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Apple Hides Taiwan Flag in Hong Kong

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1456 points pulisse | 6 comments | 07 Oct 19 16:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.619s | source | bottom
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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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1. headsupftw ◴[07 Oct 19 17:35 UTC] No.21183622[source]▶
The United States doesn't officially recognize Taiwan as a country. Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations. Apple's revenue in Taiwan is peanuts compared to that of mainland China. The list goes on.
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2. mytailorisrich ◴[07 Oct 19 18:08 UTC] No.21184070[source]▶
The US used to recognise the government as the government of the whole of China and the communists as insurgents, with Taiwan holding the Chinese seat in the UN.

Obviously, at some point realpolitik caught up and they reversed their stance, though they continue to help Taiwan because... more realpolitik.

3. jrockway ◴[07 Oct 19 18:19 UTC] No.21184209[source]▶
We might not officially recognize them as a country, but we do have a law called the "Taiwan Relations Act".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_Relations_Act

4. umvi ◴[07 Oct 19 18:45 UTC] No.21184501[source]▶
Trump enraged China when he tweeted that he talked to "the President of Taiwan" though, so clearly most people in the US think of Taiwan as being separate from China
5. brobinson ◴[07 Oct 19 19:47 UTC] No.21185181[source]▶
The US has also never recognized Taiwan as being part of the PRC. I'm not even sure why you're bringing this up in relation to the parent's comment.
6. CharlesColeman ◴[07 Oct 19 21:14 UTC] No.21186019[source]▶
> The United States doesn't officially recognize Taiwan as a country.

That means little. The US has de-facto diplomatic relations with Taiwan, and has made official commitments to its defense against threats (which realistically could only ever come from the PRC), such as selling it arms. The weirdness and official ambiguity here are driven by the PRC's sensitivities, and do not represent any real commitment to the PRC's position.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_Relations_Act