pittaxx t1_iu681q3 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 9:20 PM

Reply to comment by mmmhmmhim in Taiwan urges China to stop sabre-rattling and start talking by lustfulcuties

Not sure what you are trying to say.

This is definitely China responding to Taiwan's changed stance, but no-one is implying that Taiwan is doing anything wrong.

Spara-Extreme t1_iu7mnbz wrote on October 29, 2022 at 4:22 AM

Your take is wrong but also blaming Taiwan for chinas view that Taiwan shouldn’t exist. That you don’t realize you’re tacitly agreeing with chinas position on Taiwan is a bit telling. Taiwan is an independent country, them claiming they are independent shouldn’t illicit any reaction at all.

pittaxx t1_iu8barn wrote on October 29, 2022 at 10:02 AM

You are seeing what you want to see. I haven't implied any of those things.

I pointed out that this is China's reaction to Taiwan reasserting their independence. I never said that this reaction is normal, and I never said that Taiwan should stop doing what they are doing.

If anything, they should build stronger ties with the West and make their stance more clear, of they don't want to end up as Hong Kong.

Rainarrow t1_iu74i0p wrote on October 29, 2022 at 1:37 AM

But Taiwan only changed stance in response to China trying to impose the “one county, two systems” thing on them, after them seeing how well it turned out for Hong Kong.

pittaxx t1_iu8brnc wrote on October 29, 2022 at 10:09 AM

Not really, no. I'm sure Hong Kong's situation contributed to it, but they started slowly changing their stance even the situation in Hong Kong started escalating.

China is becoming more and more radical, and even without Hong Kong it was becoming obvious that you need to start taking more decisive steps to keep the crazies out of your backyard.

zenzukai t1_iu842wi wrote on October 29, 2022 at 8:14 AM

You just stated "China was happy to leave Taiwan until it solved other more pressing issues", when it's more like "When Xi Xing Ping gained power he dismantled other factions of power in the CCP in order to change China's policies and priorities to his liking"

pittaxx t1_iu8c2b2 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 10:13 AM

The keyword in that sentence was "until". Meaning that they would have come after Taiwan eventually anyway.

Also the post doesn't try to imply in any way that Winnie the Pooh is not a wannabe dictator, because he obviously is.