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189·5 months agoI always find it silly how Westerners have no grasp of reunification in a non-military manner.
In the same way say, France and Germany might have a unified economy or Canada and the US might have a unified culture, it’s entirely possible to maintain legislative and/or budgetary independence under a unified front. In fact, that’s already more-or-less true of China’s governments: the proportion of government spending at the federal level is only 15% of all government spending. This includes spending for defence, science & technology, public security, public services, education, and diplomacy.
EJIL:Talk! is one of the leading international law blogs and provides some in-depth analysis of the ICJ’s recent ruling on Ukraine v. Russian Federation.
In Ukraine v. Russia the claim is that Russia falsely asserted that Ukraine committed genocide against Russians or Russian-speakers in Ukraine, and on that basis then proceeded to invade Ukraine.
In its judgment, the Court distinguishes between two different aspects of Ukraine’s case. The first is whether Ukraine can make a ‘reverse compliance’ claim by seeking a declaration that it did not commit genocide in Eastern Ukraine. The second is whether Russia violated the Convention by making the false allegation of genocide against Ukraine, and then by using force against it.
The Court dismissed all of Russia’s more procedural objections, and did so near-unanimously. But on the subject-matter jurisdiction issue Ukraine lost, and as I said it lost badly. By 12 votes to 4 (Judges Donahue, Sebutinde, Robinson and Charlesworth dissenting), the Court UPHELD Russia’s preliminary objection that false allegations of genocide, and uses of force based on them, fall outside the scope of the Genocide Convention.
Now, on the merits, the Court will have to decide solely whether Ukraine is responsible for violating the Genocide Convention. But no issue of Russia’s responsibility will arise, except very implicitly.
Beijing has never cared much about the result of this Taiwanese election because the majority of Taiwanese support improving relations with China (see: votes for KMT, TPP). This entire claim of “tense cross-Strait relations” is a manufactured concern so Biden can knock a win.
The most significant recent tension in cross-Strait relations has been the declaration of the Taiwan Strait as international waters (induced largely by FONOPS declaring it as such) and the ending of some of Taiwan’s special economic statuses for trade with China (induced largely by increased arms trade with foreign powers). Everything else is just posturing to save face on both sides.
Good. Why are MY tax dollars being used to subsidize everyone else’s parking?
“Electoral interference” is illegal, but “shaping and changing the PRC” is just business.
As far as Israeli news outlets go, Haaretz has pretty good coverage. Better than mainstream US media outlets lol
haha war in the middle east again
Wasn’t it 12 like a day or two ago?
The US doesn’t recognize Singapore as sovereign? Membership in the CPC is conditional on being a Chinese citizen.
This is what happens when your culture has been male-dominated for centuries and you never had women with power in high-level positions.
So what you’re saying is that the misinformation was systemic and not a series of freak “accidents”?
But I was told Russia was a group of terrorists who had no justification for their actions except to inflict maximum pain to civilians!
In case people couldn’t tell: Singapore is not China
Solar and wind have created so many jobs in Xinjiang it’s absurd. They’re pretty good jobs, too. The same could happen in the American Mojave if the political will was there, but instead PG&E will continue to rob people blind…
Yes but China bad must be copied smh
This would be valid if Japan didn’t continue to deny their role in atrocities. The Japanese people of today are entirely responsible for the lack of recognition of their role in the atrocities of yesterday.
Coup doing coup things