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RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

Taiwan reports second large-scale China air force incursion this week

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Taiwan reports second large-scale China air force incursion this week

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RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago
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Ten Chinese air force aircraft entered Taiwan's air defence zone on Wednesday accompanying five Chinese warships engaged in "combat readiness" patrols, the island's defence ministry said, the second such incursion this week.
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    You want polls, how about this poll conducted by a Taiwanese university where the majority of Taiwanese want neither reunification nor independence, but the status quo? The majority of Taiwanese people wanting the status quo lines up with how the pro-independence party ate shit while the pro-status quo party made huge gains. The DPP got BTFO so hard the current DPP president Tsai Ing-wen had to resign as party head.

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      The majority of Taiwanese people has always wanted to remain status quo, as indicated by the two triangle data lines in the plot. Since declaring independence is basically asking China to attack and that peaceful reunification is not desirable (for >90% of the population) either, the majority are of course pro-status quo. It does not line up with how DPP ate shit last year.

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        peaceful reunification is not desirable (for >90% of the population)

        Again, this was “forced” reunification in that poll, i.e. military takeover. Of course people oppose that. I think at least the plurality opinion is against peaceful reunification under the PRC too, but it’s not by as high a margin.

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          No, it was NOT “forced” reunification. The two reunification choices in that poll were “unification as soon as possible” and “maintain status quo, move towards unification,” neither of which is forced.

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            Which poll was this? The last one I saw linked was garbage along these lines though I don’t think it was that exact one.

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              The one linked to in https://hexbear.net/comment/3690000

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                Oh, fair enough

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