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Calling her “leader” instead of “President” seems okay in Chinese, as I understand it. Another thing they do is to refer to “the government on Taiwan” rather than “of Taiwan”.
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But calling her "leader" acknowledges the reality of the situation, just using a different (perceived as "lesser") word. It's just a huge cognitive dissonance thing to me. They believe that Taiwan is currently a part of China and are going to include it on all maps as if it is just another province, but when they talk about Tsai Ying-wen or any number of other issues they have to acknowledge it's not actually at all a part of China, but they will use petty fake words to show they are big babies about it. My best understanding of it is that they are brainwashed to believe that "CHINA" is something much greater than just some sovereign state like any other country in the world. It is the center of everything and the only thing that matters, and Taiwan is part of this greater thing regardless of its current political status. This is all just really goofy brainwashing though entirely removed from reality, so when they are talking about how it is part of China with a straight face, they are talking about this greater abstract idea of "CHINA" while when talking about the government of Taiwan, they are going back to that lower level of a regular country, acknowledging sort of that "Taiwan" has the trappings of a regular country, but knowing that it is entirely superceded by this grander concept they made up to save face and brainwash people with.
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Feb 10, 2018 08:19
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In other Taiwan-related news that I’m sure will displease the mainland, the annual US-Taiwan Defense Industry Conference will be held in Taiwan for the first time this year.quote:The US-Taiwan Defense Industry Conference is to be held in Taiwan for the first time, a senior official involved in the conference said, adding that as a result of the US’ Taiwan Travel Act — which is yet to be passed — that would remove restrictions on visits by high-level US officials, the likelihood of important US government officials attending is very high.
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Feb 10, 2018 08:52
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Imagine if there was an earthquake on Dokdo and three different nations arguing about who is going to send help.
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Pirate Radar posted:Calling her “leader” instead of “President” seems okay in Chinese, as I understand it. Another thing they do is to refer to “the government on Taiwan” rather than “of Taiwan”. Ah yes, the "King in Prussia" defence.
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Feb 10, 2018 09:40
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Cantorsdust posted:Ah yes, the "King in Prussia" defence. Face is a very important part of German culture.
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Feb 10, 2018 10:07
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angel opportunity posted:My best understanding of it is that they are brainwashed to believe that "CHINA" is something much greater than just some sovereign state like any other country in the world. It is the center of everything and the only thing that matters, and Taiwan is part of this greater thing regardless of its current political status. This is all just really goofy brainwashing though entirely removed from reality, so when they are talking about how it is part of China with a straight face, they are talking about this greater abstract idea of "CHINA" while when talking about the government of Taiwan, they are going back to that lower level of a regular country, acknowledging sort of that "Taiwan" has the trappings of a regular country, but knowing that it is entirely superceded by this grander concept they made up to save face and brainwash people with. The Germans had a similar identity crisis over just what it meant to be a German, but they were unifying from a bunch of squabbling states. I'm not sure what the PRC's deal is - they've got the mainland locked down nicely, so where does the need to stake a claim to other ethnic Chinese come from?
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Feb 10, 2018 12:12
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Well, y'see, if you're touting yourself as the be-all end-all authority of all
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Blistex posted:Japan: World leaders in earthquake rescue tech and practices. One of the most classic videos in the thread.
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Feb 10, 2018 12:32
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angel opportunity posted:The PRC term for her is "Leader of Taiwan," which I honestly don't see how that in any way reduces her role or saves face etc. if we've learned anything at all, it is that AO posts best when he is riled up, so get him all riled up and then tell him to write some truly great fictional story about Han Ping'an, the store clerk on the 5th ring road outside of Beijing.
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Feb 10, 2018 13:00
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The Great Autismo! posted:if we've learned anything at all, it is that AO posts best when he is riled up, so get him all riled up and then tell him to write some truly great fictional story about Han Ping'an, the store clerk on the 5th ring road outside of Beijing. Wait wait, 5th ring counts as outside of Beijing?
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Feb 10, 2018 13:38
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Welp another accident on one of Hong Kong's most dangerous roads. What I've heard it's the bus was full of people who had been coming back from the racetrack, had lost their money, and were angry at the driver for being like ten minutes late, so decided to yell at and insult the driver. https://twitter.com/b3108/status/962281015740841985
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Feb 10, 2018 14:33
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Imperialist Dog posted:full of people who had been coming back from the racetrack, had lost their money, and were angry at the driver for being like ten minutes late, so decided to yell at and insult the driver. so the driver was like "gently caress this and gently caress you" and wrecked the bus intentionally
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ladron posted:so the driver was like "gently caress this and gently caress you" and wrecked the bus intentionally The man deserves a medal
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Feb 10, 2018 16:03
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The death toll started at 5 people from 7pm and as of now at 11:30pm is 19. The driver had a history of numerous traffic accidents.ladron posted:so the driver was like "gently caress this and gently caress you" and wrecked the bus intentionally Darkest Auer posted:The man deserves a medal It's not like everyone on the bus were cursing and yelling at the bus driver. You guys are hosed up and deserve to go to hell. I guess I will join you quite soon
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Feb 10, 2018 16:31
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President would admit that Best China is a democracy and not a communist state. Maybe that is what they are trying to avoid saying?
