Syria is under sanction because it did stuff like use chemical weapons on its people

India really cozying up to dictators.

I'm not sure why they bother. Most of the fighting they do is insurgent forces and funding of them.

Fight for the right to party?

Germany has been dragging its feet quite a bit. The U.S. patriot system is being sent if you missed that news.

Good, Russian terror attacks must be hindered

No, putin called it a war like a week back

Yes, this will surely convince Taiwan they shouldn't continue to improve their... defenses? Wait..

Don't confuse idiocy with malicious intent

Maybe I'm cynical but maybe they want old people to die off to lessen their incoming population collapse from 1 child era policies?

Why would there need to be. They came under U.S. control during ww2 and were given back to the Japanese to control autonomously in 1972. There should be no dispute. Again,China automatically considers anything Tawian claims as its own. They become important because of the position they grant to control the economic zones in the waters around them. Japan has had control over them for decades. Them only becoming a dispute later says a lot

It belongs to Japan realistically. China didn't dispute it until they became valuable eez wise.

And China says Taiwan belongs to them.. which makes them the defacto owner of the islands in their view. Also these were given back to Japan to administer post ww2 to Japan from U.S. control. These claims were uncontested until they were viewed as valuable, then China suddenly wanted them.

I think.. this stuff? https://ustr.gov/issue-areas/enforcement/us-views-functioning-wto-dispute-settlement-system I'm not savvy enough to quickly paraphrase all of this.

It seems to me if we can hold up your process so easily it really should be reformed a bit... unironically.

Inb4 we have people saying America does the same to Chinese waters, ignoring the whole international ruling against China and their absurd territory grab attempt.

The king is dead, long live the king

It clearly says the majority in the link

Accepted and correct are different. Plus you can literally go to Britannica for the exact opposite response

Please don't compare the conditions of human rights between the two. It's night and day

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Good way to remind Korea that it shouldn't trust those two if a conflict erupts

I like how it's always about the money, not about morals or lives. People in China are stomped down and denied basic rights but let's keep trading like normal and ensure the CCP never has to improve

Oh that breaks my heart.. they are ugly cute

Exactly, as much as we want what's right and decent as soon as possible we will always be forced to walk at the pace allowed. Normalizing this makes gay marriage easier. I get lots of flak from my friends who want the all or nothing approach and I'm like.. better is still better?