https://nitter.net/IglesiasVilches/status/1671062461103894534

I wonder where these "economical difficulties" come from, though.

https://press.un.org/en/2022/ga12465.doc.htm

Also, 1. is bullshit too, there are US military bases 0 miles away from China, they have one in Hong Kong (EDIT: used to, was removed by the government in 2020 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3046733/hong-kongs-fenwick-pier-be-demolished-after-serving-united ) and another in Taiwan.

  • wtypstanaccount04 [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I'm actually not finding a U.S. military base in Hong Kong. Could you provide a link?

    • NotKrause [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Could you provide a link?

      I was going off memory and apparently I'm outdated, they used to have one in Hong Kong (Fenwick Pier) but it was demolished in 2020 by the government (source: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3046733/hong-kongs-fenwick-pier-be-demolished-after-serving-united)

      The one in Taiwan still exists though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Taiwan_Defense_Command https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/images/map-taiwan-bases.jpg

      • LoremIpsum [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        According to that the taiwan one was shut down in 1979, although it seems like there are a handful of troops around providing training.

        • NotKrause [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          According to that the taiwan one was shut down in 1979

          Yeah that's the catch with it though, they claim they are just "training troops" and that it's a "taiwanese base" now but they're still US soldiers in China and they keep increasing their presence there, if a war were to break out/Taiwan declared independence we know what would happen.

          “One of the difficult things to determine is what really is objectionable to China,” said one of the U.S. officials about the training

          Like they're OPENLY stating that they're pushing it as far as China can tolerate, they don't even pretend to not provoke anymore.

          It's the same technicality the US uses to justify "defending Taiwan" while at the same time "following" one-China policy as per the 1979 China-US Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations.

          • Egg1917 [she/her, comrade/them]
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            2 years ago

            There is a 100% chance that there's at least 1 Delta/seal/green beret team ready to sabotage everything of value to the PRC should anything kickoff.