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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Ah yes, because Taiwan really is a threat to China. Watch out they're going to launch an unprovoked offensive on mainland soon just like Ukraine totally was a threat to Russia as well before the invasion.

/S

Edit: The early quick downvotes just prove the tankies are strong here

[–] frisbird@lemmy.ml -1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The CPC hasn't dropped a bomb since 1989. Taiwan's decades-long "security partner" just kidnapped a head of state, killed 80 people, and used cyber warfare to shutdown the power grid of the capital city.

China is not worried about the island of Taiwan attacking. It is worried about the island of Taiwan being a base of operations for the most bloodthirsty psychotic belligerent on the planet.

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Ah yes, the fallacy that China is good because the US is bad. Just don't look at the widespread human rights violations, or the Uyghurs, or Tibet, or how they're bullying many South China Sea countries and actively stealing their exclusive economic zones. Just mentioning those things anywhere CCP controlled will get your banned, even arrested.

We all know that the only reason why the CCP is angry at Taiwan gaining the ability to strike mainland is that it suddenly makes an invasion of Taiwan much more costly for them.

[–] frisbird@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ah yes, the fallacy that China is good because the US is bad.

That's not what the words you read meant. Let's got through it:

  1. The US is bad - you seem to agree with this
  2. The US is using Taiwan to establish a position to attack China - you seem to ignore this completely
  3. China does not want the US to be able to attack it - this is a standard feature of any country
  4. China does not want Taiwan to enable to the US to attack it - You seem to think this is a form of oppression

Just don’t look at the widespread human rights violations

This is a whataboutism. I say China doesn't want the US to attack it via the island of Taiwan. You say "but what about the widespread human rights violations". It's completely irrelevant to the discussion. Don't distract.

But also, when it comes to human rights, the US is clearly the one violating far more human rights and in a far more "widespread" way.

the Uyghurs

You mean the people undergoing a "genocide" but also had an increase in population every year? You mean the people undergoing a "genocide" where there is absolutely no evidence available for such a claim while we're watching a real genocide happen in real time on live TV? You mean in Xinjiang where cell phone videos of protests are easily findable anywhere online but there's not a single cell phone video showing anything that could possibly even look like genocidal behavior? You mean the people undergoing a "genocide" that have been observed by over 50 countries and not one of them has condemned the conditions in Xinjiang, but one German christo-fascist who misrepresented medical records, believes birth control is murder, and used satellite images to estimate deaths is controlling the entire narrative? Yeah, I've looked into the Uyghurs

Tibet

You mean the province that was a protectorate of dynastic China after the Mongols destroyed them? You mean the province that claimed independence when the Chinese dynasty fell and then enslaved 95% of their population and tortured and murdered their people under the guise of "culture"? You mean the province that China liberated from the theocratic aristocracy and then gave control of its government back to the people of Tibet? You mean the clearest shining example of "One Country Two Systems" that the world has ever seen, where the supposed "oppressed" people of Tibet use their own language to educate, govern, and conduct business, where Tibetan cultural practices are celebrated and promoted, and where the people of Tibet are protected against the decades of attempts by the US to create bloodshed by training terrorists and literally airlifting them into the province to kill and destroy? That Tibet?

how they’re bullying many South China Sea countries

You mean bullying like telling people to stay out of the waters and not bullying like committing war crimes by executing double tap strikes against fishing boats or seizing oil right? Because I agree China is bullying people in the SCS, but clearly if the choice is between China controlling the SCS and the US having military presence in the SCS, I'll pick China every goddamned day.

Just mentioning those things anywhere CCP controlled will get your banned, even arrested.

Really? Mentioning Tibet gets you arrested? Or is it protesting for the restoration of a brutal theocratic monarchy that enslaved 95% of the population? Because people talk about Tibet in China all the time. They have to. It's part of China. But yeah, demanding that China "Free Tibet" is going to get you about as arrested as protestors in the Western world demanding a free Gaza.

We all know that the only reason why the CCP is angry at Taiwan gaining the ability to strike mainland is that they don’t want them to fight back and be able to bring the fight to their territory in case of an invasion.

"It is known!"

"I don't agree with great Satan, but I believe all of his lies"

This is you. This is what you sound like. China has been clear for 50 years that peaceful reunification is the foundation of their policy and they openly talk about the fact that a forced reunification will create resentment and resistance. The people on Taiwan are part of China, and the Chinese government is fully aware that violence against them would be seen by the population of China as violence against their brothers and sisters. The only reason China is worried about violence on Taiwan is because of the USA's century of violent belligerence and constant use of proxies to launch conflicts.

What "we all know" is that your read on the world is entirely informed by propaganda.

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm not going to waste time trying to discuss anything with OP because I now know what he is.

Notice how that wall of text came in mere minutes after my reply, way too quickly for someone to type it all. Notice how OP accuses me of whataboutism even though he has been partaking in it before and then proceeded to immediately laying the whataboutism thick right afterwards. Notice how everything he said reads like a pre-written propaganda text that completely circumvents any point it was trying to discuss and starts every "argument" with CCP-friendly assertions such as that the exclusive economic zones of other countries that China claims is theirs to begin with. Notice how he sounds like Putin when he went on that long rant explaining why he thinks Ukraine belongs to Russia. Trying to even suggest that US plans an invasion of China (something that even for the US military would be impossible) to paint themselves as a victim is the cherry on top.

Now you also know what OP is.

[–] frisbird@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

LOL. Anyone who disagrees with me is a paid shill or a bot.

How fragile your world view is.

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

It is actually pretty well developed. I've been in all sorts of communities with different mentalities and have seen enough to tell when someone lists propaganda points like they're gospel and expects people to just believe them.

I've also seen for myself the BS they've been doing in the air and at sea and how they create situations to spin for propaganda after. You can't pretend it's not happening I know it's real.

So you can continue copying and pasting prepared bad faith responses that don't even address the points I make all you want and sound all pissy and angry to your heart's content, I ain't partaking in it. I made my point already and no one else is reading this anymore and we've already established that you're a lost cause of a tankie.

[–] frisbird@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago

So well developed you can't imagine someone typing all text I typed in comment. I think maybe your "well developed" worldview might be lacking in some basics.

[–] Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 4 days ago

China is not worried about the island of Taiwan attacking.

Nah, but Taiwan must be worried of China attacking, dude.