Chinese fishing vessels are going scorched earth and pumping cyanide into contested waters, Philippine fishing authority says
Chinese fishing vessels are going scorched earth and pumping cyanide into contested waters, Philippine fishing authority says
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources on Saturday accused Chinese fishermen of trying to "intentionally destroy" Scarborough Shoal.
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And then in another Lemmy thread right now, praise for the Chinese on their affordable EVs that will save the environment.
Depending on where you go, it's either "this country is a fascist regime as reported by these hundreds of outlets worldwide and here's the shady shit they're doing"
Or
"This tragically misunderstood DEMOCRACY (they call their leader PRESIDENT not DICTATOR emoji spam) is leading the world in literally every metric, have made 10,000 breakthroughs in every science but THE WEST won't let them share, here's 3 state sponsored media outlets confirming what I just said gif spam"
Not a whole lot in between.
And any argument against China will be summarized "China bad" in bad faith argument so brazen that it's almost impressive. For example, TikTok is blameless because if you oppose it, you're just saying "China bad". Fuck the Internet sometimes.
Fuck the internet sometimes indeed. https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IN/IN12131
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well it says in the article they have no proof and this is just a hunch...
and ive seen enough of these to be suspicious every time.
I've blocked exactly one person on Lemmy and it's Yothgos or Yogthos or whatever the fuck their name is. They're either a propagandist in China or just a very sad person who posts prolifically about how amazing China is, dismissing any criticism against it. It's weird, sad, and annoying seeing them pop up in any thread about China. I assume they have or will pop in this thread but I don't know as they're blocked.
I am convinced it’s a Chinese propaganda account shared by multiple people and/or bots.
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It’s almost as if nuanced discussion is discouraged on platforms like this.
Decent discussion get bridaged and muddled by those who want to maintain status quo.
its not the chinese wanting status quo though
Anyone with an exploit wants to keep exploiting it.
what exploit?
Its a generic statement.
Any actual human should have been able to understand the significance of the sentance.
are there exploits or you just think there are?
Read the article instead of the gotcha title.
The Philippines has been known to use cyanide for fishing for the past 60 years. The Philippines coast guard says they haven't found any actual evidence that China is using cyanide in the area.
The only proven thing, according to the article is that China is being a huge dick and forcefully trying to claim areas of the sea they have no right to and overfishing the area while keeping a lot of Philippine fishers out.
There's a small handful of countries being total dicks right now around the world. Nato needs to grow a pair and sanction the hell out of them. Russia, n Korea, China, and a few other countries just need fully cut off and have a non negotiable and irrevocable minimum 25 year sanction put in place. That would be long enough that other manufacturers and companies/countries would invest in picking up and creating supply lines and manufacturing facilities. No one would be willing to invest in picking up the slack if they know it's only short term. Keep them in a damned box.
Maybe painting 1.4 billion people with the same brush is a bad idea. Who'd have guessed?
Well..
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The Chinese government is not 1.4 billion people
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It's ironic of you to say that about china who is known to paint "the west" with exactly the same brush
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What the Chinese government does is bad, just in the same way that what western governments do is bad. Pointing that out is not the same as blaming every single person under that government's jurisdiction
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