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I'd rather not be one of those "why is this on Hacker News" people but it seems anything remotely negative about China gets an instant bump to the front page th
by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
I'd rather not be one of those "why is this on Hacker News" people but it seems anything remotely negative about China gets an instant bump to the front page these days regardless of relevance. China seems to have become something of an obsession.
- toomuchtodo 7y agoGeopolitics, sustainability, and environmental issues are on topic I believe.
- rat9988 7y agoWhy china in particular? It doesn't seem to me that most people here are from china. So why are chinese threads submitted/upvoted more often?
- remarkEon 7y agoBecause despite this... >It doesn't seem to me that most people here are from china. ... they are having an outsized impact on US culture and politics right now. That may change, but not any time soon.
- NeedMoreTea 7y agoSurely it would be as upvoted if it were the USA or the EU? I'd be just as interested in the EU fishing policies going in entirely the wrong direction. China in particular because they are large. The policy therefore has outsize effect. Particularly when there have been endless stories of over-fishing and concerns about stocks around the world, on a planet that seems to be creaking under the load.
- have_faith 7y ago> Why china in particular? Because of their size and audaciousness they have a large presence in almost every issue that needs to be tackled.
- chloerei 7y agoThis is part of anti-China propaganda, and some people have already had a subconscious dislike of China.
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