You make it sound like more political parties would be a bad thing. It’s crazy to me that in a country of 350 million people you can either be one thing or the other and that somehow neatly represents the two differing views you are allowed to have on society.

China doesn’t have a veto on recognizing countries because it’s not a function of the Security Council

Don’t be so slippery buddy, China does not have the power to veto the recognition but it does have a veto on their application to start their recognition in the first place.

I am very tired of this specious debate. No it’s not. There is no “facto” of being a country. There is only “jure”.

Cool story bro, you keep believing that and Taiwan will just carry on being de facto a country.

facto" a country are anti-comnunists

Imagine in 2026 believing China is a communist country? Sure buddy, communist country with the fastest growing population of billionaires on earth!

purge tens of thousands of political dissidents for 3 generations

Come on China boy, don’t get me started on China and political dissidents, we will be here all day! Sure, the Uyghurs are just volunteering for re-education!

The original article was regarding China’s lame attempt at shutting down criticism by throwing paint and faeces. China really is the most thin skinned country on earth, if they had any confidence as a nation they wouldn’t feel the need to do this. You then lamely linked an article to Taiwan’s historic censorship in a lame attempt at whataboutism. Your Wikipedia article was absolutely unnecessary and irrelevant to the article, it would have looked weird to add that context to the story.

No one gives a shit where you would choose to live.

Yes they do, I have lots of family and friends that love me and care where I am. I lived in Hong Kong for a while back when it was cool and have family that had to flee when China came in and made it lame and authoritarian.

China’s position on Taiwan has literally been the same for 50 fucking years - they will never invade Taiwan to force integration militarily

Yea Russia also said they wouldn’t invade Ukraine, even signed agreements but here we are, authoritarian states do what they do. It is no secret that China has ambitions to reunite Taiwan with the mainland, they have multiple motives. If China had a clear way to take Taiwan they would simple as that. The Chinese leadership is fortunately more pragmatic than that fool Putin and the disastrous war in Ukraine has definitely frightened China off the idea of taking Taiwan militarily any time soon.

UN recognition would be nice but that is never going to happen as long as China has a veto on that ever happening. More importantly Taiwan is de facto a country, they administer their own land, collect taxes, have their own army, passport etc. China throws a tantrum like a massive baby if anyone goes against their one China policy but the rest of the world knows what’s up.

There are no “good” guys and “bad” guys here, this is not a superhero movie. I am also not a journalist, why on earth would I be doing journalism? Your initial post was a bad attempt at propaganda, hilarious you accuse me of the same thing.

Censorship in both countries, as well as personal freedoms are not the same. I would happily move to and live in Taiwan, I would never live in China for that reason.

I sleep well at night knowing after Russia’s clusterfuck of an invasion of Ukraine, China would never be stupid enough to attempt the same in Taiwan.

Why would Taiwan, a country living under the threat of a Chinese takeover ban China’s main AI company DeepSeek?

I understand that it might take you a while to figure out the reason, the fact that you even used that example indicates that you are likely not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

Pretending that the censorship in Taiwan is in the same league as authoritarian China is disingenuous in the extreme.

The original comment stated “alleged SA”, note the careful language stating the allegation that this case is all about, not a wild accusation that the man is a paedophille or a rapist. Wild allegations are your thing buddy.

Stop with the logical fallacy arguments if you yourself tend to be expert at using them.

I’m not even sure what this sentence is trying to say, is English your first language? If you are asking me to stop making you look a fool and a hypocrite by using your own words against you, why should I?

Did you just say I’m just a woman on period?

The fact that you even had to ask this makes me wonder if you dressed yourself this morning or needed the assistance of a carer.

Settle down there chicken, can see you’re getting a bit hot under the collar. Are you always this emotional or maybe it’s your time of the month?

You do not start yelling “HE’S A RAPIST” before any evidence or court closure.

I never said this, I stayed that I am staying objective until the court case. There is no need for you to put words in my mouth, I am perfecty capable of articulating my own thoughts thank you very much. Your argument is clearly so weak you had to invent a straw man to fight.

You falsely accuse me of prejudging Mr. Altman while you actively prejudge the woman in this case. Can you see your own hypocrisy or are you too dumb to notice?

