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@filoria@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago

China's Xi accused the US of trying to trick him into invading Taiwan, but said he won't take the bait

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China's Xi accused the US of trying to trick him into invading Taiwan, but said he won't take the bait

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@filoria@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago
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China's Xi accused the US of trying to trick him into invading Taiwan, but said he won't take the bait, report says
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Xi Jinping told an EU leader that the US was trying to trick China into invading Taiwan, per the Financial Times, amid increasing tensions.
  • @SpacePirate@lemmy.ml
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    I thought Taiwan was China? Hard to invade yourself, eh, Xi?

    • bumpusoot [any]
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      1 year ago

      To be honest, it’s almost certainly reworded or poorly translated from whatever he originally said.

      • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆
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        28•1 year ago

        Assuming this conversation even happened.

    • WashedAnus [he/him]
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      30•1 year ago

      • Flyberius [comrade/them]
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        19•1 year ago

        They sure are a contentious bunch.

    • CascadeOfLight [he/him]
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      26•1 year ago

      Why are you defending the rump state of a fascist dictatorship?

      I hope the “Republic of China” can someday be peacefully dissolved and the province of Taipei reunited under the mainland government.

      • @DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
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        Ugh, of course it was Blackburn

        • What_Religion_R_They [none/use name]
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          deleted by creator

    • @Railison@aussie.zone
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      6•1 year ago

      ‘Renegade breakaway province’

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