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filoria@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

China's Xi accused the US of trying to trick him into invading Taiwan, but said he won't take the bait

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China's Xi accused the US of trying to trick him into invading Taiwan, but said he won't take the bait

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filoria@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago
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China's Xi accused the US of trying to trick him into invading Taiwan, but said he won't take the bait, report says
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Xi Jinping told an EU leader that the US was trying to trick China into invading Taiwan, per the Financial Times, amid increasing tensions.
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    I thought Taiwan was China? Hard to invade yourself, eh, Xi?

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      To be honest, it’s almost certainly reworded or poorly translated from whatever he originally said.

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        They sure are a contentious bunch.

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      Why are you defending the rump state of a fascist dictatorship?

      I hope the “Republic of China” can someday be peacefully dissolved and the province of Taipei reunited under the mainland government.

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        Ugh, of course it was Blackburn

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          lifetime bitch

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      ‘Renegade breakaway province’

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