The worst accusation you could make about China's alleged warcrimes are how neutral they are in regards to Israel. They also sell guns to both sides of the Kashmir conflict, which isn't great. They have sold guns to Israel in the past as commerce, but that's a far cry from the west simply giving Israel weapons and intelligence for free.

Whereas the USA invades a new country on average every 1.5 years and has over 800 overseas military bases. China hasn't had an active overseas military conflict since the Vietnam war. This isn't a comparison at all.

[-] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Hasn't China also sold drones to Indonesia for use in West Papua? I think that might've stopped, though, but I'm not sure.

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[-] Hestia@hexbear.net 40 points 2 days ago

downbear

Hard to commit warcrimes when you don't participate in war.

[-] Deestan@lemmy.world 49 points 2 days ago

Which country allows their citizens to openly speak about and protest said war crimes?

[-] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 1 day ago

Andrew Wimmer was handcuffed and taken to jail on January 22, 2003 because he refused to protest in a ""designated protest zone"" that was out of sight of the President as well as local and national TV news cameras.

A woman, armed with a ""We Love You Bush"" sign showed up at the same corner shortly after Wimmer's arrest. Wimmer asked the police if they were going to arrest her if she didn't move and they said, ""no."" The police also allegedly blocked the national press camera crews and an AP reporter from approaching the protest zone to do reporting.

https://www.aclu.org/documents/dissent-forced-be-out-sight-and-out-mind

[-] where_am_i@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago

That's a far cry from how china suppresses protests. And really a small individual example. Overall there's a clear freedom of expression and civil protest in the US. The same absolutely cannot be said about china.

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[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 54 points 2 days ago

Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters arrested outside New York Stock Exchange

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[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 36 points 2 days ago

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[-] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 days ago

Well, soon, I'm not sure

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-administration-may-crack-palestinian-protest-movement-rcna179979

[-] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 days ago

Well the US doesn't. China is hard to say because it's not constantly at war

[-] dessalines@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 day ago

China, but also the PRC hasn't been in a war in like 50+ years. Meanwhile the US killed a million innocent people in Iraq, and goes after whistleblowers like Assange, Snowden, and Manning for speaking out about its war crimes. And the Obama administration prosecuted a record number of whistleblowers, and had a zero tolerance policy towards them.

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[-] roux@hexbear.net 30 points 1 day ago

This meme sucks.