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China the nation stands to gain nothing. Chairman Xi stands to gain, or rather keep, a tremendous amount of power. Taiwan as an independent country flies in the
by causi 4y ago
China the nation stands to gain nothing. Chairman Xi stands to gain, or rather keep, a tremendous amount of power. Taiwan as an independent country flies in the face of party propaganda and official PRC policy.
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoThis. Xi has made annexing Taiwan, essentially, a test of the CCP's legitimacy as ruler of China. If he fails, it's a huge loss of face, for him personally and for the CCP as a whole. Whether their power would survive that loss of face is not something they want to experimentally determine.
- m3kw9 4y agoThis is why is a long while before anything happens, they need to plan for every sanction, unlike russia, they seem to weather it ok, but it’s not very ok
- nirav72 4y agoBig difference between Russia and China at the moment. Russia can weather it because they have the energy resources. China does not and has to rely on imports for its energy needs.