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Asked about China’s comment on the Cuban government’s rejection of recent accusations made by the US against Cuban leader Raul Castro, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Thursday that China consistently and firmly opposes unilateral sanctions that have no basis in international law or authorization of the UN Security Council.

“We stand against abusing judicial means and exerting pressure on Cuba under any pretext by external forces,” Guo said.

The US should stop brandishing sanctions or judicial proceedings at Cuba and stop resorting to the threat of force at every turn, the spokesperson said, adding that China firmly supports Cuba in safeguarding its sovereignty and national dignity and opposing external interference.

  • jack [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    Solar panels and batteries are of course extremely significant and appreciated. A little throwing the weight around would go a long way, though, wouldn’t it, Xi?

    If only kim-drip-too-hard had the logistical capacity to deliver nukes.

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    Sorry, Xi. Not interested. How about some nukes? Send some to Palestine too. Be the hero that the world needs right now.

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    Give Cuba nukes then.

    At the very least don’t give up Cuba while still allowing them to have Taiwan on your doorstep.

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    xi-plz The time has come to greenlight Cuban Missile Crisis II: Offer Some Nukes to the Indigenous Bolivian Workers and Venezuelan Communes This Time Too

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      Hey, let me know when China keeps any shipments of food or fuel from reaching Taiwan

      Or when China starts drone striking fishing boats in the Pacific or Atlantic

      Typical db0 ignorance

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      Ah yes, why doesn’t Hexbear condemn the Great Chinese Blockade of Taiwan that has suffocated the island for 70 years

      As we all know China has used its clout in the UN to insure that any country that trades with Taiwan is immediately cut off from the global economy and subject to crippling sanctions

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      the chinese liberals lost their civil war and fled to an island and did genocide (white terror).

      that island had previously been occupied by imperial japan and some european powers.

      if you think land back is good for anglo settler states like the US and Canada then you can be consistent and advocate for returning Formosa to whatever indigenous population remains, but that’s not what dronies are doing when you advocate for the would-be nation-state of modern taiwan to maintain sovereignty.

      you wouldn’t support the american confederates taking over puerto rico and maintaining a holdout confederacy there, you shouldn’t support the taiwanese government. And china-china has way more of a claim to Formosa from 200 years of the Qing dynasty than the united states has on any of its territories.

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        I know we’ll all say there is no distinction and they’re all fascists, but I think it makes a difference to point out to people that Chiang Kai Shek loved German fascism to the point that he brought over German generals to train his troops and started styling their uniforms after them. The KMT were not in any way, shape or form the “good guys” and broke every single ceasefire agreement made with communists (who wanted to work together to fight the Japanese) by slaughtering them without provocation every chance they got before they fled to Taiwan and did the same there.

        The right side won the civil war.

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      There is but one China in the world. Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory. The Government of the People’s Republic of China is the sole legal government representing the whole of China. The two sides of the Strait belong to one and the same China, and this is the real status quo across the Taiwan Strait. “Taiwan independence” and cross-Strait peace are as irreconcilable as fire and water. “Taiwan independence” separatist forces constitute the biggest destroyer of the status quo across the Strait and the biggest source of disruption to peace and stability in the region. To safeguard peace and stability across the Strait, one must firmly follow the one-China principle and stand against “Taiwan independence” separatist forces. Leaders and political figures from the overwhelming majority of countries in the international community have reaffirmed their commitment to the one-China principle through various ways. Facts show that opposing “Taiwan independence” separatism and supporting China’s reunification is where the arc of history bends and public opinion trends.

    • InexplicableLunchFiend [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      Cuba is a revolutionary state, where the people overthrew the American colonizers and mafiosos.

      Taiwan doesn’t even claim to be separate from China, they claim to be the rightful rulers of all China, and they’re the losers of a civil war after they sided with the Japanese invaders and lost support of the people and then fled to Formosa and killed the indigenous people there to install a military junta.

      Where is the hypocrisy, these are two very different states that should be treated very differently. One should be defended from colonization, the other should be abolished and reunited and decolonized.

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        You’re getting your history mixed up.

        they’re the losers of a civil war after they sided with the Japanese invaders and lost support of the people

        You’re mixing up the Chinese collaborationist government led by Wang Jingwei who led a party that was nominally KMT and Chiang Kai-shek who, despite his many flaws and overall reactionary politics, never once collaborated with the Japanese. One of his many faults involved dragging his feet because he felt the Communists were a higher priority. But this is very different from open collaboration.

        and then fled to Formosa and killed the indigenous people there to install a military junta.

