#taiwan government

[kneedeepincynade]

To the last Ukrainian today, to the last Taiwanese tomorrow,to the last European soon after,they see their lackey as nothing but fodder to put between the us and its enemies

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⚠️ GLI STATI UNITI E I LORO LECCAPIEDI CONSIDERANO LE PERSONE DELL'ISOLA DI TAIWAN COME "CARNE DA MACELLO" ⚠️

🇨🇳 Un'altra brillante vignetta della Compagna Liu Rui, Fumettista del "环球时报", tabloid di proprietà del Partito Comunista Cinese, intitolata "Un amico fatale", che mostra lo Zio Sam spingere barili esplosivi e dinamite sull'Isola di Taiwan, esclamando «Un regalo per il nostro "amico"» 💣

🇺🇸 Gli USA, servendosi della piattaforma separatista, vendipatria e ricolma di molestatori sessuali che è il DPP, stanno preparando il terreno per un gigantesco conflitto con la Cina 😡

🐲 Questo è sotto gli occhi di tutti, soprattutto delle persone a Taiwan. Come ha dichiarato Yok Mu-ming - Presidente del 新黨, il "Nuovo Partito Cinese" di Taiwan, dal 2003 al 2020, le persone dell'Isola saranno le principali vittime di un conflitto, qualora gli USA dovessero trasformare la regione in un campo di battaglia per una "guerra per procura" contro la Repubblica Popolare Cinese 😡

🤧 Il fatto che una Guerra per la Riunificazione Cinese possa trasformarsi in una guerra mondiale non dipende dalla Cina, ma dalle azioni degli USA e dei loro lacchè europei e giapponesi 👍

🇨🇳 Gli USA e i loro vassalli non dovrebbero mai pensare di poter esercitare una violenta coercizione sulla Questione di Taiwan. Questo è un avvertimento anche per l'Italia 🇮🇹

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⚠️ THE UNITED STATES AND THEIR LUCKS CONSIDER THE PEOPLE OF TAIWAN IS "BELLFOOD" ⚠️

🇨🇳 Another brilliant cartoon by Comrade Liu Rui, Cartoonist of the "环球时报" tabloid owned by the Communist Party of China, titled "Fatal Friend", showing Uncle Sam pushing explosive barrels and dynamite on Taiwan Island, exclaiming «A gift for our "friend"» 💣

🇺🇸 The USA, using the separatist, traitorous, and full of sex offenders platform that is the DPP, is preparing the ground for a gigantic conflict with China 😡

🐲 This is there for all to see, especially the people in Taiwan. As Yok Mu-ming - Chairman of 新黨, the "New China Party" of Taiwan, stated from 2003 to 2020, the people of the island will be the main victims of a conflict, if the US turns the region into a camp battle for a "proxy war" against the People's Republic of China 😡

🤧 Whether a War for Chinese Reunification can turn into a world war does not depend on China, but on the actions of the USA and its European and Japanese lackeys 👍

🇨🇳 The USA and its vassals should never think that they can exercise violent coercion on the Taiwan question. This is also a warning for Italy 🇮🇹

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[clothinglennyco]

Biden says his Taiwan comments don't reflect a change in U.S. policy after drawing ire from China

Biden says his Taiwan comments don’t reflect a change in U.S. policy after drawing ire from China

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a joint news conference with Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida after their bilateral meeting at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo, Japan, May 23, 2022.  Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Joe Biden insisted Tuesday that the U.S. hasn’t changed its strategic policy on Taiwan, a day after he angered Beijing when he said his administration would be willing to use…

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#Breaking News: Politics #business news #China #China government #Defense #Joe Biden #Politics #Taiwan #Taiwan government

[respectthepetty]

It's the communication

It's the honesty

It's the understanding

These are the reasons I love My Tooth Your Love.

#Nobody does it like Taiwan #Alex calling RJ by his government name #my tooth your love #bai lang x jin xun'an #alex x rj #episode 9 #the notes and texts were the cherry on top #my favorite episode #They met each other before! #And Little A and his hockey player have moments next week

[nando161mando]

Taiwan quake M 7.4 per USGS.

