Comment on As China prepares to invade Taiwan, a reality check: sitting on the sidelines won’t help Australia

FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• brendansimms@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  HongKong was captured and occupied as a British colony and the waning power of the UK led them to finally agree to give back the land.

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  • FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Did you miss the “one country two systems” -> “national security law” -> anyone who opposes the ruling party goes straight to jail thing.

    (Which happened 20 years later).

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• real_squids@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  If there’s anything they learned from the three day “special operation” - it’s this. It’s way easier if they can avoid direct military action.

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