• spauldo@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Look, it’s simple:

    Can the PRC arrest me if I run down the streets of Taipei naked? No? Then they don’t own Taiwan.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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      1 year ago

      Literally the argument you could make about CHAZ while it was around. Does that mean CHAZ was a legitimate autonomous region in any meaningful sense?

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        1 year ago

        That part of Cap Hill still received government services and laws still applied there. Police could go in and arrest people. The police chose to ignore calls on the area.

        The two situations have jack shit to do with each other and are not similar at all.

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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          1 year ago

          Taiwan is likewise entirely dependent on mainland China economically, and Chinese military could go in and put an end to the farce any time as well. They’re choosing to let the situation be. It’s basically exactly the same situation.

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            1 year ago

            Taiwan is absolutely not entirely dependent on the mainland. The PRC also does not have the ability put any successful military force on the island otherwise they would have done it. It is delusional to think otherwise.