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China sure acts in an imperialist manner in Tibet, parts of Kashmir, Xinjiang, perhaps Inner Mongolia and the SCS + has obvious designs on Taiwan. I think you c

China sure acts in an imperialist manner in Tibet, parts of Kashmir, Xinjiang, perhaps Inner Mongolia and the SCS + has obvious designs on Taiwan. I think you could characterize their activities in Sri Lanka has imperialist overtones too.

pphysch 4y ago
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- steve76 4y ago
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- TulliusCicero 4y ago
  Genocide denial isn't a great look, chief. China is guilty of Uyghur genocide. They just depend on people engaging in wishful thinking or spaghetti logic to explain how reeducation camps and mass sterilization of a populace doesn't count.
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    - TulliusCicero 4y ago
      > Lowering birthrates This is a nice way of covering up enforced sterilization and contraception, which is absolutely genocide. Like, it's literally getting rid of a people, by making them physically incapable of reproducing: https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-international-news-weekend-reads-china-health-269b3de1af34e17c1941a514f78d764c https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-international-news-we... > The state regularly subjects minority women to pregnancy checks, and forces intrauterine devices, sterilization and even abortion on hundreds of thousands, the interviews and data show. Even while the use of IUDs and sterilization has fallen nationwide, it is rising sharply in Xinjiang. If it was just a matter of making IUD's or other contraceptives available, obviously that would be fine. But what's happening is forcing them across the Uyghurs, and that's genocide.
eramoose 4y ago
It's interesting that your argument for China's imperialism includes China governing three of their own provinces ("America sure acts in an imperialist manner in Alaska, Hawaii...") and the debunked Sri Lankan debt-trap story. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2021/02/china-debt-trap-diplomacy/617953/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2021/02/ch...
- milesskorpen 4y ago
  The parent comment I'm responding to explicitly makes this point: "The United States operates an imperial arrangement within its continental territory"

pphysch 4y ago

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steve76 4y ago
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TulliusCicero 4y ago
Genocide denial isn't a great look, chief. China is guilty of Uyghur genocide. They just depend on people engaging in wishful thinking or spaghetti logic to explain how reeducation camps and mass sterilization of a populace doesn't count.
- pphysch 4y ago
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  - TulliusCicero 4y ago
    > Lowering birthrates This is a nice way of covering up enforced sterilization and contraception, which is absolutely genocide. Like, it's literally getting rid of a people, by making them physically incapable of reproducing: https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-international-news-weekend-reads-china-health-269b3de1af34e17c1941a514f78d764c https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-international-news-we... > The state regularly subjects minority women to pregnancy checks, and forces intrauterine devices, sterilization and even abortion on hundreds of thousands, the interviews and data show. Even while the use of IUDs and sterilization has fallen nationwide, it is rising sharply in Xinjiang. If it was just a matter of making IUD's or other contraceptives available, obviously that would be fine. But what's happening is forcing them across the Uyghurs, and that's genocide.

eramoose 4y ago

It's interesting that your argument for China's imperialism includes China governing three of their own provinces ("America sure acts in an imperialist manner in Alaska, Hawaii...") and the debunked Sri Lankan debt-trap story. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2021/02/china-debt-trap-diplomacy/617953/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2021/02/ch...

milesskorpen 4y ago
The parent comment I'm responding to explicitly makes this point: "The United States operates an imperial arrangement within its continental territory"