@haugejostein Do you think Uyghurs, Tibetans or Hong Kongers would agree that there’s a “strong material case” for Chinamaxxing?
You should consider being a bit careful with your uncritical ingestion of almost-certainly-doctored government data.
BREAKING: Just days before the June 4 Tiananmen Massacre memorial, the Museum in Los Angeles was broken into, with numerous exhibits vandalized and destroyed. China’s transnational repression cannot be tolerated and must be addressed swiftly.
Zelensky “I russi hanno rapito 20.000 bambini, forse più; ne abbiamo recuperati 2.200. I russi ci hanno proposto di scambiare i bambini con i soldati. Riesci a immaginarlo? Non possiamo.
Il fatto che ce lo abbia proposto è la conferma che li hanno rapiti”
China calls the Japan–Philippines maritime boundary talks “illegal, null and void.” UNCLOS says otherwise.
Articles 74(1) and 83(1) of UNCLOS provide that EEZ and continental shelf boundaries between States with opposite or adjacent coasts “shall be effected by agreement” based on international law, to achieve an equitable solution. Negotiation is, therefore, not some unlawful maneuver. It is the very process UNCLOS expects coastal States to pursue. What UNCLOS does not permit is the use of coercion to impose excessive or unlawful maritime claims.
The maritime space at issue is generated by Japanese and Philippine land territories: the Nansei/Sakishima island chain on Japan’s side, and Batanes and Luzon on the Philippine side. Under UNCLOS, maritime entitlements flow from land coasts, not from arbitrarily drawn dashed lines or domestic legislation.
China’s objection ultimately depends on its claim over Taiwan — which, IN REALITY, IS NOT UNDER PRC's effective control. But even taking Beijing’s position at its highest, China would be, at most, a potential third party whose claimed interests may be reserved. It would not become a gatekeeper over Japan–Philippines delimitation talks.
China may state its position and reserve whatever rights it believes it has. What it cannot do is manufacture a veto. The talks are lawful. Beijing’s “null and void” claim has no serious basis.
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Congratulations to the brilliant Taiwanese fire juggler Liwei Yang, who is competing in the final of this year's Britain's Got Talent. Let's all get behind Liwei & vote for her as she puts her talent & #Taiwan on the world stage.
*Voting opens this evening in the UK.
A Chinese dissident’s worst nightmare: You escape China, only to find the CCP still making your life hell — and the interpreter for the police in your new country, the person who is supposed to help you, turns out to be a CCP shill. https://t.co/i9YJv5JrC4
Split screen reality: PRC bangs on about how Japan’s militarisation is a concern for the region and the world, needs to earn trust in the region, etc. Meanwhile Koizumi plastering social media with selfies alongside SE Asians who clearly have no issues with Japan’s security role.
China is condemning Japans militarization but this graph shows the real story.
It is China that's dramatically expanding its military capacity and using those resources to threaten its neighbors.
"Around 1,200 Taiwanese-language films were thought to have been produced between the 1950s and 80s, but... only 202 survived or have otherwise been salvaged." https://t.co/RMPY5TE6n2
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) wants the world to believe it can take Taiwan. However, during its Macau open day, it had to use human assistance to move armoured vehicles. Is this because of the Strait of Hormuz, and they can’t afford fuel?