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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: 0.447s | 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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1. 7u5432throw ◴[07 Oct 19 17:38 UTC] No.21183659[source]▶
Petty would be China requesting Apple to hide the Japanese or American flag.

Taiwan is the result of a civil war. No one says Americans are petty when they try to remove Confederate flags or when Germany bans the Nazi flag.

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2. brobinson ◴[07 Oct 19 18:09 UTC] No.21184089[source]▶
The ROC is the successor state to the Qing Dynasty. It acquired Taiwan when the Japanese surrendered it at the end of WW2.

The PRC is the result of the civil war. The ROC never stopped existing nor did it start to exist as the result of the civil war.