#taiwan #earthquake #2024 #extreme weather #earth #ausgov #politas #auspol #tasgov #taspol #australia #fuck neoliberals #neoliberal capitalism #anthony albanese #albanese government

[zhuhongs]

just found out the lead singer of taiwans biggest death metal band is also an active parliament member since like 2015.... and is still active as a death metal singer. he's a pretty standard taiwanese center left anti communist from what i could gather. which like as a leftist i dont really agree with but i also dont know enough abt taiwanese politics to like make a full judgement. though he seems to be a standard liberal nothing remarkable, radical, or new, not overtly horrible but just bland. but that was something i definitely did Not expect. apparently he's very pro indigenous rights and self determination for indigenous people but being in a centre left mega party like the DPP does not seem like the best way to achieve that. But yea, just thought I'd share

#chthinic collabed heavily with collage last year and ik natsuki (lead singer of collage) is very pro indigenous rights and posts abt it a #lot of instagram and i really appreciate the amount of political stuff on her platform. its all very progressive tho v much limited to tw #so idk. i kind of got the cibe of some groups that see taiwanese indigenous issues as seperate to the larger issue of colonialism and #indigenous rights all over the world to conflicts such as palestine. where some other groups have a lot more of the collective consciousnes #and idk. my view is limited and i didnt see that much but when i go back i def wanna look for more political groups in tw and learn about #the political landscape there for leftism. theres a lot of potential in tw imo #chthonic* natsuko** #edit: overall i think that like.. i get the spirit but i feel like for many taiwanese the identity of tw has been everyone united agaisnt #china which i can understand from the perspective of the indigenous ppl that had their land colonized by the japanese then had to share with #the fleeing kmt settlers. but like i dont think that its the best approach to say only china bad rather than big governments threatening to #take your land by force is bad. because idk my take on china and tw is that regardless of the historical claim or wtv. taiwans indigenous #people have been there long before the han ever stepped foot. and china isnt all good as seen in its treatment of the uyghers and tibetans #but is overall not nearly as bad as the west paints it to be. china is neither fully a communist paradise. and has many capitalist undertone #s influence the government ever since deng xiaoping came to power. personally i never fully agreed with mao. i think mao was a necessary #figure in the beginning and let power go to his head and i believe zhou enlai always shouldve been the founder of the PRC #fuck the kmt.. never liked the kmt and it seems as they are also slowly losing favor in tw also. and like... hmm #i need to do more reading tho. none of this is like 100% set in stone how i feel bc theres a lot i dont know

[selenealwayscries]

I WAS JOKING ABOUT BAD ASS TEMPLE FOR PRIDE MONTH ON DISCORD AND THEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS WHAT THE FUCK

BAD ASS TEMPLE SAID LOVE WINS AS A THREAT AND IT WORKED WHAT THE HELL 😭😭😭😭😭

#hypnosis mic #hypmic #bad ass temple #cuz nagoya . yknow #its not even pride month over here in england yet and we already got incredible news like this 😭 what the hell #we finally have a second east asian country thats considering legalizing same sex marriage !!!! thats massive !!!!!!!!! #taiwan has been shouldering the burden of being the only east asian place you can legally get married to someone of the same sex 😭 #god this is such incredible news . BAT said fix homophobia and they listened <3 #im going nuts over this news its not even funny #japan has been really conservative about queer people for the longest time and the nagoya court just drops this BOMB onto our laps <3 #i really hope they really do go through with it !!! itll be an uphill battle against a conservative government but itll be so worth it !!!! #anyways i just needed to make that joke o7 the power of BAT sunset cards made their entire division reconsider their homophobic ways <3 #moondrop.txt

[treesah]

Not to be an America First MAGA nut, but I think we should be spending hundreds of billions of dollars fixing the childcare crisis, reducing child hunger, and providing Medicare for All instead of spending it on other countries’ militaries. Like sorry your kids are dying, but we have our own children to worry about.

Maybe if you live in a politically unstable region you should devote more of your government spending to your own defense instead of expecting us to be Team America World Police about it

#us politics #israel #ukraine #the entire goddamn EU to be honest #ASEAN #taiwan #japan #vietnam #oh no china’s such a big scary aggressor #yeah okay maybe get your military budget into the double-digit percentage points of your government budget then #unfortunately all the america first people don’t want to spend money bettering the lives of americans #so not sure what the fuck they’re all about #other than being cunts

[holyvirgilscriptures]

WTF is up with all these takes like “[extremely horrible and totalitarian fascist dictator/regime] dislikes the conception of Israel, therefore I believe that all their previous actions are actually defensible.” Do you guys actually care about marginalized folks, or is your activism purely selective and comprised of “facts” and “opinions” that conveniently fit into your narrow-minded world view? Because some of you genuinely seem to believe that “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” is an actual moral political stance to take. Guess what? It’s not. A government opposing something that you also oppose in doesn’t suddenly mean that you get to claim that they’re “misunderstood” or you were “lied to about them” or they're “actually right”. Your performative activism directly comes at the expense of oppressed people.

