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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: 0.529s | source
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degenerate ◴[07 Oct 19 16:41 UTC] No.21182905[source]▶
The degree that China goes to censor things reminds me of kindergarten. Pull the shades down, and kids won't want to go outside? Is it simply a reminder to their people of who's in charge, at this level of pettiness?
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maweki ◴[07 Oct 19 16:55 UTC] No.21183083[source]▶
I think most people on Hacker-News would know that Taiwan exists, even though a flag is missing on their phone. I think for the general population in the US or Europe that's not so clear.

If one would never hear about Taiwan, would we really "know" it exists?

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1. have_faith ◴[07 Oct 19 17:02 UTC] No.21183182[source]▶
> If one would never hear about Taiwan, would we really "know" it exists?

It's a sort of reverse branding exercise. If you can reduce exposure as much as possible there's not going to be a lot of sentiment for supporting the cause. What would be of Palestine today without the exposure that has been directed at it.

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2. maweki ◴[07 Oct 19 20:00 UTC] No.21185316[source]▶
It's not like Israel is - not talking about the truth of that claim here - denying the very existence of their neighbouring states. On the contrary, palestine and part of the palestine people are branded as great evil. Being branded as _anything_ is being "known". Famously or infamously.