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Sovereignty over a territory is determined by military power, not by courts, though. I don't get the comparison
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Samsung accused of hurting the national feelings of Chinese citizens for labeling Hong Kong and Taiwan as countries
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It's not about being insecure, it's about discouraging separatism or its normalization down to the smallest example before it grows more popular. It makes sense for a country whose number one concern is the legitimacy of the Party
The analogy isn't to say that courts determine statehood, but if China doesn't address these issues at every opportunity, it increases the likelihood of their declaring independence. Plus, sovereignty isn't decided only by military force, as it requires international recognition. This is evidenced by Taiwan's losing diplomatic relations with other countries as China begins to lure/force those away too.
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They've got international recognition because they've got the bigger guns
My family is Taiwanese, so I'm far from pro-China in that regard, but this statement makes zero sense. China's power and international prominence has everything to do with economics, not military power. The US didn't open diplomatic relations because of China's guns and neither is SE Asia or Africa opening up their vast raw materials at gunpoint.
Use some facts before spewing uninformed shit opinions.
Lisa of Blackpink, a Thai national, is the most followed Kpop artist on Instagram.
I mean, kind of? But not really. I've never really used twitter but from what I've seen it seems to be a lot more limited. The apps aren't really 1:1, the main similarity is that your feed is in a vertical timeline. But that's a lot of apps these days.
Also at some point people should kind of get the idea of what it is because every article ever published in English calls it that. At some point you can stop explaining right? I guess it's the AP style guide or something lol.
Chinese social media isn't exactly well know in the US at least. At best they might know what WeChat is.
The Kpop companies have Chinese talent now in their groups since they want in on the Mainland Chinese market. Also iirc EXO is also big in Japan, I had many students who were fan girls of them.
Right, but every article that mentions weibo has to mention that it is Chinese twitter. Just reading the sentence in context without the twitter reference should allow people to figure out enough about what it is. And failing that, for the past 10 years or however long it's been around they always call it Chinese twitter, I just assume that most people reading news out of china will be able to remember what weibo is by the 3rd or 10th time they've seen it. Just annoying pet peeve that's all.
Chinese Champion Huawei Under Fire for Calling Taiwan a Country
Anyone Chinese "expressing outrage on Weibo" about this is a fucking idiot.
Macau is less well known and doesn't have a notably large pro-independence demographic like Hong Kong and Taiwan do
If they don't express outrage they get carted off to a concentration camp for "re-education"
I guess. It just reminds me though how everytime anyone ever mentions playboy someone says "bet you read it for the articles"... it's like a weird tic that everyone has.
This is a good thing tho. Taiwan should be viewed for its independence as a sovereign nation.
It doesn't matter if it's a good thing, as it's about the motivation and intent behind China's aggressive rhetoric and actions. China considers as a matter of state policy Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Tibet all part of its nation, and that there is only one China (again, w/r/t Taiwan).