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       Re: Taiwan
       By: 90sRetroFan Date: September 23, 2022, 9:29 pm
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       Our way of thinking is gradually catching on in comments:
  HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/taiwanese-independence-charging-rhino-must-023713070.html
       [quote]Can we for ONCE, avoid a war? Let's offer any and all
       Taiwanese to migrate to the U.S. NOW. Allow them to bring their
       wealth, and manufacturing with them. These are hard working,
       educated people who would add instant wealth to our ailing
       economy. GAD! This makes so much sense. Leave the island of
       Taiwan an empty shell of dirt. China wants it SO badly. Let them
       have a rock in the middle of an ocean.[/quote]
       And again:
  HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/defiant-xi-tells-world-china-160001844.html
       [quote]Move Taiwan to the US.
       We have room for 24M people.
       Take all semiconductor know how, supply chain and other
       manufacturing with them.
       Cheaper and more valuable than going to war with China.[/quote]
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       Re: Taiwan
       By: rp Date: February 24, 2023, 10:09 pm
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       I keep getting ads for this "Shen Yun" festival, which allegedly
       shows how China supposedly was "before communism":
  HTML https://youtu.be/zTAtXS8E_Do
       It seems very Western to me (note the Western orchestra),
       possibly a CIA psy-op.
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       Re: Taiwan
       By: SirGalahad Date: February 24, 2023, 10:52 pm
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       @rp Your intuition is right. Shen Yun is a Falun Gong operation,
       and Falun Gong is the mastermind behind almost every single
       major online network or channel focused on China, at least as
       far as American media is concerned. But I wouldn’t even be
       surprised if their reach went outside of America. Even the
       non-political ones are in their pockets. Mike Chen owns multiple
       huge YouTube channels for example, and he basically just talks
       about Chinese culture and food. But he’s actually been outed as
       a Falun Gong supporter as well. Falun Gong has such a powerful
       internet presence, that it would be easier to list what channels
       AREN’T run by them. Every time any of these seemingly unrelated
       channels delve into politics, the perspective on mainland China
       is uncompromisingly negative. The rabbit hole goes quite deep:
  HTML https://youtu.be/_x15Cmhgb70
  HTML https://youtu.be/2ePuy0Z4Q_s
       FYI: Apparently Shen Yun isn’t very subtle at all with its
       propagandistic nature. Even average people who aren’t well
       invested in this sort of politics claim that when they bought
       tickets, they could tell almost immediately that the whole thing
       was sketchy the moment they arrived
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       Re: Taiwan
       By: 2ThaSun Date: April 12, 2023, 2:49 pm
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       Taiwanese official: Military drills suggest China is getting
       ‘ready to launch a war against Taiwan’
       [quote]In an exclusive interview with CNN's Jim Sciutto,
       Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Jaushieh Joseph Wu condemned China's
       simulated “joint precision strikes” on the island and warned
       that China appears to be getting ready to launch a war against
       Taiwan.
       #CNN #News[/quote]
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNOFx9K7G78
       China Military Drills: Is China About to Invade Taiwan
       [quote]Following Tsai Ing-wen’s visit to America, the Chinese
       PLA performed a series of aggressive military drills around
       Taiwan, sparking fears of imminent conflict. So in this video,
       we explain what’s happened why China is so angry and whether
       they’re likely to invade Taiwan any time soon.[/quote]
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSlahHCxn8Y
       #Post#: 19686--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Taiwan
       By: 2ThaSun Date: May 20, 2023, 9:57 am
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       Fewer Countries Recognise Taiwan as a Sovereign Country: What
       Next?
       [quote]Xi Jinping's increasing focus on the "One China" Policy
       and isolating Taiwan from the rest of the world is leading to
       less countries recognising it as a sovereign state. So in this
       video, we explain this ongoing diplomatic war and why Taiwan is
       losing.[/quote]
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy5Ptmf8rRM
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       Re: Taiwan
       By: 2ThaSun Date: May 21, 2023, 3:05 pm
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       Why the UK could find itself ‘caught up’ in the China-Taiwan
       conflict
       [quote]"If there is a full blown conflict in the Taiwan Strait,
       the UK could find itself caught up in that."
       Former director at MI6 Nigel Inkster, says it was “naive to
       ignore the security  implications of a relationship with
       China."[/quote]
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn4JLBitiBc
       #Post#: 19942--------------------------------------------------
       Re: China and United States Relations
       By: 2ThaSun Date: May 27, 2023, 4:33 pm
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       Putin's demise in Ukraine is 'the only way to protect Taiwan' |
       Lindsey Graham
       [quote]"The best way to protect Taiwan in the world is for Putin
       to lose."
