*** Official Putin Started Shootin' Thread ***

[CoccoBill]

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/...nes-91-borders

Seems like China is finally officially picking a side.

[OngBonga]

There's more to this story. My friend thinks that Wagner basically took $6.2b off USA to "overthrow" Putin and then staged a failed coup. I don't buy it, seems like small change to me in the context of high stakes geopolitics. But there's more to this than what we currently know.

[OngBonga]

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/...nes-91-borders

Seems like China is finally officially picking a side.

I had to laugh at "We respect the territorial integrity of all countries."

Presumably by "territory" he doesn't include sea.

[MadMojoMonkey]

I had to laugh at "We respect the territorial integrity of all countries."

Presumably by "territory" he doesn't include sea.

... and Taiwan isn't recognized as a country by China.

[OngBonga]

... and Taiwan isn't recognized as a country by China.

It's really not that simple. Taiwan claims sovereignty over all of China just like China claims sovereignty over Taiwan. The Taiwanese government consider themselves the Chinese government in exile. They both wish to reunify China and Taiwan. They both agree that Taiwan is Chinese, they just disagree about who the legal government of China should be.