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Re:Chinese activist Ai Weiwei says Credit Suisse closing fou... by alpaca128 on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @08:22AM (#28456010)
Oh, I wasn't aware of that. Though it often doesn't seem that clear-cut when e.g. the WHO ignores question even mentioning Taiwan or companies apologize for stupidly minor details - things like that don't make the chinese government look very confident in their status.
Re:Chinese activist Ai Weiwei says Credit Suisse closing fou... by sofixa on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @08:55AM (#28456299)
The WHO doesn't have much choice because, again, Taiwan officially doesn't exist, and it would be scandalous for a UN agency such as the WHO to recognise them by mentioning them.
Re:Chinese activist Ai Weiwei says Credit Suisse closing fou... by alpaca128 on Thursday September 09, 2021 @02:09AM (#28466828)
> it would be scandalous

I can't think of a democratic, free country where the government started flipping tables because one TV station on the other end of the world showed the wrong version of a map. At worst the citizen of that country would make jokes and memes about it for a week.

The WHO didn't have to mention Taiwan...they pretended they didn't even hear a question mentioning Taiwan. That's self-censorship beyond reason.

Re:Chinese activist Ai Weiwei says Credit Suisse closing fou... by sofixa on Thursday September 09, 2021 @03:11AM (#28467128)
> I can't think of a democratic, free country where the government started flipping tables because one TV station on the other end of the world showed the wrong version of a map

You think Ukraine would enjoy a map showing Crimea as a part of Russia? Poland with Danzig/Gdansk as German? France with Alsace-Lorraine as German? India with Kashmir Pakistani? Argentina with the Falklands as British and vice versa? Etc. Many countries' citizens and governments would be rightfully agitated by maps hitting open or old wounds, and depending on the country and desperation of the government it could escalate to table flipping as well.

> The WHO didn't have to mention Taiwan...they pretended they didn't even hear a question mentioning Taiwan. That's self-censorship beyond reason

If they did respond to the question, they would be talking about information provided by Taiwan's government, implicitly recognising it as an independent authority.