#I’ve seen people defend Russia and China #and North fucking Korea and idi amin and HITLER of all things #you guys are so fucking weird #also 99% of the time the reason these fascists dislike Israel is not because they support Palestine #but because they hate Jewish people #which I suspect is a reason some of y’all have lol #anyway. it’s always the westerners too #because if you were from Asia (Taiwan/SEA) none of y’all would be fucking defending China of all countries #sorry that coming from a 3rd world country means I actually have to deal with the consequences of these horrific governments #meanwhile all I see are comfortable and privileged westerners arguing that “oh they’re not THAT bad!” #also let’s just get this out of the way now #I know the reason some of you are hell-bent on defending these regimes/fascists is because they’re fundamentally anti-US #which let me be clear being anti-US is not the issue here #it is the fact that perf. activists hate the US government so much they are willing to defend equally (if not more so) horrible governments #i/p conflict

[kneedeepincynade]

Accuse your enemy of what you are guilty, a nazi propaganda tactics that the Americans live by

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⚠️ NEL MENTRE GLI IMPERIALISTI STATUNITENSI ACCUSANO LA CINA DI "SPIONAGGIO" SENZA ALCUNA PROVA, UN ALTRO RC-135V VIENE INVIATO NELLO STRETTO DI TAIWN ⚠️

🇺🇸 Nel mentre gli imperialisti statunitensi continuano a diffamare la Cina e Cuba con notizie fasulle sul tema dello "spionaggio", un altro RC-135V ha effettuato un volo nello Stretto di Taiwan, probabilmente - come riferisce China Army - per osservare il movimento del Gruppo d'Attacco della Portaerei Shandong, che ha effettuato un'esercitazione militare nella Baia di Bohai 🌟

🔍 Provocazioni degli USA contro la Cina nel 2023:

一 24/02: il Comando Orientale dell'EPL intercetta un P-8A nel Mar Cinese Meridionale, e invia un Caccia di Superiorità Aerea J-11, armato con Missili Aria-Aria, per scortare l'Aereo USA al di fuori della Zona Cinese 🔥

二 23/03: gli USA inviano il Cacciatorpediniere Milius nel Mar Cinese Meridionale, nell'Area delle Isole Paracel, al fine di provocare la Cina😡

三 28/04: gli USA inviano un P-8A nello Stretto di Taiwan, per provocare la Pace nella Zona 😏

四 26/05: Il Comando dell'EPL intercetta un RC-135V nel Mar Cinese Meridionale, pericolosamente vicino alla Città di Shantou, e invia un Caccia Multiruolo J-16 per scortarlo fuori dalla Zona Cinese 🔥

五 07/06: gli USA inviano un RC-135U per spiare la Cina, operando all'incontro tra lo Stretto di Taiwan e il Mar Cinese Meridionale 😡

🐰 Queste sono notizie certe, DOCUMENTATE, non le menzogne senza fonti, tipiche del disgustoso sistema USA «Lancia accuse senza fornire le prove» sul Tema di Cuba. Le tigri di carta americane devono costruire artificialmente ogni sciocchezza anti-Cinese sullo «spionaggio a Cuba» per giustificare ulteriori operazioni aggressive nei confronti della Cina 🤮

🇨🇳 丢掉幻想，准备斗争 ⭐️

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⚠️ AS US IMPERIALISTS ACCUSE CHINA OF "SPYING" WITHOUT ANY EVIDENCE, ANOTHER RC-135V IS SENT INTO THE TAIWN STRAIT ⚠️

🇺🇸 While the US imperialists continue to smear China and Cuba with fake news on the subject of "espionage", another RC-135V flew into the Taiwan Strait, probably - as China Army reports - to observe the movement of the Carrier Strike Group Shandong, which conducted a military exercise in Bohai Bay 🌟

🔍 US provocations against China in 2023:

一 24/02: PLA Eastern Command intercepts a P-8A in the South China Sea, and sends a J-11 Air Superiority Fighter, armed with Air-to-Air Missiles, to escort US aircraft out of the Chinese zone 🔥

二 23/03: US sends Destroyer Milius to South China Sea, Paracel Islands Area, in order to provoke China😡

三 28/04: US sends a P-8A into the Taiwan Strait to cause peace in the area

四 26/05: The PLA Command intercepts an RC-135V in the South China Sea, perilously close to Shantou City, and sends a J-16 Multirole Fighter to escort it out of the Chinese Zone 🔥

