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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

There used to be a joke in Russia called "China's final warning" because of the hundreds of times China used to threaten a "final warning" to whoever it perceived (correctly or otherwise) as encroaching on its politics or territories, and then promptly did absolutely nothing.

The joke is in danger of defecting and getting a new name.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It always had a new name over here. It was both Russia's and China's last warning depending on which one you said.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Where's "here"? I'm in the UK and only discovered that there had been a specific saying, in (Soviet) Russia, about (contemporaneous) China, very recently. Maybe it was a joke I wasn't privy to or heard but was too young to appreciate at the time.

(As to how I discovered it recently: I had been looking for a name or "law" for the concept of constantly making vague or empty threats - it's kind of like crying wolf, but not - and somehow ended up the Wikipedia article on "China's final warning".)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Everyone does it. How many “final warnings” has the US given to Israel?