At least someof us here know China from own experience, have worked for Chinese companies, lived in the country.
Oh hey, are you describing me? I’ll admit I’ve mostly lived in tier 1/1.5 cities, so my experience isn’t exactly standard. I’ll also gladly admit that top Chinese companies have worse culture than top American ones in web development. Where are you from?
You do understand that you can help someone without wanting to befriend them… Right?
How is any of this comparable to Nazi Germany? Violation of reproductive rights is literally CPC policy and was used on the Han majority for decades. Forced sterilization, forced abortion, all were used for enforcement of population control policy. You’re not criticizing the CPC’s treatment of Uyghurs, you’re criticizing the CPC’s policies in general. Conflating that with Nazi genocide is rather disingenuous, especially given that people haven’t been killed en masse (far from it).
Second, Chinese extremism is pretty well-defiined: actions supportive of those involved in the 1992 bus bombings, 1997 bus bombings, the attempted airplane hijacking in 2008, the truck attack in 2008, the taxi attack in 2008, the stabbing attack in 2008, the bombing in 2010, the police station storming in 2011, the truck hijacking in 2011… Do I need to go on? Pretending that terrorism wasn’t a problem in Xinjiang in the past decade or two is simply wrong, and pretending that China’s policies haven’t basically eradicated domestic terrorism would also be wrong.
So… Never?
Wonderful how people who don’t know shit about a country seem to be the most confident talking about it.
Budget airlines should start charging for backpacks.
It’s the Americanization of Europe happening before your eyes
Expansionism to… a bunch of uninhabited holes in the ground? Oh no, the horror.
Nevermind that I’m fairly sure that under the recognized methods of acquiring sovereignty, China owns the Paracels through either effective occupation or conquest during the Vietnam War.
So… You have no useful sources? Good argument, bravo.
This is the problem with all the bullshit surrounding China. It’s all “we KNOW it MUST be happening because I was told it a bunch of times.”
Sounds like someone without knowledge of the actual happenings in China tbh
When was the last time you stepped on Chinese soil?
Oh great, citing a Wikipedia article whose sources predominantly cite a single person. You can do better.
Hell yeah more invasions to fund the military industrial complex
So… Has the CCP just been bettering living conditions by accident?
Do you even understand how the CCP structure works? Xi Jinping has some power, but it’s mostly checked by the fact that he’s not some omniscient being presiding over the People’s Congress.
By definition, you’ve described a self-selecting sample.
Nobody is questioning whether China is policing Xinjiang very heavily, but calling it a genocide implies that China is somehow targeting all Uyghurs and not just radical elements. Most people are fine and Uyghurs are still represented in government and at top educational institutions. Comparing it to Nazi Germany is both reductionist and downright inaccurate.
Why, exactly, do you think China would reach for Taiwan? More lives would be lost taking Taiwan than there are on the island and the invasion of Taiwan is incredibly unpopular domestically (especially given that it’s been “national policy” for decades without a single gram of action).
Isn’t the ruble pegged to the gold standard now?
Is everyone who disagrees with you an LLM?
It’s the case in pretty much every country, but it’s particularly bad in countries that have a lot of power and minimal oversight (Russia, the US, China, India, even the UK).
Except you really are LMAO
Where are you from? Genuinely curious which part of China you’re from.