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Of course im sure there have always been critics but the bar is not any instance of criticism - thats an awfully low bar. its the wide shift from being nowhere
by zaptheimpaler 7y ago
Of course im sure there have always been critics but the bar is not any instance of criticism - thats an awfully low bar. its the wide shift from being nowhere in mainstream consciousness to pervasive.
As an uniformed reader of mainstream media and social networking sites, China was just not on the radar a few years ago. Politicians didn’t talk about it, people didn’t talk about it, news didn’t talk about it.
- marvin 7y agoThis doesn’t reflect my impression as a Northern European. The criticism and sentiment has certainly stepped up in the last year, probably in part due to focused efforts by US authorities, but it’s been quite vocal all along. Famously, Norway was in the doghouse of China for 7 years after giving the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo, and government officials discussed human rights issues with Chinese officials up until that point. The media covered this in detail, along with the human rights abuses in question. Maybe what you’re describing is true for the United States. I wouldn’t know.
- bananabreakfast 7y agoGotta say, that's straight up wrong. China has always been a huge issue. Mostly from a sympathetic view for the deeply exploited people getting poisoned and dying from recycling our plastic and electronics. But also the large buddhist community in America will never forget China invading Tibet and murdering the successor to the Dalai Lama. That still gets talked about a lot.
- shkkmo 7y agoI'm not sure what you have been reading, but that is simply not true. There has been an increase of coverage in the last couple of years, but China was certainly on the radar a regularly discussed in mainstream news for a long time.