Now jog on little fella, you are making a show of yourself.

You are going out of your denigrate the woman before the case has been heard based on nothing more than your stupid opinion.

If the subject matter of the case was frivolous the wild speculation would not bother me. When dealing with the serious issues of rape and pedophilia your “simple opinion” amounting to trashing the woman’s reputation without solid evidence is dangerous and you are a disgusting individual. This is just my simple opinion, now it is time for you to step back and keep your stupid opinions to yourself.

What’s your point dude, Taiwan used to have censorship during their martial law period that ended 40 years ago in 1987. Now the people there enjoy freedom of speech, are you saying this is an example authoritarian China should follow or just a feeble attempt at whataboutism?

This case has not even gone to trial yet but you have already made up your mind based on some hear say and tabloid drivel. I am glad you are not judge, jury and executioner in this case because your mind is clearly made up. I do not claim to know what happened, I would rather wait for the facts to be determined at trial and justice served. You are simping so hard for Altman I am trying to decide if you just love him or hate women in general? Either that or you are actually Sam Altman.

I don’t know what you are reading about the case but you seem to have strong opinions on this woman and her “parasitic lifestyle”. I am personally wary of newspaper articles that go beyond the facts of the case and stray into hear say and opinion. I would rather stay objective and keep my nose out of the tabloids and gutter press.

I said for you to watch your mouth because idiotic statements like yours only do damage to the real victims of abuse and make people fearful to come forward with claims due to the pre trial speculation and ridicule they often face.

We will see how the lawsuit will end.

Why bother, you seem to have formed your opinion already.

I thought you would have more considering how strongly worded your statement condemning Altman’s was.

That is very untypical in such scenarios because it’s very easy to defend the victim.

Is this just your own uninformed opinion or what are you basing this on? If you had any real knowledge of how these cases play out in court you would be aware that parents often claim no knowledge of the abuse as it paints them as a terrible parent. It is very common for parents and other family members to claim ignorance for a multitude of reasons. Have you even considered the fact that the accused is a billionaire who the parents have a vested interest in keeping inside?

Watch your mouth in future, uniformed views like yours are a big part of why pedophilia so often stays in the dark and victims fear coming forward.

I’m interested as to why you find the case to be weak when the case has yet to be heard by a court or anyone else?

This is a very serious issue, the rape of a child by a close family member, throwing around words like crazy before a hearing does not help victims of pedophilia.

I know right, who would have thought carrying out a genocide against innocent children would make the world hate Israel? Everyone hates child murderers I guess, you should see what happens to those guys in prison!

Not empty, or even a threat. Just a prediction based on how these types of regimes have worked out in the past and the very obvious fact that the state of Israel is entirely reliant on US money weapons and US veto power. Without these things a European settler colony hated by all the people around them, as well as the majority of people in Europe and the USA will not do well in a sea of hostile Arabism.

Great, another dope who doesn’t understand that genocide is not a numbers game. Genocide is the intentional action to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group.

We are well beyond proving Israel’s intent in this case, their acts in this genocide have been well documented. Israel doesn’t seem to understand that in 2026 everyone has a video camera in their pocket. We don’t actually know how many bodies are under the rubble in Gaza as it has not been cleared yet, with the Israeli government hindering this process as well as stopping any international journalists from accessing the area. All of the death tolls we have are estimates but even at the lower end I don’t think there has ever been a conflict where innocent civilians were killed at such a rate compared to combatants. We have the evidence of the systematic targeting of children with chest and head shots by the IDF. Cutting off water,food and medical supplies to Gaza which is still going on to this day.

Jewish exceptionalism is the scumbags in charge of Israel thinking they will somehow get away with this. The tide is turning and as soon as the USA stops supporting Israel with their money, weapons and UN veto you dirty beggars will get what’s coming to you from your angry neighbours. From the river to the sea you scumbag.

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Sorry buddy, the sarcasm didn’t come across through text. Common problem on the interweb.

Considering Israel’s response to October 7th was to commit one of the worst genocides in living memory on the innocent people of Palestine and following your logic the children of Israel are as guilty as the war criminals in charge of Israel?