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> We have never bullied, oppressed, or subjugated the people of any other country, and we never will. Isn't bullying one of their prefered tactics? https://en

• AnimalMuppet 5y ago
  Not really? In my view, that's done from a posture of weakness. "You're hurting our feelings" is very different from "shut up or we'll break your face". I mean, China does use bullying, especially on racially Chinese people who live in other nations. But I don't think this counts. It's still an abuse of peoples' good faith and good nature, but it's not bullying. At best, "hurting the feelings of the Chinese people" assumes that everyone else has a "face" culture similar to China's, and therefore will respect the complaint. At worst, it makes China sound like an emo teenager, which is almost certainly not the image that they want to project...