• TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 days ago

    Out of all the countries out there… China?!? is setting the example? (although still a bit late). The western world is going to shit. China is a rising Phoenix. What a fucking dystopia we live in. Because China is still a totalitarian regime.

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      4 days ago

      They’re obviously doing this for PR. As soon as Trump declared Liberation Day, I knew China would use the opportunity to present themselves as the better trading partner. I have seen a recent survey of Europeans saying they trust China more than the US.

      But yeah, as recently revealed, the CIA has uncovered a plot by China to sit back, relax and watch the USA destroy itself.

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        3 days ago

        Pretty much, China realised you can catch more flies with honey rather than vinegar, and it worked. Everyone’s lining up to go to Beijing to kiss the ring, especially Europeans.

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    4 days ago

    Wow, I do have to admit that China is on a roll these days.

    Then again, it ain’t hard acting like a nice guy with trump around.

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        4 days ago

        That’s kinda of what I meant; fuck China, Winnie Pooh is evil, but they’re working hrlard in their image now, and trump is making that easy

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      They are absolutely going to pull ahead on the world stage, whatever that really means.

      But if you have lived in America all your life and been told how we’re the gleaming city on the mountain, the land of milk-and-honey and all that pabulum we’ve been fed for decades and decades, and then walk around in one of China’s newer cities you will have a radical culture shock. Then have a medical problem and walk into one of their hospitals.

      Fuck, just walk into a public restroom or use their mass transit and you will wonder where the fuck your tax money is going.

      Their space program alone gets zero coverage in the US and has done amazing things that will guarantee them the solar system in just a few decades.

      Not saying they’re some kind of perfect nation, their human rights issues, their abuse of their workers, their racism and xenophobia are still huge and glaring, but it’s going to be a lot worse in the US before long.

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    5 days ago

    since the outbreak of the war in Israel, Beijing has classified Israel as a “high-risk area” and imposed a ban on any new Chinese investments in the country,

    This is not a moral standing by China, it’s 100% pragmatic deeming Israel a high risk area.
    There is no reason to call China “based” or any other such crazy comments we see here.

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        4 days ago

        A lot of countries have stopped at least some of their dealings with Israel, especially weapons export and import.
        Mind you we don’t have an official source that this is true for China, only 1 company that wants to get out of a deal in Israel.

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          As far as I can tell it’s not “especially” weapons export, it’s exclusively weapons export. European arms embargoes are good, but China seems to have gone farther here and stands alone in willing to do a larger general ban. According to the article it’s not just one company, China has declared that Israel is a “red zone” for investors and have prohibited any investment. Though, sure, this might actually just be something being made up for the lawsuit.

          The pragmatic choice would be to continue investing in Israel, which is why everyone else still does it.

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    They’re just reading the room. They’re not doing it because they think israel is bad, they’re doing it because it’s economically disastrous to do so. Within the next few years the US will be in the same position if it keeps going the way it is. We’ll be too “high risk.”

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        The PRC, a one party state which puts ethnic minorities in internment camps, is better than the democratic USA, which AFAIK hasn’t put ethnic minorities in internment camps since WW2?

        Of course the USA is a very flawed country, especially their current government, but it seems to me that the PRC is a pretty repressive regime with less political freedom than the USA.

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          which AFAIK hasn’t put ethnic minorities in internment camps since WW2?

          Oh, I have some news for you…

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            19 hours ago

            Maybe you mean high levels of ethnic minorities in US prisons, but I don’t think that’s the same as specifically persecuting Uyghurs in “education” centres where they are apparently raped and tortured.

            Like I said, yes the US is flawed, especially their current government, but I still think the US government is not as oppressive as the PRC government. Another example of this is the recent sentencing of Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison, seemingly only because he supported the democracy movement in the PRC.

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          Nazi goons are literally roaming American streets, arbitrarily executing people and shipping off brown people and other “undesirables” to mystery prisons in other countries.

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            19 hours ago

            Perhaps it’s possible that both the current governments of the US and PRC are doing immoral things. I think the US has a bit more political freedom though.

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      What are you complaining about? At least someone is doing something about genocide. Whenever anyone, including the chinese stand up for a civilized world they should be praised and supported. I welcome their kicking zionist war criminals in the face and hope for much more kicking. Somebody has to lead here and it sure as hell isnt the so called western world order. They are all busy hiding their pedophilia crimes committed in Israeli honeypot operations.

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      4 days ago

      why can they just sue someone for refusing to buy something

      From the article:

      As part of the agreements, the Chinese fund granted the remaining minority shareholders an option to require it to purchase their remaining shares for about $9.5 million, now valued at roughly $11 million, by early December 2025.

      especially when buying it would be illegal

      Legality in country A is completely irrelevant for suing someone in country B.

      Also, in many countries having a realistic chance of winning the case is not a prerequisite to suing anyone for anything.