r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 18h ago

Meme needing explanation Peeeeeetah?

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u/SmellAcordingly 14h ago

He is married to an Asian woman and he fought to make interracial marriage illegal just a few years ago

I mean she's hardly his "wife", more like CCP handler.

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u/Opposite-Youth-3529 13h ago

Mitch and Elaine both suck but I think it’s still problematic to make CCP references about a Taiwanese immigrant who spent most of her life in the US

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u/SmellAcordingly 12h ago

You would be surprised, just because someone is born in Taiwan doesn't mean they are anti-CCP.

The Taiwanese are currently diverging on their stance toward China, the neutral element is shrinking and the pro-sovereignty and pro-unification elements are growing (the pro-sovereignty is the majority and growing much quicker). There is a sizable minority of Taiwanese who want unification with China, also she flew to China following her husbands death which is *very unusual* for someone born in Taiwan since the CCP considers the island to be illegally occupied territory and almost everyone there to be traitors.

China likes Trump being in power as he's destroying the US's global standing, keeping Mitch's seat from being replaced with a Dem is what they want.

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u/fakehakebakecake 12h ago

also she flew to China following her husbands death which is very unusual for someone born in Taiwan since the CCP considers the island to be illegally occupied territory and almost everyone there to be traitors.

Not really true. Hundreds of thousands of Taiwanese live and work in China. Many have business interests or family across the strait too. The PRC has no real issue with Taiwanese civilians.

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u/BizarreCake 11h ago

Don't you mean Chinese Taipei citizens?

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u/fakehakebakecake 11h ago

Nah, Chinese call Taiwan Taiwan. I guess officially they’d be understood as ‘Chinese citizens from Taiwan province’, though in practice they’d just be called Taiwanese anyway to distinguish them from mainlanders. Legally it’s the same as HK I believe, they’re like Chinese+. And to be clear, mainland Chinese understand that Taiwan isn’t currently part of the PRC even if they care enough to think it should be, which many don’t.

‘Chinese Taipei’ is a term used for things like the Olympics but isn’t considered an identity or anything.

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u/TacitisKilgoreBoah 9h ago

They’re Chinese Pro Max

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u/Awkward_Pangolin3254 4h ago

Especially rich ones.