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Criticising a political system is not xenophobia.

• boffinAudio 5y ago
  "Chinese" is not a political system.
  • Tabular-Iceberg 5y ago
    The CCP is a political party, it being the only legal party is a political system. And I’m criticising it. If you’re offended by the “with Chinese characteristics”, look up the origin of the phrase. It’s CCP code for “it’s not wrong when we do it”. When people questioned Deng Xiaoping’s reforms as being capitalist he responded with “it’s socialism with Chinese characteristics, I ain’t gotta explain shit”.
  • dragonwriter 5y ago
    “Chinese” was used twice in the post; once in the informal (and usually hostile) abbreviation “CCP” for “Chinese Communist Party” and in “with Chinese characteristics”, a reference toa political motto of the same party identified by the abbreviation, the Communist Party of China (CPC), who describes their system as “socialism with Chinese characteristics”. So, yes, it's a reference to a particular political platform, not a nationality. It's no more ethnically bigoted than blaming a problem on the US Democratic or Republican party is.