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Re:Taiwan to block Tencent and Baidu streaming sites on secu... by chrischen on Sunday March 31, 2019 @07:16PM (#19539098)
1) Such soft power is exerted by PRC everywhere in the region, and even against the US as exemplified by the trade "war" (it takes two to fight a war). If Taiwan was under the thumb of China then it wouldn't be able to, or need, to ban Chinese social media.

2) Same can be said for average PRC citizens too—they're not really day-to-day concerned about owning Taiwan. They often travel there for vacation too.

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Re:Taiwan to block Tencent and Baidu streaming sites on secu... by markjdb on Sunday March 31, 2019 @08:12PM (#19539353)
1) So why doesn't Taiwan have a seat at the UN?

2) That just indicates that the PRC will continue to exert soft power over Taiwan instead of something more overt.

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