Venezuela has accused Donald Trump of making a “colonialist threat” after he said the airspace around the country should be considered closed.
The country’s foreign ministry called Trump’s comments “another extravagant, illegal and unjustified aggression against the Venezuelan people”.
The US does not legally have the authority to close another country’s airspace, but Trump’s online post could lead to travel uncertainty and deter airlines from operating there.
I guess the Uyghurs as a common example are what? Super happy joyous time? The way the ccp cracked down on the peaceful protests I Hongkong? Not authoritarian? They are both sides of the same coin. Authoritarian Chinese government and authoritarian American government. But you can tell yourself that the side you support is the “good guys” all you like.
The authoritarian lens is a useless one since every single nation in the history of humanity uses authority.
The Hong Kong protests were a great example of the difference. In the US you have protests because a cop killed a man in cold blood and the cops come out and tear gas protestors and some died. They even let a vigilante kill people and then let him off without punishment.
In Hong Kong, which was a colony of Britain, the youth of Hong Kong decided to protest and it got really violent - on the part of the protestors. They were throwing molotovs at police. And the police just backed off most of the time. The protests went on for weeks and the police exercises significant restraint compared to US cops.
The important thing to note about Hong Kong is that it was violently ripped away from China and turned into a British colony because the Brits wanted to sell opium to China and China said no. For most of the British occupation the Chinese in Hong Kong suffered immensely, but when the Brits realized they weren’t going to be able to hold on to Hong Kong they changed all their policies to create social conditions that would lead inevitably to this exact conflict. That’s partly why there was such a generational gap in the Hong Kong protest movement. Many of the older generation knew what Britain was about and wanted to rejoin their country but the youth were fed a lot of lies and propaganda so when China moved forward with the national security aimed at preventing foreign interference the students protested.
As for Xinjiang, I encourage you to look at a map. The US military establishment has openly stated that they are collaborating with East Turkistan separatists as part of their strategy in the region and have been for some time. This is an extension of the US strategy that developed the Mujahideen into a terrorist group to fight the USSR and ultimate spawned Al-Qaeda and ISIS. In short, the US has been training, arming, and organizing terrorism in the region as part of their strategy to destabilize any opposition, and for China specifically they targeted Xinjiang.
If you look at the number of terrorist attacks in Xinjiang over the years, there was clearly a problem, but it’s equally clear that China launched an anti-terrorism campaign and the number of attacks has plummeted. This again shows the difference between the Western use of authority and the Chinese us of authority. When the West does anti-terrorism they carpet bomb countries, commit mass war crimes, destroy infrastructure, and kill millions. China’s anti-terrorism campaign focused on economics, education, social integration, and counterintelligence. Not only did it work, 50+ countries have inspected Xinjiang and approved of the program. The Uyghurs still govern the region as an autonomous cultural zone. They still openly practice their religion and cultural practices, they still teach their children in their language. Birth rates have come down to stabilize at the same rate as Western societies, or higher, which is inline with social progress women getting more autonomy, better health outcomes across the board, and better economic prospects.
So yeah, I won’t disagree that both the US and China are authoritarian, but I don’t really see any country in the world that isn’t authoritarian. It’s the way things are right now. So given that there will be authoritarianism, who is actually working to improve lives and who is working to destroy them?
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My word, china isn’t working to improve lives. Look at the excuses you make for china it’s the exact same excuses that the us used. Why is it ok when China does it but it’s horrible and when the west does it its not ok? Stop making excuses lol
Because there are real material differences? What is it that you don’t understand? Fully 1/3 of indigenous children were separated from their families by the US and forced in torture schools to “get the Indian out of them”. China has done no such thing. The US administered forced hysterectomies on “undesirables”, tens of thousands of women had the uteruses just removed. China has done no such thing.
China doesn’t have a reserve system like the US. China hasn’t broken all of its treaties with the Tibetans or the Uyghurs the way the US has with indigenous nations. China didn’t hire a fascist to desecrate a sacred mountain that was stolen by breaking a treaty.
Read your history. Stop comparing American propaganda narratives and actually learn about what’s really happening. These two historical processes are incredibly materially different
Except for the Uyghurs, and the organ harvesting from the homeless.
Cause the wrote the treaties and brake them without consequence
I know i know it’s allllll western propaganda right. Nothing China has ever done is bad everything is sunshine and rainbows under the iron fist with a firewall to keep outside info coming in, with a social credit system to keep people pushed down. It’s alllll fake.
You need to learn your history too it seems. Stop comparing Chinese propaganda narrative and learn what is actually happening. Two different processes with the same outcome.
We went through the Uyghur situation. The birthrate of Uyghurs is higher than white people in America. They didn’t forcibly sterilize tens of thousands of Uyghurs. It’s quite literally a propaganda war about Xinjiang with the US trying to paint China’s successful anti-terrorism program as a genocide in order to continue the USA’s program of training and arming terrorists in Xinjiang. Like, it’s literally a propaganda game and you’re losing because you can’t see it.
The organ harvesting propaganda comes from Falun Gong, a group that is funded by the CIA. It is further propagated by Victims of Communism journalists, again, an organization tied to the US propaganda machine. Another propaganda war that is winning the battle for your brain. No. There is no actual evidence of organ harvesting from homeless people in China. It is literally just baseless allegations.
Go find me treaties that China broke with the Tibetans or the Uyghurs. I can wait.
Yes i know, if it goes against your views it’s all fake and propaganda. I love how you say im losing the propaganda game, really quite funny, I hope the irony is not lost on you.