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[–] [email protected] -3 points 10 months ago

Is everything you disagree with propaganda? If the West is so manipulated, then prove it. And I'll show you how China is literally locking people away instead for the same thing. I hope you realize that accusing anyone else of what your favorite country is doing by committing human rights violations itself on a massive scale is not a good argument, especially when the sources you criticize have a generally good standing:

Ah RSF, one of the many anti-China “non-profit” organizations that receives significant funding from the NED,

Bias Rating: LEAST BIASED Factual Reporting: HIGH Country: USA Press Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE Media Type: Organization/Foundation Traffic/Popularity: Medium Traffic MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/council-on-foreign-relations/

If you think they're not, then prove it. I want to see those pristine sources of yours.

The West has been many things about climate change for years as shown in the link in my message above. That's what the Paris Agreement was for--the one the China co-created and then withdrew from after ignoring it altogether. All for show.

What's more, China is one of the most industrialized nations in the world. They're literally stealing technology because they can use it. That means they also have the power to invest in renewable energy, but they chose not to, embarking in developmental projects only to abandon and demolish them later when a fraction of that could've been well spent.

Besides, their plan offers little to no change to what they've already been doing without ambition or commitment. This is, again, all talk on their behalf because they're looking bad right now. You're literally praising them for not having done anything impactful yet and being 5 years behind schedule.

50+ mostly muslim UN states have approved of how China handled this after sending delegates and diplomats to Xinjiang:

Your link is broken. Not even archive.org works with it. I want to see where that quote is from.

Also, most of the countries that support China in your image are those that commit human rights atrocities daily and have conflict of interests with China: Venezuela, Myanmar, central Africa, and Russia.

Also, their supposed “debt-trapping” of nations is just a flat-out lie lmao

There are many arguments to be made for and against. Just because you found one in your favor doesn't prove anything. And pointing out corporations in the West is not the same as a literal government engaging in the same shady behavior.

Intellectual property shouldn’t exist in the first place

That's nice, dear, but it's not for you to decide. I love how you just change the subject back to whatever the US has done like it's the only Western country in the world.

Taiwan came to exist by completely genociding all its natives just 40 years ago

Again, what does that have to do with anything? That doesn't invalidate what Taiwan is today.

All this pointless diversion is yypical CPP apologist behavior.