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Apple Hides Taiwan Flag in Hong Kong

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1456 points pulisse | 2 comments | 07 Oct 19 16:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.433s | source
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seph-reed ◴[07 Oct 19 16:42 UTC] No.21182912[source]▶
Maybe I'm being naive, but it seems like a better response would be to add a bunch of other "not real country" flags. Flags from ancient civilizations, or countries that no longer exist. Then they wouldn't be taking a stand as the people responsible for defining what is and is not a country.
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1. slimed ◴[07 Oct 19 16:48 UTC] No.21182994[source]▶
That's not how it works in China. Plausible deniability, benefit of the doubt, etc, is not in the CCP's vocabulary.
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2. seph-reed ◴[07 Oct 19 16:53 UTC] No.21183062[source]▶
I'm less worried about China than the precedent they're setting. I think, perhaps, if they'd done something like this a while ago, it might have taken China that much longer to care.

There are (generally) very few "solutions" in these things, so it's best to focus on small gains, cracks that things slip through, and temporary safe spaces.