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Jews had a hard time getting into some Ivy league schools for a stretch, but not colleges in the US in general, c.f. elsewhere on this page. What is it with yo
by ellyagg 15y ago
Jews had a hard time getting into some Ivy league schools for a stretch, but not colleges in the US in general, c.f. elsewhere on this page.
What is it with you anyway? I found your comment earlier today about "the US does it too!" re the Dalai Lama almost odd enough to comment on but this is the second comment in a row where you found an angle to bash the US. Do you think every negative comment about a country is a secret thumbs up to the US? And you just can't be having that?
- wnight 15y agoIt was informative. I didn't know the USA put restrictions on what the Dalai Lama would say. For China. I think the average person would be surprised to hear it. It's like not recognizing Taiwan as a country. Offensive.
- philwelch 15y agoTaiwan doesn't even technically recognize itself as a country. It's just a part of China ruled by a rival government.
- sharkman 15y agoActually they are the "real China", as their president addressed earlier this week on Republic of China's 100 anniversary.
- dpark 15y agoTaiwan doesn't recognize itself as a separate country. It recognizes itself as the legitimate government of China.
- philwelch 15y agoWhich, from an objective standpoint, is a rival government.
- dpark 15y agoBut they do not consider themselves "part" of China. They consider themselves China.
- philwelch 15y agoBut they only actually control part of China, namely Taiwan.
- dpark 15y agoSure. But that's a matter they don't agree with. They believe they run all of China, de jure if not de facto. In any event, they certainly consider themselves to be a country. A rather large one.
- philwelch 15y agoNo one considers Taiwan a country, aside from a minority party in Taiwan that wants to declare independence from China but doesn't have the balls. The ROC considers Taiwan part of China. The PRC considers Taiwan part of China. The ROC and PRC are rival governments of this one China. The ROC controls Taiwan and a couple other islands, the PRC controls the rest. The one thing both states agree on is that Taiwan is not a country; Taiwan is part of China. If you're going to be lazy and sloppy about it, you can call the ROC "Taiwan", but neither side actually sees it that way.
- dpark 15y agoWe're just arguing about whether "Taiwan considers themselves a country" implies a separate country now. I don't think we disagree about any factual info.
- xiaoma 15y agoThis is so far off-base that it's painful to read. I say this as someone who's spent most his adult life in Taiwan and currently lives in Beijing. Most my friends are Taiwanese. I ran a business in Taiwan for years. At one point I even considered applying for citizenship (despite the mandatory military service). Millions of Taiwanese people consider Taiwan a country. I have yet to meet even one in my generation who believes Taiwan to be a part of China. This really is a case of might vs right.
- danssig 15y agoI think the better question is why you're so worried about people criticizing the US?