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Trump, After Call With China’s Xi, Told Tokyo to Lower the Volume on Taiwan (www.wsj.com)
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[–] amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I did have that thought, tbh, but wasn't sure if that was being presumptuous about their culture. I'm not real familiar with face-saving culture in the specifics.

[–] p0ntyp00l@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 4 weeks ago

i don't think wanting to do damage control is specific to culture...that just sounds like a human thing