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minus-squareJTskulk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·1 year agoHow will China convince all those Taiwanese people to vote for unification?
minus-squareAsafum@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoIn Chinese: “it sure would be a shame if I happened to lose control of all these bullets and bombs around my your country.”
minus-squarececinestpasunbot@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoI suspect China believes it can outpace the economic growth of Taiwan in the long run. If Taiwan’s business elites start to think they’re missing out on that growth by opposing reunification, then you’ll see a political shift in Taiwan.
minus-squaresebinspace@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoBold of you to assume they’ll actually count the votes
minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·1 year agoThey’ll just surrender to the lawful government of the Chinese Republic.
How will China convince all those Taiwanese people to vote for unification?
Take a look at Hong Kong
In Chinese: “it sure would be a shame if I happened to lose control of all these bullets and bombs around
myyour country.”I suspect China believes it can outpace the economic growth of Taiwan in the long run. If Taiwan’s business elites start to think they’re missing out on that growth by opposing reunification, then you’ll see a political shift in Taiwan.
Bold of you to assume they’ll actually count the votes
They’ll just surrender to the lawful government of the Chinese Republic.