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Feb 10, 2018 18:06
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caberham posted:It's not like everyone on the bus were cursing and yelling at the bus driver. You guys are hosed up and deserve to go to hell. I guess I will join you quite soon Maybe if you stayed off the bus you'd survive a bit longer.
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Feb 10, 2018 18:19
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MetaJew posted:President would admit that Best China is a democracy and not a communist state. Maybe that is what they are trying to avoid saying? Uh the PRC is a democracy, it's stated quite clearly as such in schools. How dare you imply the PRC is not a democratic state with free elections.
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Feb 10, 2018 19:56
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Blistex posted:China: World leaders in runing over bystanders and rescue workers with heavy equipment and starting a brawl with said equipment. Holy poo poo this is incredible The disinterested cars shuffling past The third guy tagging into the ring when dozer #1 hits the deck The fourth, fifth and sixth guys charging in Lifting up the original fallen dozer That driver clutching his high-viz vest because safety is important when you're in a vicious bulldozer brawl
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angel opportunity posted:I got pretty annoyed watching the Hearthstone World Championships, the winner was from Taiwan, and they made him use a "Chinese Taipei" flag. I'm sure that somehow China got involved with loving Hearthstone and said the Chinese players couldn't play if Taiwan used their flag and called themselves by "Taiwan." so what I'm saying is for some reason every goddamn card game is becoming obsessed with the concept of "Chinese Taipei" I'm permabanned poster nongstomper58 etc
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Baronjutter posted:I still want the whole world to calmly and kindly tell China we're all going to admit Taiwan is a country, like do it as a loving intervention sort of thing. China of course will go through denial, anger, bargaining, depression, but finally acceptance and we can all move on. It's seriously really embarrassing, both that China demands it and the world enables it. You and I share the same dream. <UN council meeting - August 15th, 2018 - 13:15 hours> UN Speaker: "The official from the Country of Taiwan would like to pass a motion" PRC Official: "Reeeeeeeeee. . . I object! Taiwan is not a country *mic muted* . . . " Taiwan Official: "Thank you Mr. Speaker. Our President has allocated a sizeable. . . " PRC Official: "Taiwan does not have a President! Reeeeeeeeeee. . . " Taiwan Official: "We've found that cold water has numerous health benefits. . . " PRC Official: <About to throw his chair when he notices that he is sitting between two delegates from African nations> PRC Official: <Puts his cell phone and wallet in his back pockets, and tries look inconspicuous>
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I don't usually post directly to state propaganda but this case of butthurt over SpaceX's launch is too great to miss http://www.ecns.cn/voices/2018/02-11/292401.shtml
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Feb 11, 2018 19:36
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Sending a car into space is the same thing as appointing an animal to a high seat in government, do you know?
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How much face loss is happening by this guy calling out their scam and following them around? Also are these mainlanders pretending to be Tibetan monks? I couldn't quite tell from the language. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn8DpEi0r4Q
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They might actually be Tibetans, just not really monks lol. Doesn't sound like chinese
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Fojar38 posted:I don't usually post directly to state propaganda but this case of butthurt over SpaceX's launch is too great to miss “Isn’t there enough junk up there already?” You know, like the millions of bits of space shrapnel now in orbit from when China blew up one of its own satellites with a missile just to show that they could?
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nickmeister posted:Sending a car into space is the same thing as appointing an animal to a high seat in government, do you know? I love how anyone succeeding at anything is cause for China to pitch a fit.
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Known Lecher posted:“Isn’t there enough junk up there already?” The sort of thing someone would say if they didn't understand just how much empty space there is out there in the solar system.
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Hillary 2020 posted:The sort of thing someone would say if they didn't understand just how much empty space there is out there in the solar system. Nah poo poo flying round earth is a pretty big issue
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During our coverage of the Parade of Nations on Friday we said it was notable that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made the trip to Korea for the Olympics, “representing Japan, a country which occupied Korea from 1910 to 1945 but every Korean will tell you that Japan is a cultural, technological and economic example that has been so important to their own transformation.” We understand the Korean people were insulted by these comments and we apologize.
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Feb 12, 2018 00:40
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underage at the vape shop posted:Nah poo poo flying round earth is a pretty big issue The Tesla isn't flying around Earth it's in interplanetary space and won't come anywhere even close to a planet for billions of years
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Feb 12, 2018 00:42
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it’ll be calling itself t’la and trying to destroy us
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Fojar38 posted:The Tesla isn't flying around Earth it's in interplanetary space and won't come anywhere even close to a planet for billions of years Ah cool
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:During our coverage of the Parade of Nations on Friday we said it was notable that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made the trip to Korea for the Olympics, “representing Japan, a country which occupied Korea from 1910 to 1945 but every Korean will tell you that Japan is a cultural, technological and economic example that has been so important to their own transformation.” We understand the Korean people were insulted by these comments and we apologize. kinda true tho
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Fojar38 posted:The Tesla isn't flying around Earth it's in interplanetary space and won't come anywhere even close to a planet for billions of years According to the article it'll be within 23 million miles or so in 2021 (or something like that).That's..... close? ish?
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Fojar38 posted:I don't usually post directly to state propaganda but this case of butthurt over SpaceX's launch is too great to miss We can't steal this science.
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Fojar38 posted:The Tesla isn't flying around Earth it's in interplanetary space and won't come anywhere even close to a planet for billions of years Interplanetary place has been a part of China for over 5000 years.
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