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> If the mainland decided on a military take-over of Taiwan they would not care about this All Pooh cares about is being able to put his name against concludin
by philliphaydon 5y ago
> If the mainland decided on a military take-over of Taiwan they would not care about this
All Pooh cares about is being able to put his name against concluding Maos war. “I did what no one else could”
- FooBarWidget 5y agoThis is a very simplistic, cartoonish, and frankly wrong, reading of what motivates their behavior. Unfortunately China literacy is quite low in the western world, which in turn encourages people to perpetuate stereotypes like this. Here's an actual China expert who talked about the subject of literacy: https://twitter.com/China_Digital/status/1509490066426581005 https://twitter.com/China_Digital/status/1509490066426581005 This is not to say that their behavior is justified (nor am I saying they are not justified). My point is that proper understanding is important no matter whether one agrees or disagrees.
- philliphaydon 5y agoYou must be joking, that was a long thread of nothing. At the end of the day, Xi wants to achieve the goal of invading Taiwan and destorying the remains of the ROC. It's plain and simple. There is very little benefit to taking Taiwan, there's no valid claims to Taiwan. The majority of the people here don't identify as being part of China and don't want to be part of China.
- trasz 5y agoProblem is, nothing above matches reality - except for the absurdity of taking Taiwan, but then you failed to draw any conclusions from it. It's just another mindless repetition of US state propaganda.