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That block of text basically white washed the Japanese rule and hand waved the Taiwanese rebels they killed. But whatever.
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Aug 9, 2023 09:42
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https://twitter.com/luo_yuehan/status/1688788822635515905 westerners can only dream of building a bridge in three hundred years much less three years
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Aug 9, 2023 09:45
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The ending to that screed is so bizarre. If it's a move to distinguish yourselves from China, why would you highlight that the Republic of China, governed by the Kuomintang, who founded the modern state of Taiwan engaged in reprisal killings? We're nothing like China, we love to kill hitler youths? Is this a hunting trophy?
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Aug 9, 2023 09:53
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Brandon Proust posted:grandad swole so what
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Aug 9, 2023 10:09
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gradenko_2000 posted:https://twitter.com/taiwanplusnews/status/1688897858391732225?t=g5kjXDYZk4ajdACaqrzAQg&s=19 lmao
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Aug 9, 2023 10:27
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gradenko_2000 posted:https://twitter.com/taiwanplusnews/status/1688897858391732225?t=g5kjXDYZk4ajdACaqrzAQg&s=19 The axis are the good guys now. Keep up
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Aug 9, 2023 10:45
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stephenthinkpad posted:So I just want to post an update on the Chinese podcast I follow. Can you link it please?
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Aug 9, 2023 11:14
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Danann posted:https://twitter.com/luo_yuehan/status/1688788822635515905 they constructed a bridge in my country in ~4 years (pelješac bridge) which finally connected our fractured coastline On 15 September 2017, it was announced that China Road and Bridge Corporation, Austrian Strabag and Italian-Turkish consortium Astaldi/Içtas applied for a bridge construction tender. The Austrians offered the cost of 2.6 billion HRK (€351 million), the Italian-Turkish offer was 2.6 billion HRK (€341 million), while the Chinese offer was 2.1 billion HRK (€278 million).[45] On 15 January 2018, Hrvatske ceste made a formal decision according to which China Road and Bridge Corporation won the tender. In addition to the lowest price, CRBC also offered to complete the project six months faster than required.
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Aug 9, 2023 11:38
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Doktor Avalanche posted:they constructed a bridge in my country in ~4 years (pelješac bridge) which finally connected our fractured coastline yeah but at what cost? oh, much less and faster than the other guys?
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Aug 9, 2023 12:19
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gradenko_2000 posted:https://twitter.com/taiwanplusnews/status/1688897858391732225?t=g5kjXDYZk4ajdACaqrzAQg&s=19 Lots of american vassal states pinning for colonialism
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Aug 9, 2023 12:25
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Bald Stalin posted:Can you link it please? 观棋有语 it's on qingting fm and bilibili. "Backseat Chess Player"
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Aug 9, 2023 12:29
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gradenko_2000 posted:https://twitter.com/taiwanplusnews/status/1688897858391732225?t=g5kjXDYZk4ajdACaqrzAQg&s=19 New Ukraine just dropped.
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Aug 9, 2023 12:57
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stephenthinkpad posted:So maybe this is the reason Mr Foreign Minister lost his job. I am not saying I have more evidence of it but this sounds like a much more believable explanation than the guy just lost his job over having an affair. And so far the penalty doesn't look like its severe enough to make QG lose both his party membership and his employment in the foreign ministry, but rather just get sent to a desk job to retire. Maybe he just hosed the wrong person by accident. We will know in a few years. If this is the extent of the issue then somebody can talk about it down low in a few years. It's less severe than say the top generals in the PLA rocket force got repaced by outsiders. That looks like a money corruption case. This is very likely. loving the wrong person is one thing, but if he tried to hide the affair then it becomes a vector to compromise you.
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Aug 9, 2023 13:05
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crepeface posted:yeah but at what cost? oh, much less and faster than the other guys? yeah
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Aug 9, 2023 13:45
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stephenthinkpad posted:So maybe this is the reason Mr Foreign Minister lost his job. I am not saying I have more evidence of it but this sounds like a much more believable explanation than the guy just lost his job over having an affair. And so far the penalty doesn't look like its severe enough to make QG lose both his party membership and his employment in the foreign ministry, but rather just get sent to a desk job to retire. Maybe he just hosed the wrong person by accident. We will know in a few years. If this is the extent of the issue then somebody can talk about it down low in a few years. It's less severe than say the top generals in the PLA rocket force got repaced by outsiders. That looks like a money corruption case. it seems like a bit of an overreaction, inform the guy that his squeeze might be an op but i don't see a need to just semi-disappear him like this. or does the party see it as "he fell for it once, he'll fall for it again and that time he might actually hurt us"
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Aug 9, 2023 14:34
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Doktor Avalanche posted:it seems like a bit of an overreaction, inform the guy that his squeeze might be an op but i don't see a need to just semi-disappear him like this. or does the party see it as "he fell for it once, he'll fall for it again and that time he might actually hurt us" Dude got caught loving a spy and you think losing his job that deals with several crucial information that has national security implications is just a overreaction? It's the proper reaction and it's not like they're losing anything with the loss of him, there's hundred of guys who's now looking at a sweet promotion.
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Aug 9, 2023 14:45
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Has he actually 'disappeared' or just no longer in a government job?
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Aug 9, 2023 14:48
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Doktor Avalanche posted:it seems like a bit of an overreaction, inform the guy that his squeeze might be an op but i don't see a need to just semi-disappear him like this. or does the party see it as "he fell for it once, he'll fall for it again and that time he might actually hurt us" This isnt an over reaction at all. In the US its grounds for immediate termination of your security clearance if you have a secret affair, add additional points if its a foreign national and then on top of its a possible foreign asset. No security clearance, no job.
