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Re:An update on YC China by big_chungus on Thursday November 21, 2019 @06:20PM (#21600840)
It's the technical name for China. Personally I don't use it; China is not a "people's republic".
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Re:An update on YC China by scarmig on Thursday November 21, 2019 @07:54PM (#21601451)
Technically, there are two governments that claim to be China: the People's Republic of China, and the Republic of China. Both claim to rule Taiwan and mainland China. "China", then, is underspecified, because no one means to claim that the ROC is running concentration camps.
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Re:An update on YC China by dmix on Thursday November 21, 2019 @07:20PM (#21601243)
It look's like every other people's republic. I don't see why China is different.
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Re:An update on YC China by big_chungus on Thursday November 21, 2019 @08:32PM (#21601669)
Exactly. I think the term, "people's republic" is connotative of the worst kind of brutal socialist/communist autocracy.
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Re:An update on YC China by celticninja on Friday November 22, 2019 @03:19AM (#21603811)
Yeah, if you have to name yourself 'peoples republic' or 'democratic republic', you can be sure that the so named entityfits neither description.
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