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As a French the amount of (bad) news regarding China on American websites I browse (hn, reddit, newspapers websites...) is really disturbing compared to home. I

As a French the amount of (bad) news regarding China on American websites I browse (hn, reddit, newspapers websites...) is really disturbing compared to home. I try to think rationally but the coincidence with the trade war is hard to ignore. As an outsider it looks like nothing has changed (China is a communist country, fresh news!) but suddenly the media is all over it. The media pattern now is so obvious every time there are geopolitical tensions to justify a conflict that it's hard to ignore (please remember Irak). I'm not a geopolitical expert, I really like Americans (obviously, otherwise I would not be on this site), but I don't understand how nobody notice this pattern, especially here.

UIZealot 7y ago
And any time there's an article about China, people who knows nothing about China, besides that it's ruled by the communist party, comes out of the woodwork to take a dump on China. People look down on Trump and ridicule him endlessly when he spews bullshit about things he knows nothing about. But if you spew bullshit about China, you get lots of upvotes.
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throwaway1997 7y ago
In Asia we mostly hear bad news as well. The economy of China really is slowing down and there is a massive housing bubble which is evidenced by huge numbers of unoccupied newbuilds which are already crumbling down. And it's a fact that growth is slowing down and there are lots of political issues which are further damaging the outlook.
franklingu 7y ago
If things are going to be like in Iraq, then the world is basically doomed for human race. China is definitely no match for US in terms of military power. But if US is trying to ruin China like how it ruined Iraq, then I guess mostly China will choose to die together instead of just accepting the defeat. Just think of the old war in Korea -- they will go to war with US even at that time they were not even comparable at all

UIZealot 7y ago

And any time there's an article about China, people who knows nothing about China, besides that it's ruled by the communist party, comes out of the woodwork to take a dump on China. People look down on Trump and ridicule him endlessly when he spews bullshit about things he knows nothing about. But if you spew bullshit about China, you get lots of upvotes.

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throwaway1997 7y ago

In Asia we mostly hear bad news as well. The economy of China really is slowing down and there is a massive housing bubble which is evidenced by huge numbers of unoccupied newbuilds which are already crumbling down. And it's a fact that growth is slowing down and there are lots of political issues which are further damaging the outlook.

franklingu 7y ago

If things are going to be like in Iraq, then the world is basically doomed for human race. China is definitely no match for US in terms of military power. But if US is trying to ruin China like how it ruined Iraq, then I guess mostly China will choose to die together instead of just accepting the defeat. Just think of the old war in Korea -- they will go to war with US even at that time they were not even comparable at all