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free hubcaps posted:Tankies who go to bat for modern China, one of the most capitalist economies in the world, are especially dumb But then why is it called the Chinese Communist Party, smart guy? Klyith posted:Welp, Taiwan elected the wrong candidate. Time to scramble the jets and ships to do even more "I'm not touching you!" incursions across the straight, maybe launch a few ICBM tests directly over their heads. Enlighten them on how they made the incorrect decision. It was their choice to escalate the situation. Rigged and Stollen
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Mons Hubris posted:When I visited last September we were able to link an American card to both WeChat and Alipay, but WeChat was not super reliable. I think that changed with WeChat in like July or August. So this explains why my old rear end WeChat account from like 2019 no longer worked when we recently tried to connect to a local Mandarin speaking daycare service.
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71% turnout. Jesus, this democracy thing works a whole lot better when it's in peril I suppose
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Having a large aggressive country next door helps a lot. Hong Kong still probably quite fresh how that's gone down the shitter.
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thetoughestbean posted:Having a dictator in living memory probably also reminds people that democracy is important Everyone should elect me as dictator to remind them what it's like and so keep democracy strong 
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Strategic Tea posted:Everyone should elect me as dictator to remind them what it's like and so keep democracy strong - recep tayyip erdogan
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Gaius Marius posted:71% turnout. Jesus, this democracy thing works a whole lot better when it's in peril I suppose TAIWAN #1
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thetoughestbean posted:Having a dictator in living memory probably also reminds people that democracy is important In four years the KMT candidate will be his great grandson, no doubt in my mind
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it's more like "they threatened us with votes, lets pull out our guns"
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North Korea amping up the rhetoric again https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67990948 I can't believe this still happens after Trump's incredible, personal diplomatic work with Un, it's utterly shocking.
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Klyith posted:Welp, Taiwan elected the wrong candidate. Time to scramble the jets and ships to do even more "I'm not touching you!" incursions across the straight, maybe launch a few ICBM tests directly over their heads. Enlighten them on how they made the incorrect decision. It was their choice to escalate the situation. Only tool in the authoritarian despot toolbox.
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free hubcaps posted:North Korea amping up the rhetoric again
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It's funny when living in South Korea, because this has been going on forever so South Koreans give zero fucks and pay no attention to it, but every ten months or so you'll get worried emails from home "we'll buy you a plane ticket!" because North Korea went on a bender again and the media is reporting it as if it matters.
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Grand Fromage posted:It's funny when living in South Korea, because this has been going on forever so South Koreans give zero fucks and pay no attention to it, but every ten months or so you'll get worried emails from home "we'll buy you a plane ticket!" because North Korea went on a bender again and the media is reporting it as if it matters. Yeah this happened to me a bunch in 2008-09. Funniest family related Korea story I have is when my grandmother tried to send me a care package. She went to the post office and said it needed to go to Korea and the clerk asked her which one and she didn't know. The clerk also couldn't remember which one they were allowed to ship to and had to get out the big book of post office regulations to decide if they should write ROK or DPRK on it.
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Grand Fromage posted:It's funny when living in South Korea, because this has been going on forever so South Koreans give zero fucks and pay no attention to it, but every ten months or so you'll get worried emails from home "we'll buy you a plane ticket!" because North Korea went on a bender again and the media is reporting it as if it matters. I got two of those from the Pelosi Taiwan visit.
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I got a bunch after Kim Jong-il died and North Korea was being hyper-belligerent during the transition. That was the only time I ever heard South Koreans being nervous, that was an unusual level of bugfuck even for North Korea. I remember there being reporters in Seoul trying to do man on the street interviews with scared Koreans and not being able to find anyone who gave a gently caress.
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free hubcaps posted:North Korea amping up the rhetoric again Good, hopefully the South also gives up on this ludicrous BS.
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Atlas Hugged posted:Yeah this happened to me a bunch in 2008-09. rofl
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Willo567 posted:What a bunch of scare bait bullshit. People keep falling for them every loving time they act threatening Doesn't the South have its own ministry of reunification staffed by, like, four guys who spend most of their time twiddling their thumbs? They're out of a job.
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Stomping around the Hong Kong Heritage Museum today on my layover. Shoutout to whoever mentioned it won’t be around much longer, I’m glad to be able to fit it in. Off to Best China tomorrow for 4 nights which will be fun. Glad them electing the Wrong candidate didn’t prematurely end my chance to finally visit it.
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Museum was cool. I spent about 3-4 hours going through the whole thing. Highlights for me were the Bruce Lee gallery, the Jin Yong gallery, The Reflection (Bauhaus-inspired designer/artist Hon Bing-wah) and the Po Leung Kuk one. I had no idea about the subject matter of any of those except Bruce Lee but they did well to explain it all between exhibits. Would recommend for a half day.
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Willo567 posted:What a bunch of scare bait bullshit. People keep falling for them every loving time they act threatening I dunno, guy banned from D&D for fretting that Putin will nuke his balls.
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Number go down: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-population-declines-second-consecutive-year-rcna134054 Too expensive to gently caress.
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Grand Fromage posted:I love all the tankie dipshits who think China has universal healthcare. It's the exact same system as the US, motherfuckers!! Sure it's cheaper if you're a foreigner making bank by local standards, but if you're a poor Chinese person you're hosed. wasn't there literally a movie from china about guys smuggling pills
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Nam Taf posted:Off to Best China tomorrow for 4 nights which will be fun. Glad them electing the Wrong candidate didn’t prematurely end my chance to finally visit it. taiwan is v cool, enjoy it what are you planning to do/see?
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Hong Kong stock exchange has fallen to pre -1997 levels, yay In practical terms this means a lot of pension funds which are tied to the stock market have lost a ton of money
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:I dunno, guy banned from D&D for fretting that Putin will nuke his balls. https://twitter.com/chadocl/status/1747537720208187589 This is the dumbest loving analysis I've seen.
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Imperialist Dog posted:Hong Kong stock exchange has fallen to pre -1997 levels, yay Pension? What are those precious?
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yugioh mishima posted:taiwan is v cool, enjoy it I have absolutely no idea. I’m staying with mates, but unsure how much they’ll attempt to be tour guides.
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See if you can get out to Jiufen, that place was an awesome day trip. We visited an old gold mine out there and a cool street running up the mountain that's just tourist traps and street food per square inch and great mountain-side views.
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