China tells UK to avoid moves that could ‘aggravate tension’ in Falklands issue
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Beijing envoy warns special committee on decolonisation of ‘serious implications’ for international order of hegemonism and power politics.

Worth noting that the Chinese ambassador also called it the Malvinas throughout, not the Falklands.

  • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    There's so many things that the UK (and Argentina) could've done if they actually cared about the people living in the Falkland Islands/Malvinas instead of using them as geopolitical pawns. Like, if we must insist that the Malvinas get labeled "Falkland Islands (UK)" on maps:

    1. The UK could de jure or de facto cede territorial waters to Argentina.

    2. The UK could demilitarize the island.

    3. The UK could grant Argentina fishing and drilling rights on the islands.

    4. The UK could offer to pay a lease for the islands.

    5. The UK could buy the islands from Argentina.

    6. The UK could offer a trade agreement favorable to Argentina for the islands.

    7. The UK could have a similar arrangement like the PRC and Portugal regarding Macau where the island belongs to the UK but is administered by Argentina (or vice versa).

    Nobody on the islands has to get deported to the UK and both countries can save face. But the UK had absolutely no intentions for diplomacy.

    • Staines [they/them]
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      2 years ago
      1. Why, fair is fair?
      2. I wonder why they had to militarize it.
      3. Argentina argues those rights aren't the UK's to grant, and it will prosecute companies bidding for rights.
      4. Argentina has no de jure or de facto claim or ownership to the islands.
      5. Argentina has no de jure or de facto claim or ownership to the islands.
      6. Argentina has no de jure or de facto claim or ownership to the islands.
      7. The people living there have no interest in being administered by Argentina.

      Last time the Argentinians invaded, they immediately started rounding up people to be deported.