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The defense ministry said it would only pursue 'nongovernmental' ties with Taipei.

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[–] Fisk400@feddit.nu 47 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

You know it's Japan because they are using cute mascots for their very serious security discussions.

[–] chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The caption from the article:

An official explains the National Defense Report at the Ministry of National Defense in Taipei on Tuesday. | COURTESY OF THE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENCE OF TAIWAN / VIA KYODO

[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

? The caption on the post is literally what was auto-pulled when I put in the URL. So I’m confused here.

[–] chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Person I replied to believes the cute mascot image is from Japan, the caption of the image from the article suggests otherwise.

[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ahh, ok! Kbin has been doing some wonky things the last day or so with threading, so it looked to me like this was a standalone comment when I first saw it, which was why I was so confused. Sorry!

[–] chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net 1 points 2 years ago

All good! Still lots of links to hash out on Lemmy side as well!

[–] mojo@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

they'll announce ww3 with a hololive anime vtuber