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undeadermonkey t1_iu6bt4h wrote

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

He's not wrong, and you seem to be reading a motivation into his comment that didn't exist.

China's primary interest is in the propaganda win, they don't actually give a shit how things actually are - only how they appear.

De facto independence is one thing; having the Chinese populace witnessing blatent independence and an impotent response is something that the CCP cannot afford.

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axusgrad t1_iu6gxfx wrote

China's action have been hurting their image for the last year, while Taiwan has not hurt its image. Xi is pretty bad at the image thing, kind of like Trump

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undeadermonkey t1_iu6iq5i wrote

China's actions have been hurting their image for a very long time; we just didn't care because they make a bunch of cheap shitty goods.

They've been royally shitting the bed since the start of Covid though.

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zenzukai t1_iu83tns wrote

But they can afford locking their residence into their apartments while corrupt CCP officials sell their emergency food rations on the black market?

Pretty sure the Chinese population is more concerned with food than Taiwan.

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