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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

lol This is the same shit your average America racist would tell black people.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It blew my mind when I learned that Taiwanese travel to Mainland China for work. The media seems to portray the two countries in a non cooperative stand off.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

They are and that's not necessarily exclusive.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's kinda like the terms in a license agreement. Company can change the terms at a whim.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

anytime I see the law change I think of Stallones Judge Dredd. I AM THE LAW

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"We'll tell you what law you've broken after you've broken it."

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago

see? It says it right here: "that thing you just did"

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago (1 children)

To continue from the title:

the Chinese government said on Wednesday, following new legal guidelines that mandate execution in extreme cases for "diehard" separatists.

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Some foreign companies are considering moving Taiwanese employees out of China, as a result, sources have previously told Reuters.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Don't break the law. Also, we are expanding the law. You are now breaking the law."

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The law: Do what we say, don't challenge us, give us all your wealth, we can change the law at any time.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago

I wonder if voting in your home countries elections would be enough to consider you a "separatist" as a Taiwanese citizen.