Eight vs nine dashes: Why the Philippines OK’d Barbie screening
This is why china doesn’t respect us. We need to vote with our wallets.
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I don't think China will respect us even if we ban that movie.
We don't expect respect from abusive governments.
You have a point there but the lack of action will embolden them. If there are no consequences to their claims, no matter how small, they’d keep believing that we’re okay with them.
They don't need anything from us to embolden or discourage them. They have something we don't. It's something we're trying to have by alliances.
This. Action is so important especially on a situation like this. It’s like giving an inch, them taking a mile.
That's a fair compromise in case plausible deniability lang yun binawasan ng isang dash line. Eliminate even a small margin of victory for China, whether existing or imagined.