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Rep. Seth Moulton (Mass.) is in government. And if a Chinese military journal said something, the US press would have no qualms saying "Chinese military thinks/
by dundarious 3y ago
Rep. Seth Moulton (Mass.) is in government. And if a Chinese military journal said something, the US press would have no qualms saying "Chinese military thinks/wants X". It's on the same level of "disinformation" as 99% of journalism, which is to say, it contains minor sensationalism but has meaningful factual basis, and with minor additional qualifiers, has a reasonable factual basis.
- arp242 3y agoThat's just a boring pedantic whataboutism, which is also incorrect as the type of "random people can say random stuff" blue-sky thinking free speech doesn't really exist in China.
- dundarious 3y agoIt's not whataboutism (a nebulous and mostly useless category) to talk about common journalistic practice, and how the claim falls well within norms of that practice. So it can hardly be described as "disinformation" except in the sense that it is unflattering information coming from an official enemy.
- dundarious 3y agoJust heard Lyle Goldstein (visiting professor at the Watson Institute for International & Public Affairs at Brown, Director for Asian Engagement for Defense Priorities think tank, former professor for 20 years at US Naval War College), say on the Nonzero podcast that in the event of conflict in Taiwan, it's likely that China has securing TSMC facilities and staff as a goal (but not a primary goal), and that the US likely has TSMC on the target list to destroy: https://youtu.be/91QM9W0QAjo?feature=shared&t=1950 https://youtu.be/91QM9W0QAjo?feature=shared&t=1950