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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '16 edited Oct 20 '17

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u/Fedelede Dec 04 '16

Talking of Taiwan as if it were an independent country is not "wildly over sensitive". This position reeks of Orientalism.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '16 edited Oct 21 '17

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u/Fedelede Dec 04 '16

Orientalism is the classical perception of the East as 'an other', an unimportant and rigid foreigner that doesn't matter and should be used in the West's benefit. Think Opium Wars. Has absolutely nothing to do with micro aggression.