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Good policy for bad (or at least not principled) reasons. It’s for money. They consider Israel “high risk” because of the war. China doesn’t give a shit about human rights. They send their own Muslims to concentration camps.
True. It's a state. I can't think of a time a state did something for purely altruistic reasons.
Could have sworn I saw an article about them curing diabetes the other day:
https://cells4life.com/us/2025/01/stem-cell-treatment-cures-type-1-diabetes/?srsltid=AfmBOoqILpF8WEcGBB3J4rMZfokV-ZaDAKbKGekZWcKLs-HuQ2dEbISO
And I also saw an American tourist use their healthcare system:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUX_RaeEQws/
Sooooooo
Historically the US funded a lot of important medical research. Do you think they did this for altruistic reasons?
Similarly, healthcare is beneficial to the state to keep workers healthy.
States do many things, good and bad, but none just out of the goodness of their hearts.
It's also to say they have principles. It's hard for the USA or Europe to criticize their human rights abuses while continuing to support Israel. It's a way to highlight western hypocrisy while avoiding risk. Remember they still invest into other high risk countries. High risk can lead to high reward.
I find it easy to criticize both where warranted
Yes, and we should continue to do so. However, lets not pretend that immoral actions by America and Europe don't undermined their position.
Also, the current tensions in the region threatens China's supply of cheap oil from Iran.