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   소주한잔 (scaramanga@union.place)'s status on Sunday, 19-May-2024 12:19:47 JST 소주한잔

   And for journalists, the rules of the game include an additional rule.

   "If you state the rules out loud, you lose the game."

   #media #china #InternationalLaw

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     소주한잔 (scaramanga@union.place)'s status on Sunday, 19-May-2024 12:20:19 JST 소주한잔

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     I think the above proposal makes it clear what "rules based" really means.

     The rules bind you, but don't protect you. The same rules protect us, but don't bind us.

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     소주한잔 (scaramanga@union.place)'s status on Sunday, 19-May-2024 12:20:20 JST 소주한잔

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     An easy rules-based solution for #Taiwan would be a treaty between #US and #China

     US nominates any existing model it would like to see for taiwan. Consider these 3 models

     1. Cuba model
     2. Hawaii model
     3. Puerto Rico model

     China agrees to implement any of the chosen models for taiwan in a stepwise manner with the US.

     If the US wants to change the model before starting, it can eg. if it wants to grant independence first

     More than fair, US can chose all parameters and get unlimited head start

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     소주한잔 (scaramanga@union.place)'s status on Sunday, 19-May-2024 12:21:33 JST 소주한잔

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     In return for this, states _must_ give up some of their sovereignty and implement a system of universal human rights within their borders to ensure justice for populations in conquered and occupied territories like northern ireland, hawaii, israel, others..

     That, to my mind, is the fundamental bargain of international law and a rules based order.

     If there is no bargain, you just get whatever you want, and everyone else can fuck themselves. That's not likely to be a fair, rules based, order.

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     소주한잔 (scaramanga@union.place)'s status on Sunday, 19-May-2024 12:21:34 JST 소주한잔

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     And, mandatory coda for the hard of understanding, or to prove I'm not a chinese bot or whatever mad conspiracy theory you want.

     Yeah, the conquest is irrelevant now, #Taiwan should be an independent state, same as the USA, or Israel. Former conquest _must_ be rendered irrelevant otherwise we can never rid the world of the scourge of war.

     Even if it means accepting territorial losses we don't like (or #china doesn't like). We (they) need to just suck it up.