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Evergrande: China property giant and its founder accused of $78bn fraud (www.bbc.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (12 children)

If you keep getting your understanding of China from Five Eyes propaganda and corporate media, you’ll keep being wrong.

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Corporate media paint China in the worst possible light they can get away with, because this is a cold war in which propaganda is a major component, just like last time. They absolutely do not want you to notice anything that makes capitalism look worse by comparison. Plus they get flak and lose access to sources if they don’t.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (9 children)

China paints China in the worst possible light, actually. Hell, even their mass produced fake electronics paint a grim picture at the micro level of how that country operates.

That's also hysterical that you are bitching about western propaganda, when China is the undisputed king of bulk fake news.

You sound like one of these shills, actually. You didn't post anything useful, but rather, just regurgitated some random poor-China schtick.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (7 children)

Hell, even their mass produced fake electronics paint a grim picture at the micro level of how that country operates.

Where do most iPhones and other smartphones and laptops come from? What country has more high speed rail trackage than every other country combined? Yes, they will also output cheap crap if companies are willing to sell them.

That’s also hysterical that you are removed about western propaganda, when China is the undisputed king of bulk fake news.

Where to start…

A KGB spy and a CIA agent meet up in a bar for a friendly drink.

"I have to admit, I'm always so impressed by Soviet propaganda. You really know how to get people worked up," the CIA agent says.

"Thank you," the KGB says. "We do our best but truly, it's nothing compared to American propaganda. Your people believe everything your state media tells them."

The CIA agent drops his drink in shock and disgust. "Thank you friend, but you must be confused... There's no propaganda in America."

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Below is a copypasta of my own comment last week, in response to someone’s weapons-grade gish gallop: “I’m pretty sure the Tiananmen square massacre was a bigger crime. Not to mention their genocide of the Uighur people, their oppression of Hong Kong, their attempts to steal Taiwan’s sovereignty.”

Tiananmen square massacre

their genocide of the Uighur people

This bullshit never ends, does it?

their oppression of Hong Kong

Hong Kong was the product of the UK’s century of Chinese oppression, and their 99 year lease on oppressing Hong Kong ended in 1997.

steal Taiwan’s sovereignty

Taiwan is only considered sovereign by eleven countries, most of which are micronations like the Holy See, the Marshall Islands, and Tuvalu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_status_of_Taiwan

was a bigger crime

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

This is a gish-gallop of garbage and mods can remove my posts all they want. I'm not registered on lemmy.ml and your rules mean nothing to me.

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