International Can China be doubted at this point?

[HeffDoesWant]

Its embarassing but still incredibly far from current China. In China a lot of people cannot live their province.

Agreee, Its not "China like" but its the most like China from the options given.

 

[AngryWeasel]

there's like 2-3 posters around here that have actually been to china, to form a real opinion.
the rest are just regurgitating twitter talking point usually.

Yeah but there are the sherdoggers that have fucked chinese girls.

Usually upper class, american culture oriented (mine was fan of Sex and the city, got all the dvd's ...). She didn't speak much of the old country, appart that it wasn't good and here better.

Still Ccp isn't wrong to warn chinese students about the west, we do taint them. I drank all her fine wines and let no hole untouched.

She wanted her Kevin Costner.

It cost'n her ass

 

[UberHere]

It's not only that they have some of the cheapest labor, it's that they are encouraged to try new ideas and build potentially great things. America is lacking I innovation and we no longer accomplish marvelous things.
China built a dam so big it effects the Earth's rotation

We just educate the people with the innovation then they go back to China and use it there. Those are the immigrants we should be fighting to keep here.

 

[Zazen]

This is pretty terrifying. This will eventually get into the hands of the Chinese. It's fucking insane how much the Trump administration is helping out China. Selling tech to the UAE is going to backfire so hard. The meme of "do nothing and win" has never been more true for China. I recall right-wingers giving Biden the nickname Beijing Biden but nobody has ever helped China this much that I can remember. The corruption from this government is making us so much weaker.

https://www.murphy.senate.gov/newsr...-white-house-is-a-non-stop-corruption-machine

 

[HeffDoesWant]

British human rights activist and reporter Sarah Wilkinson was arrested by UK police on Thursday morning, and subsequently released, allegedly for content she published online in support of Palestine and against the Israeli genocide in Gaza.

Reporter Sarah Wilkinson arrested by UK government for opposition to Gaza genocide

The home of Sarah Wilkinson, British artist, journalist and lifelong supporter of Palestinian rights, was raided on Thursday morning by UK counter-terrorism police and she was detained for hours before being released on bail.

www.wsws.org

https://www.congress.gov/119/meeting/house/118565/documents/HHRG-119-JU00-20250903-SD039-U39.pdf

UK Man Arrested For ‘Malicious Communications’ - Myrtle Beach Lawyers | Personal Injury | Business Law | Estate Planning

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/derek-reimer-protest-acquittal-appeal-overturned-library-drag-reading-1.7581018

Canadian pastor Artur Pawlowski was sentenced to 60 days in jail yesterday for delivering a sermon to truckers taking part in the Freedom Convoy blockade in Coutts, Alberta, along the U.S.-Canadian border, but he was allowed to go free due to the fact that he had already spent 78 days in jail after his initial arrest.

Canadian pastor convicted of “mischief” for giving a 17-minute sermon to Freedom Convoy protestors is set free for time served | Standing for Freedom Center

“For the past 18 months, they’ve done everything in their power to force me to say that I am guilty, that I’m sorry. They were forcing me to apologize, but I have nothing to apologize for. They have everything to apologize for.” –PASTOR ARTUR PAWLOWSKI Canadian pastor Artur Pawlowski was...

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WATCH: Calgary pastor arrested after refusing to apologize to librarian

A Calgary pastor was again arrested for refusing to apologize to a librarian under court order.

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I don't view any of those as badly as an outright attempt to muzzle the press.

I have however reconsidered my opinion, and hold it ever so slightly stronger than before.

 

[HeffDoesWant]

The Sarah Wilkinson post is a good one to point out, in fairness, as it shows how proscribing 'terror organisations' can quickly spiral into madness.

On the one hand, ISIS (let's say) are without question a terror organisation and I'd support the monitoring of anyone who seemed to show support, active or passive, for their cause.

On the other hand, while Hamas are also a terror organisation, it's quite telling that they would arrest random people for comments and statements instead of monitoring them. It shows that the state doesn't believe these people are the same level of threat as, say, the guy who accesses bomb-making material associated with ISIS or the Taliban or whatever.

If they're not arresting people who in someway support ISIS or the Taliban immediately, why not? And why is it that terrorists are "known to the authorities" after they committed a crime? If they're known, does that mean they've been arrested, questioned, and had their devices searched already? Because a lot of the time, it doesn't feel like it.

This is concerning double standard scare tactics, and I 100 % agree that it's wrong to treat people differently. The intent seems clear to me: they will scare people they don't think are a real threat, but secretly surveil others. That's bollocks.

My guess is if they think you are the top of your chain they'll grab you, if you are a lower link in a long chain they'll watch you in the hope of getting someone higher up.