五 07/06: US sends RC-135U to spy on China, operating at the junction of the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea 😡

🐰 This is certain, DOCUMENTED news, not the unsourced lies typical of the disgusting US system «Launch accusations without providing evidence» on the Cuba issue. American paper tigers must artificially construct any anti-Chinese nonsense about «espionage in Cuba » to justify further aggressive operations against China 🤮

🇨🇳 丢掉幻想，准备斗争 ⭐️

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[thepastisalreadywritten]

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[plethoraworldatlas]

The Biden administration signaled on December 12 that it is willing to make disastrous—and permanent—changes to asylum and immigration policy to obtain temporary military aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.

Top White House officials reportedly met with some of the key Senate negotiators, Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), as well as Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Unfortunately, media reports indicate the White House is willing to resurrect some Trump-era anti-immigrant policies to cut a deal on Ukraine funding. These include the nationwide expansion of a fast-track deportation process known as “expedited removal,” the expansion of mandatory detention, and the immediate expulsion of migrants at the border under a Title 42-like authority.

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The implementation of Title 42-like authority at the border would be counterproductive at addressing migration and, instead, will result in many individuals being sent back to persecution in their home countries or forced to wait in Mexico indefinitely. Human rights organizations have tracked thousands of incidents of violence against migrants, including murder, rape, and torture, during the Biden administration’s implementation of Title 42.

Reimposing Title 42 would also fail to seriously address border crossings. Analysis from the American Immigration Council shows that these expulsions do not deter migrants from attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. During the Title 42 policy, roughly one in three people apprehended after crossing the border were on their second or higher failed attempt to cross. This is confirmed by a recent analysis of DHS data from the Cato Institute, which revealed that ending Title 42 significantly reduced repeat crossings and halved so-called “gotaways.” As a result, allowing any DHS secretary to simply shut the border to asylum seekers would lead to tremendous harm to both asylum seekers and to basic principles of border management.

Dramatically expanding mandatory immigrant detention

The White House has also reportedly agreed in principle to language that would strip authority from DHS to release migrants who cross the border and are taken into custody. While many of those individuals are currently eligible for release, language currently in H.R. 2,  a Republican-supported bill that passed along party lines in the House earlier this year, would bar DHS from releasing any migrant—regardless of whether they are families or children.

The expansion of detention raises serious human rights concerns and would represent a complete break from the promises President Biden made as a candidate and while in office. Within the confines of the already expansive immigrant detention landscape, there are numerous complaints of negligent medical care, unsafe conditions, unfair and discriminatory treatment of detained migrants, and excessive use of force. Barring the release of migrants seeking protection to deter migration would only increase these abuses.

In addition, the United States simply does not have, and has never had, sufficient detention capacity to detain all migrants crossing the border, so releases would have to continue anyway. But by barring DHS from releasing migrants, Congress would also likely force the administration to restart family detention centers, leading to children suffer in detention centers for months or longer

Heightening the Standard for an Initial Asylum Screening

Negotiators are contemplating heightening the standard used for initial asylum screenings at the border. Currently, migrants must show that there is a “significant possibility” that they are eligible for asylum or similar protections, including under the Convention Against Torture. The standard was established in 1996 as a safeguard to prevent the U.S. government from breaking its international humanitarian agreements by erroneously deporting someone back to danger. If the migrant fails to show a significant possibility, they can be swiftly deported through the expedited removal process.

As we’ve seen under the Biden administration, making the standard more difficult will have not have a significant impact on newly arriving migrants. Since May, the Biden administration has been implementing a heightened standard in this initial screening process under its Circumvention of Lawful Pathways rule. Despite this, border apprehensions have risen significantly since this rule went into effect, which suggests that it has not been a deterrent.

Migrants often don’t know the nuances of immigration policy and arrive at our border simply hoping to find safety. This means that raising the standard will only result in the deportation of migrants who may have viable asylum claims but can’t immediately prove their case to an asylum officer at the border.

Third Country Transit Asylum Ban

Though the specifics are not yet known, an asylum ban for people who travel through a third country before arriving to the United States can have devasting consequences for U.S. foreign policy and for immigrants arriving in this country on visas. For example, under a bill passed along party-lines in June, an untold number of individuals could lose access to asylum for simply having an international layover on a flight to the United States. This means that even an Afghan national evacuated from Kabul via a U.S. military base in Germany could not apply for asylum for failing to apply in Germany first. A Ukrainian national whose flight stopped in London before arriving to the United States would be similarly barred.

