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It isn't a cynical view. it is reality. The Chinese state have shown ever since Mao they have little or no regard for Human life. Off the top of my head (I am s

It isn't a cynical view. it is reality. The Chinese state have shown ever since Mao they have little or no regard for Human life. Off the top of my head (I am sure there is much more): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Leap_Forward#Treatment_of_villagers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Leap_Forward#Treatment_o... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-45474279 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-45474279 Also their response so far to the current Epidemic i.e. trying to cover it up has cost the lives of people in many countries. But apparently I am being cynical ...

powerapple 7y ago
China reported cases to WHO by the end of December. Maybe they didn't manage it well (i.e. didn't block the whole city when cases were discovered maybe), it is a tough decision. It is so easy to say what to do now when you have seen everything. How is British care about humans when they started forcing Opium trade to China?
- uk_programmer 7y ago
  > How is British care about humans when they started forcing Opium trade to China? The fact of the matter is that the Chinese Government don't care about anyone except themselves and if you think for a second that they give a crap about the environment you are severely mistaken. If you are going to engage in whataboutery especially things that happened well over a century ago and trying to compare the British Empire to the Chinese Regime that has killed over 50 million while it has been in place is either wholly ignorant or disingenuous. I am not going to bother talking to you.
LessDmesg 7y ago
They have even less regard for the environment. China's soil is polluted and eroded with callous farming practices, their animal life has been nearly exterminated thanks to their primitive beliefs in traditional medicine, their air and water are polluted with heavy metals (and whistleblowers are persecuted). This absolute disregard for the environment is one of the reasons China has become the world's industrial powerhouse in the first place: they literally chose to be a toxic wasteland to win the world's investment money.

powerapple 7y ago

China reported cases to WHO by the end of December. Maybe they didn't manage it well (i.e. didn't block the whole city when cases were discovered maybe), it is a tough decision. It is so easy to say what to do now when you have seen everything. How is British care about humans when they started forcing Opium trade to China?

uk_programmer 7y ago
> How is British care about humans when they started forcing Opium trade to China? The fact of the matter is that the Chinese Government don't care about anyone except themselves and if you think for a second that they give a crap about the environment you are severely mistaken. If you are going to engage in whataboutery especially things that happened well over a century ago and trying to compare the British Empire to the Chinese Regime that has killed over 50 million while it has been in place is either wholly ignorant or disingenuous. I am not going to bother talking to you.

LessDmesg 7y ago

They have even less regard for the environment. China's soil is polluted and eroded with callous farming practices, their animal life has been nearly exterminated thanks to their primitive beliefs in traditional medicine, their air and water are polluted with heavy metals (and whistleblowers are persecuted). This absolute disregard for the environment is one of the reasons China has become the world's industrial powerhouse in the first place: they literally chose to be a toxic wasteland to win the world's investment money.