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Taiwan aims for big rise in defence spending amid escalating China tension (www.reuters.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you argue like this, then the entire UN structure disappears, and the rule of all countries comes into question. Who says that Puerto Rico, Guam or Hawaii legally belong to the United States? Other countries have only accepted that because of the US throwing around its weight.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago

Oh, I forgot the other thing. Decisions on admitting states to the UN have to go through the UN Security Council, where it is subject to a veto by.... drum roll... China! So it wouldn't even matter if every other country in the world considered Taiwan a separate country, it can't join the UN. Thus, that's a false metric.