       If the West fails to back Ukraine, it would send a signal to
       China over Taiwan, says US Senator Lindsey Graham, who is on a
       visit to Kyiv. [/quote]
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHA5qpPvY2s
       #Post#: 20374--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Taiwan
       By: 2ThaSun Date: June 15, 2023, 1:35 am
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       More than a dozen prominent Taiwanese politicians and
       businessmen accused of sexual harassment
       [quote]Over the past several weeks, more than a dozen sexual
       harassment cases involving prominent politicians, academics,
       cultural figures, and exiled Chinese dissidents have emerged
       across Taiwan. In one of the latest allegations, a young woman
       posted on Facebook last week that she had been sexually
       assaulted by Bartosz Rys, the former deputy representative of
       the de facto Polish embassy in Taiwan. The woman, Yu-Fen Lai,
       said the alleged incident took place in September 2022. She
       filed a complaint in November 2022 but went public with the
       accusations after Taiwanese prosecutors decided not to pursue
       charges against Rys following an investigation. In response to
       Lai's Facebook post, Rys, who has subsequently left Taiwan,
       rejected the allegations on Twitter, emphasizing that he does
       not enjoy diplomatic immunity, and that investigators determined
       that the charges were not substantiated. Lai insists that she is
       not lying and her decision to go public was encouraged by other
       women revealing experiences with sexual harassment as the #MeToo
       movement takes root in Taiwan.
       In late May, a spate of sexual harassment cases emerged from
       Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), forcing
       several high-ranking party leaders to resign. In response, the
       DPP's chairperson Lai Ching-Te, and Taiwanese President Tsai
       Ing-wen both issued public apologies. Questions have been raised
       as to how the slew of sexual harassment allegations could affect
       the DPP's performance in national elections set for January.
       President Tsai has called for reforms promoting gender equality
       and for Taiwan to create mechanisms for reporting sexual
       harassment. "If the DPP establishes a better mechanism to handle
       sexual harassment cases, it can let the public know that they
       are serious about addressing the problems, which may limit the
       impact of the movement on DPP's performance in the election,"
       said Wei-Ting Yen, a political scientist at the Franklin and
       Marshall College in the United States.
       Taiwan's culture of silence
       According to experts, although Taiwan is a progressive democracy
       that has legalized same-sex marriage, the culture remains
       conservative, and chauvinism still exists in workplaces and
       politics. "Taiwan's culture is very tolerant of men, so while
       sexual harassment has been happening all along and women from
       the older generation may be aware of these cases, they might
       tell young women to 'put up with it,'" Yen told DW. Yen added
       that it's difficult for victims in Taiwan to step forward
       because they may be "judged" by the public for sharing details.
       "It takes a lot of courage to talk about these experiences, but
       since they may not be treated justly, many victims are reluctant
       to talk about them and prefer to remain silent," she told DW.
       Fan Yun, DPP lawmaker and a leading figure in Taiwan's feminist
       movement, told DW that many women choose not to report workplace
       sexual harassment either because they worry about losing their
       jobs or because they don't trust the reporting system. "Even
       though Taiwan has sexual harassment prevention act and other
       regulations to address similar issues, the existing mechanisms
       are inadequate, which prompts the victims to reveal their
       experiences online," she said. [/quote]
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       Re: Taiwan
       By: AngrySun Date: August 31, 2023, 12:43 pm
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       Foxconn Founder Eyes Taiwan Presidency | Vantage with Palki
       Sharma
       [quote]Foxconn Founder Eyes Taiwan Presidency | Vantage with
       Palki Sharma
       Terry Gou, the founder of electronics giants Foxconn, has
       announced a bid for Taiwan's presidency.
       Foxconn is the largest supplier of Apple products and derives
       70% of its revenue from mainland China.
       How will Gou overcome this conflict of interest? What are his
       chances in the January presidential race? Palki Sharma tells
       you.[/quote]
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDA0gIuj8a0
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       Re: Diplomatic decolonization
       By: Zhang Caizhi Date: September 7, 2024, 3:02 am
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       Not sure if China refers to Lai Ching-te's words.
       Taiwan Affairs Office condemns DPP actions
  HTML https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202409/06/WS66db2069a3103711928a6987.html
       [quote]A Chinese mainland spokesman on Friday condemned the
       Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party for exploiting the case of
       "Taiwan independence" separatist Yang Chih-yuan, who was
       sentenced to nine years in prison for the crime of splitting the
       country, in an attempt to smear the mainland.
       Taiwan's mainland affairs authorities said that Yang's case
       demonstrated that mainland's measures against "Taiwan
       independence" target all Taiwan people, suggesting that any
       Taiwan individual could be convicted as a separatist. They
       called for a careful consideration of the necessity of traveling
       to the mainland.
       Chen Binhua, the spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of
       the State Council, said that the Intermediate People's Court of
       Wenzhou in Zhejiang province sentenced Yang to nine years in
       prison for the crime of splitting the country on Aug 26,
       depriving him of political rights for three years.
       The court found that from 2008 to 2020, Yang actively engaged in
       activities aimed at splitting the country and seeking "Taiwan
       independence" in Taiwan, including formulating plans for "Taiwan
       independence" actions, plotting to promote building the island
       into "a country", and attempting to promote Taiwan to join the
       United Nations and other separatist activities that undermine
       national unity, according to Chen.
       The court considered Yang's actions as constituting the crime of
       splitting the country, with a particularly egregious nature,
       Chen said.
       He said that the DPP authorities maliciously tarnished the just
       actions of the national judicial organs in lawfully punishing
       "independence", attempting to equate the vast majority of Taiwan
       people with a small number of separatists,  and obstruct Taiwan
       compatriots from engaging in normal cross-Strait exchanges and
       cooperation.
       From January to August this year, over 2.6 million Taiwan
       compatriots visited the mainland for exchanges, which serves as
       a concrete action to expose the lies and rumors spread by the
       DPP authorities, he added.
       [/quote]
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