I've been seeing a huge amount of anti-Chinese sentiment online, from obvious places like reddit, to even misinformed friends on social media falling victim to viral posts filled with misinformation.

What are we to make of this? Is this the slow march to war, by portraying them as pure evil, à la the fake story of Iraqi soldiers killing Kuwaiti babies to help get the public on board with our military response? It seems disadvantageous for the US and their allies to fight China, as we are incredibly reliant upon them economically and don't stand to gain much from the conflict.

Are these the irrational decisions of a dying empire? Or is there something else at play?

    • Digraph [none/use name]
      3·
      4 years ago

      Hi, I'm new here, and have seen a few puzzling posts, so I'm curious about the community's take on China's treatment of the Uighur people. I believe I understand the distrust in national discourse that might push us toward another (cold)war, but what makes you think "the Uighur camps are seriously overblown"? It certainly seems pretty serious, and it's not just the US government that believes so: https://www.npr.org/2020/07/04/887239225/china-suppression-of-uighur-minorities-meets-u-n-definition-of-genocide-report-s

      • CoralMarks [he/him]
        4·
        4 years ago

        You obviously did not look at any of the numerous posts here debunking the accusations made against China on the treatment of Uighurs in Xinjiang, especially those from the one main source on all of this. Otherwise, you would've known that Adrian Zenz, a German Christian fundamentalist, supposed China expert who can't even speak Mandarin is a bad source at best.

        For good measure though, here is a really concise Youtube video going over all of the claims made, if textposts are too much to read.

      • ComradeNagual [none/use name]
        2·
        4 years ago

        Its to deflect from the real camps in the US. Its always projection from their own misbehavior

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URhrRd4ag38

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcNXI5DSFbA

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glpE_m8OE2A

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMKrFfSuNcc

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NI6edfAdZI

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJVqs_mhOA4

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79cd6kJIOU0

      • emizeko [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        https://twitter.com/RodericDay/status/1287411708374454273