• xionzui@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    Apparently China does, with their policy of trying to strong-arm the rest of the world into calling Taiwan a part of China

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      11 months ago

      China doesn’t change the name of Taiwan. Even on Chinese maps, it’s Taiwan Province.

      This isn’t even close to comparable.

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        11 months ago

        The point is they very much care about the perception of the rest of the world. Your idea of what is comparable there is a little too literal

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          11 months ago

          A name is a name. The Chinese name for America is 美国 (meiguo, “beautiful nation”). The English name for 中国 is China. A name makes no indication of ownership, unless you’re suggesting the British still hold power over India?