He actually did, he just didn’t wait to hear back that it was a terrible idea.

4°

Good background, thanks. Ya, catch 22 is a good way to put it… It makes it tough for other countries to recognize both PRC and ROC without offending PRC.

archive.is seems to be down right now.

The People’s Republic of China and the Republic of China are two different governments that both claim sovereignty over mainland China and Taiwan.

They both want to unite China, but only one of them is in the position to do it.

Internal to Taiwan, there are parties that support reunification and support independence (opposing views), but Taiwan has not yet reneged on its claim of mainland China.

An odd question. Why would being a (single) parent be a defining factor?

Well, I would expect different answers if they were married 🙂

It’s not a neighbouring country, it’s the same country. Ask Taiwan.

Apparently that’s enough to make her a “moderate”.

Niche communities, in general. Lemmy just doesn’t have as much users to support many of the niche communities.

Sparkling special military operation.

You should be looking at the dictionary, not Wikipedia for the definition of war.

Anyway, it’s not like Trump obeys laws anyway, so what Congress authorizes or not will probably not even come into play.

War is determined by actions, not by Congress.

That being said, this isn’t war yet.

Ya, I agree it looks like blogspam, but even most blogspam links to their sources.

Occam’s razor.

Why is Musk’s opinion on the FDNY “news”?

Yikes, although I guess I shouldn’t expect someone 91 years old to have very progressive views.

Or, more likely, Russia supports China’s annexation of Taiwan and China supports Russia’s annexation of Ukraine.

To be, or not to be?

Same here. I’m not a very picky eater at all, but I can’t seem to eat blue cheese and it’s not for lack of trying.

This is where I put my foot down.

The usage is correct and indicates possession.