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China complains about Dutch news report on Taiwan, saying European public broadcaster should "adhere to the one-China principle" and "not provide [a] platform for 'Taiwan independence' forces'" (www.reuters.com)
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On Saturday, Dutch public broadcaster NOS broadcast a story on the chip industry in Taiwan, reporting that "the country sees it as life insurance against an invasion by rival China" and interviewing former Taiwanese deputy minister of foreign affairs Roy Chun Lee.

China claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory and has never renounced the use of force to bring it under control. Taiwan objects to China’s sovereignty claims and says only the island’s people can decide their future.

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[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 33 points 1 year ago

West Taiwan should sit down and be content with their independence from the motherland.

[–] WallEx@feddit.de 16 points 1 year ago

China going around the world telling news outlets what they should and shouldn't say is just insane and very telling how they feel about their influence. I just hole that they're wrong.

[–] Takios@feddit.de 14 points 1 year ago

China should not meddle with the internal affairs of the Dutch.

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.de 14 points 1 year ago

TAIWAN NUMBA ONE!

[–] 342345@feddit.de 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Um. They are like...

They also could accept Taiwan as independent.

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[–] taladar@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Presenting the internal error message to the user instead of a meaningful error message (what was tried? What happened? What can be done about it? )… some would say it’s bad style.

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[–] DerTobi_NerdsWire_de@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

China claims some territory, yep sounds russian.

[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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[–] Spike@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

We are in for a wild ride