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Is anyone really of the view that most Chinese are evil? I don't think that's what calling them a hostile nation is meant to mean. The problem is that the Chin
by cameronh90 6y ago
Is anyone really of the view that most Chinese are evil? I don't think that's what calling them a hostile nation is meant to mean.
The problem is that the Chinese government, who ARE hostile, take advantage of the fact that we treat most Chinese as non-hostile. Nobody knows how many Chinese students and workers in the West are essentially spies for the Chinese government, but we do know it is enough to be worried about.
I'm not sure what we can do about that but I don't think we can pretend it's not an issue.
- Aunche 6y ago>Nobody knows how many Chinese students and workers in the West are essentially spies for the Chinese government But we do know how many of them are contributing domestically. A growing percentage of American PHD graduates came from China and the vast majority of them are planning to stay. https://cset.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/CSET-Trends-in-U.S.-Intention-to-Stay-Rates.pdf https://cset.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/CSET-Trends-i...
- adolph 6y agoMaybe the word evil should be thought of as “characterized by a value system of sufficient difference as to be in conflict with our own, either mutually or asymmetrically.”
- chrischen 6y agoIf you believe that most Chinese citizens are in support of their government then calling the government evil is an indirect attack on them. If you don’t believe the Chinese support their government then that’s an entirely different topic you may have to educate yourself on.
- smolder 6y agoYes, I'm sure every workers' love of the CCP is genuine... Actually, their outward support is partly a function of how well the government treats them and partly a function of pressure to conform, of which there is quite a lot in China.