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[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 63 points 4 months ago (1 children)

wtf is with the CPTPP... are they really aggregating 11 countries engaged in a trade agreement in a single entry?

[–] AndJusticeForAll@hexbear.net 28 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

"You know our blockahd is perfectry reegar."

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 60 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Ranking trade agreements according to how many medals the member countries win is some serious bazinga shit

[–] buh@hexbear.net 45 points 4 months ago (2 children)

how long until we see medals per capita

[–] cmhickman358@hexbear.net 28 points 4 months ago

Or they start doing something like "multiply your medal count by your Freedom Index^TM^ and that's your true result"

[–] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 17 points 4 months ago

Medals per unit of GDP, adjusted to current Bitcoin price

[–] RNAi@hexbear.net 40 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] Rom@hexbear.net 46 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership - a trade agreement between Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam

[–] RNAi@hexbear.net 18 points 4 months ago

Lmao what the fuck is that

[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 32 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Holy shit, Hong Kong has its own national Olympic team? What in the actual fuck?!

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 36 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I think it’s a holdover from the British colonial days. Puerto Rico has one too.

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 14 points 4 months ago

I keep forgetting that a lot of people on the internet were too young to remember/not born around the time of the handover in 1997.

My anime poisoned brain always remembers Neo-Hong Kong being the host country for the Gundam Fight tournament lol.

[–] Greenleaf@hexbear.net 28 points 4 months ago

I think part of it is, in table tennis China is so dominant that it allows more Chinese competitors. I don’t think HK competes in anything else. It’s like if they allowed Texas to compete as its own country in flag football (yes, that will be an Olympic event in 2028).

[–] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 21 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

CPTPP and EU is ridiculous. There are a bunch of non-countries, pseudo-countries, and countries under "free association" participating though so IDK why you're circling Hong Kong when you could also be questioning all of these:

  1. American Samoa
  2. Aruba
  3. Bermuda
  4. British Virgin Islands
  5. Cayman Islands
  6. Chinese Taipei
  7. Cook Islands
  8. Federated States of Micronesia
  9. Guam
  10. Hong Kong, China
  11. Individual Neutral Athletes (AKA a handful of Russians and Belarusians)
  12. Marshall Islands
  13. Palau
  14. Refugee Olympic Team

and maybe more that I missed.

[–] RuthBaderGonesburg@hexbear.net 18 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I don’t think this is right, US is currently in the lead with total medals. China leads with gold. Here’s official rankings

[–] CarbonScored@hexbear.net 17 points 4 months ago

Presumably correct at time of publication. All the medal counts have changed since.

[–] JayTreeman@hexbear.net 13 points 4 months ago

The US is in the lead at not being first, while china has the most wins

[–] egg1918@hexbear.net 18 points 4 months ago