• diablexical@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    You sorta have to win the war to declare independence.

    So mainland China is not independent then?

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        1 year ago

        Sounds independent to me. Forget your pedantic nonsense.

        As does Taiwan to me, and right back at you comrade.

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          1 year ago

          So the “nation” that doesn’t even consider itself independent sounds independent to you?

          And I’m the one being pedantic?

          Sorry to say but independence isn’t a vibe.

          It’s not a vibe based analysis.

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            So the “nation” that doesn’t even consider itself independent sounds independent to you?

            They cannot claim themselves independent or else China would attack. Don’t you think it’s kind of ludicrous that a country can force another “region” to not be independent by threatening them?

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            1 year ago

            that doesn’t even consider itself independent

            How does it not consider itself independent?

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              Article 4 of the constitution:

              The territory of the Republic of China according to its existing national boundaries shall not be altered except by resolution of the National Assembly.

              Which means they’re not independent of the rest of China. They also claim parts of Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Bhutan, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Russia, and according to Vietnam parts of Vietnam. Their territorial claims aren’t ancient by the way, they were revised in 2002, when they accepted Mongolia’s sovereignty.

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        1 year ago

        @diablexical@lemm.ee was not actually claiming that China is not independent. They are trying prove that Taiwan is independent through reductio ad absurdium. Basically, they try to derive something absurd (in this case China not being independent) from your claims.