Such a proposal ignores that many people may pass through a country where applying for asylum is impracticable or which is not safe for them, and they would be barred from asylum as a result. In addition, this proposal will not have any impact on reducing migration. Under the Biden administration’s asylum restriction, roughly 90% of migrants who cross the border between ports of entry are already banned from seeking asylum. Imposing a statutory transit ban would most heavily impact individuals who enter legally through ports of entry or who fly into the country on visas.

Expansion of Fast-Track Deportations Nationwide

On December 8, news broke that the White House would be willing to support a nationwide expansion of “expedited removal,” a fast-tracked deportation process.

Currently, expedited removal is applied to noncitizens who present themselves at a port of entry without proper entry documents, or who enter without permission within the last 14 days and are apprehended within 100 miles of the border. This process severely limits due process by allowing low-level immigration officials (not judges) to immediately order deportations without the right to an attorney.

A nationwide expansion, like previously occurred under the Trump administration, could mean that immigrant parents, children, and spouses of U.S. citizens living in the United States for years could be swept up for swift removal with little legal recourse. Due to the expedited nature of this process, migrants with pending applications for relief could be removed and Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities could be unfairly targeted. This would also require significantly more resources for immigration enforcement, as interior enforcement of expected removal would involve significant operational complexities.

Crucially, expanding expedited removal to the interior would not reduce border crossings, as the policy is already in effect at the border. It would, however, provide a powerful tool for a future administration that aimed to carry out mass deportations of recently arrived migrants.

What’s Next?

It’s still unclear whether any of these concessions can make it through both chambers of Congress. The House GOP has indicated that they want significantly broader changes to asylum and border policy, and hardline GOP senators have reportedly said that even these policies are “not nearly enough.” With the clock ticking on holiday recess, the chance that Congress can hammer out a deal and make it law by the end of December is increasingly slim.

However, in the past few days, the Senate negotiations have moved us closer to potentially seeing these Trump-era like policies becoming law. We need real policy solutions that don’t throw the immigrant community under the bus

#us politics #joe biden #biden administration #israel #palestine #ukraine #taiwan #immigrants #immigration #american immigrants #refugees #Asylum ban #Doing even one of these would basically 100% kill Biden's chances to win #Black and Latino voters turned out for him in 2020 because he said he'd undo Trump's worst deeds #If he reinstates Trump Immigration policies for any reason especially to send more money to Israel which is already insanely unpopular #He basically permanently kills not only his chances but every Democrat who campaigns on undoing the damage Republicans do #If they'll reinstate the worst Republican policies to get already unpopular other bills passed then they can be trusted to undo them at all #AND REPUBLICANS ARE STILL PLANNING TO OVERTHROW DEMOCRACY AND THE GOVERNMENT!!! #Democrats literally just have to not shit the bed to win and their pants are down underwear off and they're squeezing

[rubberbandballqueen]

it is becoming Increasingly Clear to me that i can no longer be taken out into public because i will start doing to fonts what jirt would do to the rocks and plants whilst on little walks

#the worm speaks #i'm noticing that a lot of signage these days don't have small caps which is a bit sad but i suppose they are somewhat antiquated #most of them have just straight up all-caps and i'm like 'mmmm. would a small caps version be better here?' #the other day i was like 'what if i left everything behind to get a job at a type foundry in taiwan. what then.' #what would i bring to the table there? why a sense of western aestheticism for the latin glyphs in their fonts #combined with a lesser but probably still noteworthy knowledge of chinese calligraphy to help ensure there is a sense of unity #btwn the latin and chinese glyphs #and also kerning i would bring kerning to the table for the latin glyphs. like if we Must be monospace abt things we can do that #but on god. the number of times i download a cn script font and go 'ah.' bc the english is the Ugliest monospace serif you'll ever see #fortunately while it is a bit of work it's at least easier to match english fonts to cn ones bc there are So Many more free ones lol #the other day i was looking through a chinese font website n i was reading their ~story~ behind this one particular series #that they based off the calligraphy in these five or six Ancient Rare Books in the national palace museum #and they were like 'yes the poetry was beautiful and moving. but to a type designer the writing itself is even more attractive' #and i felt so called out. i have just the most incurable font disease on the planet lmao #the other thing i think that might be neat to bring to cn font design Would be the concept of italics #like i know that's just not a standard thing and that Makes sense bc to oblique the letters is just #like. why would you do that. it's hard to read. but the spirit of italics is to change the font style entirely whilst keeping in harmony #with the rest of the regular typeface which i think would be Neat to bring in esp since italics usually have a bit more flourish to them #the other day i also found out that fangsong is used in government documents n i was like #>:0 no wonder it has every character and variant known to man......

