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I dislike the use of the world “offending” in the context of nation-stakes; it conjures this air of innocence around the state is if their primary failing is on
by enjeyw 3y ago
I dislike the use of the world “offending” in the context of nation-stakes; it conjures this air of innocence around the state is if their primary failing is one of being overly sensitive.
A better albeit wordy phrasing would be “for fear of invoking retribution from China as a consequence of not conforming to their authoritarian desires”.
- freemanon 3y ago[flagged]
- enjeyw 3y agoI have no personal insight into Confucius Institute censorship, but the reason I wrote “nation states” rather than China was because I agree, this applies in all directions.
- sinuhe69 3y agoThe communist party is still operating in the USA and at least nobody disturbed their national convention in 2019. Also, the Chinese Culture Center, arguably a pro-China activity, is still operating normally. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_USA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_USA [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Culture_Center https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Culture_Center
- snowpid 3y agoConfucian does not mean pro Communist and not pro CCP as some Commies have to learn it. I read in an anti China Magazin a reasoning for human right based on Confucian philosophy made on by Taiwanese philosophy phd student in Germany. I guess these discussion won't happen in your mentioned Confucian learning events.