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Baerbock mahnt in Peking: Keine Waffen für Russland | DW | 14.04.2023

Bundesaußenministerin Annalena Baerbock ruft China auf, sich stärker als bisher in Moskau für ein Ende des Ukraine-Krieges einzusetzen. Zudem rät sie bei einem Besuch in Peking davon ab, Waffen an Russland zu liefern.#China #AnnalenaBaerbock #QinGang #Außenminister #Ukraine-Krieg #Russland #Waffenlieferungen #Taiwan #Menschenrechte
Baerbock mahnt in Peking: Keine Waffen für Russland | DW | 14.04.2023

Baerbock mahnt in Peking: Keine Waffen für Russland | DW | 14.04.2023

Bundesaußenministerin Annalena Baerbock ruft China auf, sich stärker als bisher in Moskau für ein Ende des Ukraine-Krieges einzusetzen. Zudem rät sie bei einem Besuch in Peking davon ab, Waffen an Russland zu liefern.

adolar@pod.dapor.net
Aladár Mézga (old)

A really simple guide? Too simple, dear #BBC

I noticed the BBC has published a "really simple" guide to "Taiwan and China". It has become a little too simple. For starters, if you want to talk about territorial disputes, you might not want to use "nicknames" for countries. In international law, you have to be quite specific. Let me give you two examples of how oversimplification causes problems:

1) Korea invaded Korea. Since Korea was then supported by America and other countries, Korea sought support by China and Russia. In the end, Korea somehow "won" and Korea had to retreat.

2) Germany started WW1 and lost it. It then started WW2 and lost it. How can Germany still be a member of the EU? And why isn't Silesia part of Germany? It has always been part of Germany!

So, oversimplification is not very useful - unless you need it for propaganda.

China sees self-ruled Taiwan as a breakaway province that will eventually be under Beijing's control.

Has "Taiwan" been a province of "China" once? Indeed it has, as the article correctly states, from "17th century" (1673) to 1895. That "China" however has been the Imperial China of the Qing dynasty. Taiwan has never been part of the current "China", which is the People's Republic of China.

China took the island again in 1945 after Japan lost World War Two.

Sorry, but this is not quite right. The US took Taiwan by defeating the Imperial Japanese forces there. The US then handed Taiwan over to the KMT, which made it a province of the "Republic of China".

China points to this history to say that Taiwan was originally a Chinese province.

For 212 years, a province of Qing emperors.

But the Taiwanese point to the same history to argue that they were never part of the modern Chinese state that was first formed after the revolution in 1911

Wrong. First of all "Modern Chinese State"? Seriously? Are you afraid of using the name "Republic of China"? Or would it hurt someone? In 1945 Taiwan became part of the RoC and I don't know anyone in Taiwan denying that reality.

or the People's Republic of China that was established under Mao in 1949.

Oops, suddenly there's a "People's Republic of China"! Why not name the other one then? But you are right, Taiwan has never been part of that Republic.

Currently, only 13 countries (plus the Vatican) recognise Taiwan as a sovereign country.

Actually, they recognise the "Republic of China", not "Taiwan".

BBC, that's a pretty poor performance. You wouldn't happen to have been paid for that? You or your "BBC News Visual Journalism Team"? (What is "visual" about text?)

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-59900139
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China and Taiwan: A really simple guide

Tension between China and Taiwan has risen and what happens next matters to us all

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adolar@pod.dapor.net
Aladár Mézga (old)

Rumours about the death of #amateurradio in #Taiwan have been greatly exaggerating. Last Saturday was another proof.
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There are a few famous amateur radio gatherings around the world, the Hamvention in Dayton, the hamradio in Friedrichshafen and the Tokyo Ham Fair in - yes, you guessed it correctly, Tokyo. There are also smaller ones, but while there have been numerous gatherings in Taiwan, none of them had the flair of those abroad.
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That changed on Saturday, when the CTARL invited all radio enthusiasts (not just radio amateurs) to a parking lot in Donggang, south of Kaohsiung. Originally the plan was to hold it under a large viewing platform, to be protected from rain and sun, but that one was closed off. Luckily the sky was very cloudy, but I still got a nice sunburn.
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The flea market did indeed represent all kinds of radio, including old CB or maritime radios. There was even a group of soft air gunners who brought old French and Thai military radios (for exhibition) with them.
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And of course a number of people were actively operating on HF, right from the parking lot.
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People from all over Taiwan participated, with those from the north either arriving the previous night or starting at 0300 in the morning. For a first time this was not bad at all, we're looking forward to next year.

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