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China has grown more new forest cover than any nation on Earth (media.mas.to)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-30-years-of-deforestation-and-forest-growth-by-country/

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The ROC's territorial claims are a side effect of the PRC's stance on Taiwan. I don't remember the exact details but essentially the PRC has previously declared that it would interpret any change in the ROC's territorial claims as a declaration of war. It's a matter of pragmatism.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Given that the civil war never technically ended, I'm pretty sure a "declaration of war" just reinforces the status quo.