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Xi tells Taiwan opposition leader people on both sides of strait are Chinese in rare meeting (www.theguardian.com)

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[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 58 points 6 months ago

China’s leader Xi Jinping declared people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are Chinese and want peace.

Isn't that pretty much what Putin said about Ukraine before invading?

[-] TheLunatickle@lemmy.zip 40 points 6 months ago

It's a common scheme, Authoritarian claims people in neighbouring country are ethnically/culturally the same as them, accuses the target country of suppressing "their" people, invades to "Protect" "their" people. Rinse and repeat.

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[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 6 months ago

I also don't think it's anything new?

I'm not sure deep into the details of taiwan and china, but iirc they both more or less agree that they are "the china", and just disagree on the exact details

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[-] vga@sopuli.xyz 26 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Also Hitler called Austrians German before annexing them.

[-] tootoughtoremember@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Well he was Austrian, not super surprising he felt that way about it.

[-] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago

Idk but I believe the pretext was ethnically “Russian” people living in Ukrainian territories. It is true that the two countries share a great deal of ethnic heritage. The Rus people were from Kyiv.

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

No it was nothing of the kind. He claimed Ukrainians were basically Russian, that is not about Russian minorities.

[-] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

I think we’re splitting hairs. We agree that Putin is just using the subject of ethnicity as a tool for conquest.

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Yes, Putin will use any misinformation and manipulation he can, including making a terrorist attack and blame it on others to promote his agenda. That is how he came to power!

[-] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

Chechnya?

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

Yes

[-] prex@aussie.zone 1 points 6 months ago

A common misunderstanding: Putin wants a piece of Ukraine. Quite a big piece, well all of it really.

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[-] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 15 points 6 months ago

Is this controversial? Don’t people in Taiwan consider themselves Chinese? Republic of China?

[-] poVoq@slrpnk.net 12 points 6 months ago

No, that is only the official line due to history and political pressure from China.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_on_Taiwanese_identity

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[-] blackbeans@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 months ago

They don't consider themselves Chinese. But they have Chinese roots, with the vast majority of people having Chinese ancestry.

[-] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 months ago

No shit? The party line in Taiwan is the exact same as it is in mainland China: one China. The disagreement is over who is in charge. When you get off anplane in Taipei, you see a sign "Welcome to the Republic of China". When you get off the plane in Beijing, you see a sign that says "Welcome to the Peoples' Republic of China".

[-] greenbit@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 months ago

Hopefully the people of Chinas can break free

[-] liuther9@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

From what

[-] electric_nan@lemmy.ml -1 points 6 months ago

I think most people in China are happier than most people in the US.

[-] greenbit@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 months ago

Happier AND free would be better

[-] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

I don't think they feel unfree.

[-] greenbit@lemmy.zip 0 points 6 months ago

That's an issue practically everywhere

[-] liuther9@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Authoritarian Chinese gov is better overall, more progressive in R and D, and closer to socialism than USrael gov

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