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Re:The odd reality of life under China's all-seeing credit s... by bena on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @12:15PM (#17248347)
Aren't there like four different Chinas?

You have the modern mainland, which is where all these problems exist, the rural mainland which this probably doesn't affect as much, Hong Kong which is autonomous, and Chinese Taipei which might as well give up the ghost by this point.

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Re:The odd reality of life under China's all-seeing credit s... by Simulacra on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @01:35PM (#17249198)
Chinese Taipei is Taiwan, an independent nation. As much as China would like to claim otherwise, Taiwan is not China.
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Re:The odd reality of life under China's all-seeing credit s... by bena on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @01:58PM (#17249425)
They claim to be China though. The ROC see themselves as the legitimate government in exile. Both the PRC and the ROC believe in "One China", they just disagree as to who is the "real" China.
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Re:The odd reality of life under China's all-seeing credit s... by Simulacra on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @07:02PM (#17251867)
That is true, so then if Taiwan sees itself as the official government in exile, then wouldn't that mean China proper is an extension of Taiwan, and not the other way around? :)
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