[jennifer-hamilton-wb]

Okay so can we all agree that the ABB have a stupid name?

In my Capes in the Dark campaign, I’m gonna re-flavor it to be similar to the original with lung targeting an ethnic group except make him only target the Japanese resident's, because the pan-Asian gang idea is so stupid (like I live in Taiwan, depending on what you believe in, both Chinese and Japanese people could be seen as hostile entity) Anyways the point of this post, does anyone have ideas for a new name for the ABB

#Clarification on the above parenthetical text #I don't have anything against people from Japan or mainland China #The cross cultural exchange between Taiwan and the mainland is a pretty important thing #I have many friends living in mainland China #And there are large groups of people who think the Japanese colonization was a good thing #but imperial Japan did commit warcrimes here #and the Chinese government does want to take over our country #So like the animosity makes sense #but I don't think we should blame regular citizens #Worm #worm parahumans #wormblr #abb #ttrpg #weaverdice #Taiwan #extreme hot takes here #Colonialism bad #committing warcrimes is bad

[vamptastic]

i genuinely don't understand what capitalist countries stand to gain by fighting each other instead of collaborating economically. like why does the us warmonger against china when we would benefit more from trade? ostensibly it's for moral reasons, but regardless of the veracity of any given claim i think the united states has shown itself to prioritize economic success over human rights on a number of occasions especially during the cold war. i suppose i assume most wars are waged on the grounds of economic gain (natural resources, global political power, straight up money in the form of the military-industrial complex) but you could make an equally solid argument that just as many are waged over purely social and political issues- ethnic and religious conflict, blind nationalism, the whims of a dictator. it just confuses me at times, i guess. i have a hard time believing that the united states is bound and determined to wage war against china over human rights abuses, infringing on other countries sovereignty, and neo-colonialism in africa when we've propped up fascist dictators in many a country who've done far worse. is it literally just the association with communism? because surely whatever evil fuckers actually want war know that china is very far from communist right now. is it just nationalism? the idea that we must be on the top of the totem pole, even if our economy would stand to gain from trade? because i suppose i could believe that, but i think if that was true we wouldn't have gotten to where we are today in the first place. blegh. at the end of the day i am also ignoring the fact that many many different groups of people want war against china for reasons ranging from sinophobic jingoist nationalism to a genuine belief that the united states is a global moral watchdog determined to establish ~democracy~ worldwide. but there is a definite slant to media coverage on china right now, genuine attempts at disinformation, and given that the media in the us is so deeply tied to corporate interests it leads me to believe that there has to be some economic motive here, and it frustrates me that i can't figure out what it is.

#this post is long and convoluted and circuitous. sorry. #please do not try to like. publically own me or erupt into moral outrage over this post if you're reading it btw. #suppose i would be interested in hearing others takes on this but im just curious i genuinely don't have answers here #i don't want to argue or be accused of being immoral for not taking a hard stance on an incredibly complex issue. #anyway. i am also not trying to say that either the us or china are ' good ' or ' bad ' #insomuch as any country can be good or bad. particularly a country millenia old or one that changes leadership every four years. #individual actions taken by each government are undeniably bad. yes. #but as a us citizen i find it very difficult to find reliable information about what is happening in other countries. #our media has become so wildly polarized that you can often figure out national issues by looking at both sides #but when the media is unified on portraying one falsehood both left and right? you're fucked. #often media that claims to be neutral could be more accurately described as western #i trust ap and the bbc on us politics - not global politics. #all that being said when it comes to things like the treatment of uighur muslims or the political situation in hong kong and taiwan. #i'm not entirely sure what to believe. #and i also believe that if every single immoral act the us claims china has done is real... we still wouldn't wage war based purely on that #...i do genuinely think the claims that china is colonizing africa by offering loans is horseshit though #even if it was itd be fucking rich for european countries that wrecked africa in the first place #to moralize about the means by which another global power allows them potential economic power #the problem arises from capitalism on a global scale itself i mean #there is no way to build up infrastructure and trade routes for an entire continent without #in some way eventually profiting from it #i do see the comparison to the us and latin america and i think that's kinda apt but #the way ppl talk about it you'd think they were doing what france did to haiti good god