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It's not nonsense, and "everybody knows Taiwan is a distinct country" is a flawed statement. The UN does not recognize Taiwan. Taiwan is recognized as a sovereignty by 19 UN member states. It has formal diplomatic relationships with ~50 UN member states. UN has 193 member states in total. Please refrain from using subjective unprovable ideology to represent the mass.
The UN is a political organization and, importantly, highly leveraged by China for political gain. The objective reality is that Taiwan is an independent country that sets its own laws and is free to conduct its own foreign relations.
I think you would be hard-pressed to argue that the Department of State, and its counterparts in Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece, Brazil, Japan[1], etc, etc, etc, have been 'highly leveraged by China for political gain'.
Oh, and to throw another monkey wrench in your argument, consider that both China and Taiwan believe that Taiwan is not an independent country, but that it is part of China.
What they disagree on is who is the legitimate government of China.
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The game is rigged.
Does it make anyone else uncomfortable to see a fairly high number of freshly created accounts that only comment on China related threads? Specifically (read the comment history for these accounts): * https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=thewholeview * https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=surajama * https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=thrwy_01 * https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=7u5432throw * https://news.ycombin…
Does it make anyone else uncomfortable to see a fairly high number of freshly created accounts that only comment on China related threads? Specifically (read the comment history for these accounts): * https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=thewholeview * https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=surajama * https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=thrwy_01 * https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=7u5432throw * https://news.ycombin…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not nonsense, and "everybody knows Taiwan is a distinct country" is a flawed statement. The UN does not recognize Taiwan. Taiwan is recognized as a sovereignty by 19 UN member states. It has formal diplomatic relationships with ~50 UN member states. UN has 193 member states in total. Please refrain from using subjective unprovable ideology to represent the mass.
I mean, you can take a plane to Taipei. It isn't subjective or unprovable: the ROC will check your passport. They issue the currency you will use to buy food. The police work for them. Taxes are collected, exclusively, by them.
The question of whether or not ISIS is therefore a country is left as an exercise for the reader.
Does it make anyone else uncomfortable to see a fairly high number of freshly created accounts that only comment on China related threads? Specifically (read the comment history for these accounts): * https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=thewholeview * https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=surajama * https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=thrwy_01 * https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=7u5432throw * https://news.ycombin…
Edit: see reply below.
Does it make anyone else uncomfortable to see a fairly high number of freshly created accounts that only comment on China related threads? Specifically (read the comment history for these accounts): * https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=thewholeview * https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=surajama * https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=thrwy_01 * https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=7u5432throw * https://news.ycombin…
Maybe it would be possible to flag shill accounts?
Does it make anyone else uncomfortable to see a fairly high number of freshly created accounts that only comment on China related threads? Specifically (read the comment history for these accounts): * https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=thewholeview * https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=surajama * https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=thrwy_01 * https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=7u5432throw * https://news.ycombin…
> Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email us and we'll look at the data.
Does it make anyone else uncomfortable to see a fairly high number of freshly created accounts that only comment on China related threads? Specifically (read the comment history for these accounts): * https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=thewholeview * https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=surajama * https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=thrwy_01 * https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=7u5432throw * https://news.ycombin…
Per guidelines, reach out to dang or so: > Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email us and we'll look at the data.