• Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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    8 months ago

    My favorite take on this development:

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    Not because I agree with it, but because how absurd that a guy with that name is saying it.

    • SSJ2Marx
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      8 months ago

      He's right that it's easy to fill a void left by western nations (but mostly America) being so phenomenally shit. Hopefully this works out the way the China-lead Iran-Saudi Arabia talks did - all China needs to do is be a fair arbiter and they'll have all the credibility they could possibly ask for.

      • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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        8 months ago

        Western skill issue. I would simply not give unlimited military and political support to a genocidal apartheid state.

      • Evilsandwichman [none/use name]
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        8 months ago

        China: treats non-Western nations like rational human beings

        Western nations: stop it, diplomacy is evil!

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      4 months ago

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    • Sephitard9001 [he/him]
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      8 months ago

      He had to put legacy at the end there otherwise it would also apply to every institution he believes in lmao. "We were here first!!! wojak-nooo "

      • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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        8 months ago

        China has had diplomatic relations with the Arab nations since about 650 CE, when Dr War's ancestors were squatting in mud huts trying to recover from the collapse of Rome, but it's the Chinese who have no legacy.

        • Sephitard9001 [he/him]
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          8 months ago

          Yeah but China doesn't have a satellite state occupying their land does it smuglord

    • Dessa [she/her]
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      8 months ago

      Not being deeply involved, I imagine, is part of the appeal. They can play neutral arbiter without inflaming old grudges

      • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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        8 months ago

        What do you mean you want the accused criminal to be judged by someone who isn't their half brother and best friend? What about credibility and legitimacy and legacy?!

    • Awoo [she/her]
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      8 months ago

      Their values aren't "inconsistently applied", they do not have values.

    • Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml
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      8 months ago

      China has a lot of credibility in the Palestinian conflict, stretching back decades. With the founder of the PLFP saying “China is our best friend” and Yassir Arafat saying , “China was the biggest influence in supporting and strengthening our revolution.”

      https://www.qiaocollective.com/articles/palestine-china

      Article on the subject of Chinese historical support for Palestinian liberation.

        • Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml
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          8 months ago

          Exactly. Just goes to show how historically uninformed, or even misinformed, most westerners are. This is part of why I try to defer to global south comrades, they seem to have a better grasp on things than I do even after years of intense study.