• Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    A. Xi said they would prefer to do it peacefully.

    B. Autocratic regimes routinely define “peacefully” as a coup or overnight invasion.

    C. Xi specifically set an atmosphere of strategic uncertainty by saying a time “hadn’t been decided”.

    That tells me they’ve given up on winning elections in Taiwan. If they’re scheduling it then it’s not on Taiwan’s election schedule. Ergo, definitely not peacefully in democratic terms.

    Well it will be interesting at least.