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C_eh_N_eh_D_eh

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9. If China insists post offices aren't a thing, maybe.

Reply to inganmistral (Reply #8)

Sat Feb 5, 2022, 10:17 PM

Feb 2022

Declining to officially acknowledge Taiwan as a sovereign state (aka the "One China" policy) has been a cornerstone of America's relationship with China since the the Cold War.

OP's not kidding, when Lithuania did this, China completely blackballed them. If the EU hadn't stood by them, the loss of trade might have collapsed their economy.

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House passes act calling for renaming Taiwan office in US [View all] catsudon Feb 2022 OP

No one in the GOP is going to vote for anything... dchill Feb 2022 #1

No one in the GOP is going to vote for anything... OldBaldy1701E Feb 2022 #10

...and their god guns. dchill Feb 2022 #11

Well, for some of them OldBaldy1701E Feb 2022 #12

and they certainly won't vote for it if there is no money involved for them. nt Javaman Feb 2022 #13

Taiwan rso Feb 2022 #2

'If this passes, China will be furious. ' HUAJIAO Feb 2022 #3

BRAVO !!! HUAJIAO Feb 2022 #4

Shot across the bow.... paleotn Feb 2022 #5

I visited both Keelung and Kaohsiung while in the navy pecosbob Feb 2022 #6

Part of me wishes Pres. Biden would just say "Taiwan is its own country. Get over it" oldsoftie Feb 2022 #7

Its like renaming a post office inganmistral Feb 2022 #8

If China insists post offices aren't a thing, maybe. C_eh_N_eh_D_eh Feb 2022 #9