China is angered by Apple's iPhone event mentioning Taiwan

Re:China is angered by Apple's iPhone event mentioning Taiwan by ASalazarMX on Friday September 14, 2018 @07:30PM (#17991927)

They should do the same with Palestine so they piss off the other side as well.

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Re:China is angered by Apple's iPhone event mentioning Taiwan by anothergoogler on Friday September 14, 2018 @07:54PM (#17992024)

Would the opportunity come up? Palestine's GDP is $12B, Taiwan's is $1.1T.

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Re:China is angered by Apple's iPhone event mentioning Taiwan by justicezyx on Friday September 14, 2018 @07:59PM (#17992050)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Taiwan

Taipei skyline.jpg Taipei skyline. Currency New Taiwan dollar (NT$) NT$29.2 per US$ (Apr 2018) Fiscal year Calendar year Trade organizations WTO, APEC, ICC and others (as Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu) Statistics GDP Nominal: $571.5 billion

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Re:China is angered by Apple's iPhone event mentioning Taiwan by sdinsn on Friday September 14, 2018 @08:42PM (#17992233)

> PPP: $1.177 trillion

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Re:China is angered by Apple's iPhone event mentioning Taiwan by anothergoogler on Friday September 14, 2018 @08:02PM (#17992067)

That is the nominal GDP, Palestine's nominal GDP is $4B.

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Re:China is angered by Apple's iPhone event mentioning Taiwan by dis-sys on Saturday September 15, 2018 @01:48AM (#17993168)

Taiwan's GDP counts for around 4% of the Chinese GDP, to give you more context, Chinese GDP growth slowed down to 6.8% pa, that is still creating 1.5 times of the entire GDP in Taiwan every 12 months.

using your logic here, please don't argue further more, otherwise you'd be arguing with yourself - who care about the tiny island called taiwan.

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Re:China is angered by Apple's iPhone event mentioning Taiwan by anothergoogler on Saturday September 15, 2018 @02:22AM (#17993257)

What I was saying is that it's far more likely in general Apple would be dealing with Taiwan, the world's 22nd largest economy, than Palestine, the 129th. That and the large microelectronics industry in Taiwan.

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Re:China is angered by Apple's iPhone event mentioning Taiwan by jdavis703 on Friday September 14, 2018 @07:25PM (#17991903)

It wouldn't call it "propaganda." Countries routinely have territorial disputes. I get China is viewed as a competitor to American interests, but the situation in Taiwan is historically complex. It would be like if Texas or California unilaterally seceded from the U.S., various countries would recognize or not recognize their legitimacy as an independent nation.

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Re:China is angered by Apple's iPhone event mentioning Taiwan by rangibaby on Friday September 14, 2018 @09:32PM (#17992445)

It would be like if the US had a civil war and one side retreated to Cuba

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Re:China is angered by Apple's iPhone event mentioning Taiwan by erikpukinskis on Saturday September 15, 2018 @01:32AM (#17993139)

Wouldn't it be like if the U.S. first annexed Cuba, and then had a civil war where one side retreated to it?

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Re:China is angered by Apple's iPhone event mentioning Taiwan by inawarminister on Saturday September 15, 2018 @02:27AM (#17993263)

Indeed. Only a few have any thoughts about the native Taiwanese, both Aboriginal and Han.

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Re:China is angered by Apple's iPhone event mentioning Taiwan by rangibaby on Saturday September 15, 2018 @03:42AM (#17993424)

Another country’s colony. Spain in Cuba’s case, Japan in Taiwan’s

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Re:China is angered by Apple's iPhone event mentioning Taiwan by 07d046 on Friday September 14, 2018 @07:40PM (#17991974)

It's more like if there was a communist revolution in the US followed by a civil war, with the anti-communists ending up holding Texas or California and establishing their own government there. The Chinese Communist Party has never ruled Taiwan, and Taiwan hasn't officially seceded.

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Re:China is angered by Apple's iPhone event mentioning Taiwan by dis-sys on Saturday September 15, 2018 @01:54AM (#17993180)

your analogy is missing the most politically critical part -

the 1943 Cairo Declaration explicitly stated that Taiwan belongs to China and it should be "restored" to China. it is a part of the post-WWII world order.

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