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There's a frozen civil war in China. The government is obviously touchy about other countries recognizing what it views as a breakaway province. China views suc
by DiogenesKynikos 6y ago
There's a frozen civil war in China. The government is obviously touchy about other countries recognizing what it views as a breakaway province. China views such recognition as meddling in its internal affairs.
In Western news coverage, though, I see precisely the opposite of what you see. Taiwan is often listed as an example to follow, while China's combating of the epidemic is largely ignored. A lot of people even seem to think that the epidemic is still raging in China, but that it's all just being covered up.
- threeseed 6y agoa) It's not Western news coverage but international. b) No one believes anything China has to say because they have a history of coverups and suppression. c) The lack of an independent press or judiciary means we don't have mechanisms to independently assess the truth.
- DiogenesKynikos 6y agoIt's not actually difficult to know what the basic situation is in China right now. Go on YouTube Twitter, or any other large social media platform and look at what people who are currently in China are saying. Even in this thread, I'm sure that some of the commenters are in China. You can also look coverage by Western press in China. A German-French public broadcaster did a report from Wuhan not too long ago that shows how different the situation is there from Europe and the US: [1,2]. By the way, documents from Hubei province have leaked, and the number of people testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 in internal government records roughly matches the numbers that were published each day. 1. German: https://youtu.be/LmsI7lc2_Vg https://youtu.be/LmsI7lc2_Vg 2. French: https://youtu.be/OyHt7-KmK7Y https://youtu.be/OyHt7-KmK7Y
- jjcc 6y agoSince you mention YouTube, I quickly compile a list of Westerners who have lived some time in China, i.e. not tourists. To help people make decision if they are brainwashed. But usually "Brainwash" means brainwashed people can not find they are brainwashed. List A: These 2 guys are thinkers then others. They should be working on different job. Expecially in Western intellegence to help westener better undrestading China) 1. Cyrus Janssen(American) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxEQsjgRRfGWiJJu_PDygxw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxEQsjgRRfGWiJJu_PDygxw 2. Daniel Dumbrill(Canadian) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6Bl8MTbW9M9MQoPhxbarpw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6Bl8MTbW9M9MQoPhxbarpw List B: (Positive) 3 Matt (American) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8Ykci4MKSSdTJYuYp53G7A https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8Ykci4MKSSdTJYuYp53G7A 4 Gweilo 60 (Canadian. Mainly positive. He also talked about negative side) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChXOhG9bRDb3vSTg-qkPAZg https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChXOhG9bRDb3vSTg-qkPAZg 5 Jason(British) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzDE2LGSmJnw53WrZ7mM_Aw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzDE2LGSmJnw53WrZ7mM_Aw 6 Nathan Rish(American. Seem a little opinionted) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaSlyjhR4WC7QhYuaivxb6g https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaSlyjhR4WC7QhYuaivxb6g List C: (Negative, but was positive) 7 serpentza (South African, the oldest vlogger about China) https://www.youtube.com/user/serpentza https://www.youtube.com/user/serpentza 8 laowhy86 (American) https://www.youtube.com/user/laowhy86 https://www.youtube.com/user/laowhy86 (edit) reformat