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The Weakness of Xi Jinping

• giardini 4y ago
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• pinewurst 4y ago
  This is a really interesting piece. https://archive.ph/jHzut https://archive.ph/jHzut
• senttoschool 4y ago
  • darthrupert 4y ago
    Criticising a leader of China because of what he is and is not doing is not anti-China. It's simply criticising a leader, and a leader who is above criticism is too fragile to be a leader.
    • senttoschool 4y ago
      I'm referring to Hacker News in particular. If there is no anti-China propaganda, we'd see a balance of positive to neutral articles posted here about China. Instead, 99% are negative. This is propaganda. It's about time that Hack News stops thinking only the West are the good guys and China is the bad guys. History repeats itself. "Back in the 1980s, Japan was portrayed as the greatest economic threat to the United States, and allegations of intellectual property theft were only part of Americans' vilification. Thirty years later, Americans have made China the villain, when, just like three decades ago, they should be looking squarely in the mirror." “When governments permit counterfeiting or copying of American products, it is stealing our future, and it is no longer free trade.” So said US President Ronald Reagan, commenting on Japan after the Plaza Accord was concluded in September 1985. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/for-america-china-is-the-new-japan-by-stephen-s-roach-2019-05 https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/for-america-chi...
      • beardyw 4y ago
        > positive to neutral articles posted here about China Of which you have submitted none.
        • senttoschool 4y ago
          >Of which you have submitted none. I will not submit. It's up to the rest of the Hacker News community. The reason why is because people will accuse me of CCP shilling. I will only comment when I see obvious propaganda. PS. It's probably impossible to post anything positive about China here. It'll get flagged and deleted in minutes. You can try it if you want.
          • beardyw 4y ago
            > It's up to the rest of the Hacker News community. Do you have any links to what we should post?
            • senttoschool 4y ago
              I don't. It might help to broaden your news sources. But just looking at your post history, I would suggest that for every negative story about China that you post, post a positive one about China too. Keep it 50/50. Balance. Cheers.
              • mensetmanusman 4y ago
                This is media 101, people aren’t interested in good news, only challenges and struggle.
          • vegai_ 4y ago
            > PS. It's probably impossible to post anything positive about China here. It'll get flagged and deleted in minutes. You can try it if you want. I'm willing to bet you $1000 that that won't happen, unless the article is blatant propaganda. In 2 minutes, I found two that were rather neutral: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32895370 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32895370 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32892200 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32892200 I don't know if you're chinese or just pro-chinese, but perhaps don't be so fragile? It's probably gives out the opposite image of what you're looking for. Hacker News in general is rather anti-government, any government, so it's not big surprise if blatantly pro-China articles don't get many upvotes.
• beardyw 4y ago
  It is rare to get such a glimpse of Chinese politics. Very well worth reading.