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Aug 9, 2023 15:13
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Cao Ni Ma posted:This isnt an over reaction at all. In the US its grounds for immediate termination of your security clearance if you have a secret affair, add additional points if its a foreign national and then on top of its a possible foreign asset. No security clearance, no job. unless you're a congressman lol
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Aug 9, 2023 15:15
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Cao Ni Ma posted:This isnt an over reaction at all. In the US its grounds for immediate termination of your security clearance if you have a secret affair, add additional points if its a foreign national and then on top of its a possible foreign asset. No security clearance, no job.
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Aug 9, 2023 15:19
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isn't Qin Gang still on the state council or whatever it's called? and don't some people get kicked out of the party for having an affair? if he only lost the foreign minister position, maybe it was just the security risk of possible blackmail rather than colluding with the enemy.
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Aug 9, 2023 15:26
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stephenthinkpad posted:I don't know any US airport that connects to a subway. DCA connects directly to the Metro and you can (now, finally) take the silver line all the way to Dulles as well, but neither is necessarily recommended, just a recognition
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Aug 9, 2023 15:28
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Has he actually 'disappeared' or just no longer in a government job? Discussion of him has been scrubbed from social media, no one has heard from him, and all articles about him were deleted from the foreign ministry's website. The foreign ministry initially attributed his absence due to "health reasons", but this was also cut from official transcripts. Spokespersons now have said they have "no information" on what happened. Was his mistress actually a spy? Cao Ni Ma posted:This isnt an over reaction at all. In the US its grounds for immediate termination of your security clearance if you have a secret affair, add additional points if its a foreign national and then on top of its a possible foreign asset. No security clearance, no job. The firing isn't the part being called an overreaction. If he made a public resignation for "personal" or health reasons it'd get way less attention and speculation. Also his alleged mistress was a Chinese citizen and state media employee crepeface posted:isn't Qin Gang still on the state council or whatever it's called? https://twitter.com/TheiKevin/status/1684106949174915072
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Aug 9, 2023 15:35
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crepeface posted:isn't Qin Gang still on the state council or whatever it's called? Keep in mind that woman was sending cryptic signals on social media to hint at her connection with QG. So maybe she has more dirt. But right now I think Wang Yi is just bridging the gap until they officially announce a new FM in a few months. It's possible QG made the report himself because he hadn't dug the hole too deep yet. If your wife makes a stink about your affair then yes that would cause inner party discipline. But that's not the case here.
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Aug 9, 2023 15:41
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What does this say?
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Aug 9, 2023 15:45
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maybe she was bragging at what a big fish she had caught.
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Aug 9, 2023 15:45
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Cpt_Obvious posted:What does this say? quote:The New York Times: Is Mr Qin Gang still a State Councilor? If so, what are his duties and roles as State Councilor? Thank you. lol she's very short with all these guys
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Aug 9, 2023 15:53
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Cao Ni Ma posted:This isnt an over reaction at all. In the US its grounds for immediate termination of your security clearance if you have a secret affair, add additional points if its a foreign national and then on top of its a possible foreign asset. No security clearance, no job. I mean Petraeus was going to be secretary of defense after his affair in 2012 with a spy, so it really only matters if you don't know the right people
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Aug 9, 2023 16:03
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Wait, was his biographer someone using journalistic cover?
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Aug 9, 2023 16:08
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Frosted Flake posted:Wait, was his biographer someone using journalistic cover? Paula broadwell? nah she wasn't a spy. she was in the military for a long time before becoming a journalist, which is how she got the gig writing his biography to begin with
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Aug 9, 2023 16:29
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Frosted Flake posted:Wait, was his biographer someone using journalistic cover? Was this the one they secretly communicated with each other thru gmail draft editing mode and got caught?
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Aug 9, 2023 16:33
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stephenthinkpad posted:Was this the one they secretly communicated with each other thru gmail draft editing mode and got caught? that was the 9/11 hijackers
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Aug 9, 2023 16:36
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stephenthinkpad posted:Was this the one they secretly communicated with each other thru gmail draft editing mode and got caught? yes, and they got caught because she was jealous and began stalking another woman she thought was also involved with him and sent threatening emails
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Aug 9, 2023 16:36
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So did he have an affair with someone else or was she a spy?
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Aug 9, 2023 16:36
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Frosted Flake posted:So did he have an affair with someone else or was she a spy? Did she get a garden named after her in Moscow/Beijing?
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Aug 9, 2023 16:40
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wait ...quote:The Petraeus scandal is a series of events that garnered strong media attention when an extramarital affair between retired four-star general and then-Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) David Petraeus and Paula Broadwell became public information. Petraeus had chosen Broadwell to be his official biographer. She co-authored his biography, All In: The Education of General David Petraeus, when Petraeus was the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) commander.[1][2] On November 9, 2012, she was reported to have been involved in the extramarital affair with Petraeus that triggered his resignation as Director of the CIA when it was discovered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).[3] what the gently caress???
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Aug 9, 2023 17:51
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gradenko_2000 posted:wait ...
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Aug 9, 2023 17:56
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When the FBI withholds information for strictly electoral reasons, it's to protect democracy. When China dies anything with information, it's too squash hopes of democracy. These are the natural laws of our world
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Aug 9, 2023 18:21
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you could shoot someone in Times Square and they'd refuse to investigate if it's election year
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Aug 9, 2023 18:23
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wynott dunn posted:yeah he’s referring to Putin and Bannon in the full video, he starts the segment around 31:00 very relieved that only the bad americans do this and that as long as we make sure to only elect good americans they would never do such a thing
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