        “Formosa” is the colonial name from Portuguese colonizers. It’s full name was “Ilha Formosa” which is Portuguese for “beautiful island.” “Taiwan” is based on the names of one of the Indigenous Taiwanese peoples that more or less sounds like “Taiwan.”

    • What even is there in Taiwan that’s so important to you??? Like you write this as if the mainland is going to put all the island inhabitants in a large blender and sell them as bubble tea or some shit.

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        Everything I see re Mainlanders’ perceptions and sentiment re Taiwan is akin to a family who dearly misses an estranged sibling and the most common term for these Taiwanese siblings is 同胞 tongbao literally ‘same womb’. If westerners spent even half a second speaking to Mainland Chinese people they’d see that they see them as kin, not as the enemy, and the PRC will do everything in its power to right the historical wrongs and bring Taiwanese compatriots back into the fold.

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      …even if Taiwan were in any way comparable to Cuba, what exactly is china currently doing to it that in any way compares to the decades of harsh sanctions America is enacting against Cuba? There is a legitimate humanitarian crisis in Cuba due to the oil blockade, while Taiwan is… Doing pretty well and not particularly suffering any interference from china?

      I’m serious, what is China actually doing to Taiwan right now? Materially?

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        I’m serious, what is China actually doing to Taiwan right now? Materially?

        Trading with them. Providing revenue to Taiwanese businesses that own property on the mainland or contract businesses on the mainland (and vice versa). Enjoying some degree of mutual cultural exports.

        Deterring a US military occupation of Taiwan.

        It’s honestly pretty surprising Taiwan hasn’t decided to switch sides yet, considering how the US is floundering and that China would 100% treat them with kid gloves and undoubtedly leave Taiwan’s ruling class in charge locally with special exemptions from having to follow mainland regulations, just to get the immense PR win of a peaceful and painless reunification.

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        So england has a right to invade america then? Because we were once a vassal state? What about india?

        Imperialism is imperialism.

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          Taiwan isn’t a former vassal state, it was and, according to both the PRC and ROC, still is, a part of a single unified china. Taiwan (the republic of china) still lays claim to mainland china, and in fact iirc to land outside of PRC territory that the PRC conceded between the end of the civil war and today. So that’s one difference.

          More importantly though, China isn’t currently blockading taiwan and threatening to kidnap their politicians or send in ground troops. Like, even if you think Cuba and Taiwan are exactly the same… The actual situation is, clearly, vastly different. Taiwan is one of the SEA tigers because China hasn’t been waging economic warfare against them. Cuba is extremely poor because America has. Taiwan isn’t currently undergoing rolling blackouts and an inability to respond to medical and other emergencies due to a worrying heightening of Chinese economic warfare against them. Cuba is. Xi Jinping has not said that he intends to kidnap senior figures within Taiwan. Trump has in fact said that about Cuban figures. Xi Jinping has also not threatened to invade Taiwan complete with moving forces into the region. Trump has done those things. I doubt many people here would be happy about china immiserating the Taiwanese people, destroying their economy, or threatening to remove their leaders and invade them militarily, but those things are not happening, even if you think it’s only a matter of time before the big spoopy socialists do all of those things… They still aren’t, and there’s no really good reason to think they plan to.

          We aren’t complaining about the actions China is taking against Taiwan because, well, they aren’t. If I am wrong I would love to hear what actual, provable, aggressive or violent actions China has taken against Taiwan that are even vaguely comparable to the American confrontation with Cuba. Until then you are just punching left because you take lazy propaganda from literal fascists at face value.

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          Imperialism is imperialism.

          The union invading the confederacy was such terrible imperialism.

          Words have meanings you know.

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          Yes the Brits do have a right, and a duty, to invade and depose the so-called “US” secessionist regime due to their genocide of the native population and global wars of aggression.

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          You realize it was the “Taiwanese” who invaded Formosa after they lost the civil war and slaughtered the indigenous natives there right? Getting rid of the Taiwanese government is an act of decolonization, not colonization. Taiwan is a colonial outpost

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          The PRC government has consistently said they have no plans to invade Taiwan and wants to incentivize them to return to the fold through diplomatic and economic means, even if it takes 100 years. Invasion is a last resort if the United States decides to turn Taiwan into a missile platform from which to attack China.