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Taiwan is not for sale, and neither is it part of China, said Taiwan's Foreign Affairs Ministry, in a rebuke to Elon Musk.

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[–] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

It's a holdover from when physical headline space was still limited. There's a whole chart showing the headline words and more natural equivalents.