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>Why would you need to announce a plan to reduce your fleet to below 3,000 if it’s only “officially“ at 2,700? Is this a case of inconsistent propaganda? That'
by libertine 6y ago
>Why would you need to announce a plan to reduce your fleet to below 3,000 if it’s only “officially“ at 2,700? Is this a case of inconsistent propaganda?
That's the thing about lies.
At first glance is the perfect solution, you simply lie and the problem goes away.
The tricky part is when the lies start you add up and you need to keep track of it, and/or when the lie is easily observable.
I think this is a bit of both: they don't even know what they are keeping track of, and the observers see the lies.
Because this isn't the simple case of propaganda when you try to reframe things, this is just made up shit.
Now the true question is: WHY THE HELL DOES CHINA KEEP THIS NARRATIVE FILLED WITH SUCH OBVIOUS LIES?
The answer is: no one does anything about it, neither did anything about it for years! Because of the short term benefits for some western countries.
- rrrrrrrrrrrr 6y agoWe don't even know if the above comment's observation is accurate or not.
- hungryhobo 6y agoYou are basing your entire observation on an inaccurate translation.
- libertine 6y agoEh, my observation is about a recurring behavior from China. Could it be an inaccurate translation? Yes. Is China abusing their fishing fleets and actively try to dismiss that? Yes. Is China actively implicated in lies and deception, and are observed doing it? Yes.
- hungryhobo 6y agoSorry there are a lot of emotions in your comment but very little substance. >Eh, my observation is about a recurring behavior from China Can you clarify which behaviour you are referring to? It's been pointed out that the Chinese goal was to stabilize their fishing fleet size to around 3000, which given their normal growth focused policies seemed like some thing worthy of planning. And not propaganda as the parent comment was implying