economic support from, China.
Law is, after all, what gets executed, and debating whether it's right or wrong is a luxury you don't have when it's executed on you.
- dpwm 7y agoChina actually hasn't overstated its jurisdiction anywhere near as egregiously as the US has.
- eurg 7y agoWhere they do have power, they wield it. See: international relations regarding Taiwan.
- monocasa 7y agoThey don't see their relations with Taiwan as international.
- function_seven 7y agoRead it as "See: international relations [with the rest of the world] regarding [the subject of] Taiwan"
- akvadrako 7y agoI'm sure it's just because they aren't in a powerful enough position to, not that they have qualms about it.
- keiferski 7y agoHeard of Causeway Bay Books? One of the men was a Swedish citizen and was taken from his home in Thailand. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causeway_Bay_Books_disappearances https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causeway_Bay_Books_disappearan...
- thelambentonion 7y agoChina absolutely extends its jurisdiction to anywhere it thinks it can get away with it. cf. https://www.wsj.com/articles/famous-rich-powerful-missing-1539343848 https://www.wsj.com/articles/famous-rich-powerful-missing-15... https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/03/29/the-disappeared-china-renditions-kidnapping/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/03/29/the-disappeared-china-r...