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The irony of westerners accusing china of propaganda will never be lost on me.

I’m not sure it’s an accusation. It’s a state owned news network managed under the Central Propaganda Department.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publicity_Department_of_the_Ch...


arent western models censored too ?


maybe democracy isn't so great after all ...


Democracy is like Communism. Every time you point out a problem with Democracy, someone else can point out how it isn't True Democracy(R). For example, in the West there are massive support for applying pressure to Israel to stop the genocide. But very little actually happens because, at least in my country, Israel has literally bought off the key politicians[1]. This isn't True Democracy(R) because the people's representatives have been paid to represent a foreign nation.

[1] https://www.commondreams.org/news/aipac-100-million


and who exactly are we to dictate what a 5000 years old country and civilisation gets to do when we literally fund the mass murder of an entire group of people because it's "God's Promise" ?


> what a 5000 years old country

How is that relevant and how does that entitle to Taiwain? They started colonizing it at about the same time as the Dutch.

> because it's "God's Promise" ?

That’s not the reason.


The point is that nobody, certainly not the US, cares about things like territorial integrity or 'human rights.' Recent events have caused the US to have to completely drop the facade, which is in many ways a good thing (even if the situation in question is catastrophic and in no way good). It's all just a pretext to the expansion of power and influence. In the case of Taiwan the history of the country is important. The "Republic of China" was a nationalist force that overthrew dynastic China and eventually managed to unify the country in 1927. They were themselves then overthrown in 1949 by the CCP. Their leadership and forces fled to Taiwan (which was already a part of China), and overthrew the local forces there. The CCP did not pursue them beyond that and so the Civil War ended there.

The Republic of China then tried to gain international recognition as an independent nation but, to this day, basically nobody recognizes them as such. And eventually this led to the emergence of the 'one country, two systems' where China would allow some basic autonomy to the province, yet it would remain a part of China. This was accepted by most of the world, including the US. While simultaneously we then did (and are doing) absolutely everything possible to ensure the emergence of a new civil war in the region. It's not at all because we care about Taiwan (beyond it being in a strategically useful location), but primarily to weaken and destabilize China.


Look, China is a big boy and responsible for its own actions. Taiwan has been an autonomous and sovereign entity for many generations. If China invades Taiwan there most likely will be war, if not then not.

You can always construct some historical and geographical claims and justifications. Haven't you heard, China is a near Arctic nation now.


> The Republic of China then tried to gain

They had it until Nixon decided to recognize PRC instead. So “then” kind of ignores 30 preceding years..

> would allow some basic autonomy

It’s hard to even describe how absurd and nonsensical this statement is. You are sure that you are not mixing up Taiwan and Hong Kong or Macau?


> That's not the reason

humour me then


Lovely little product !

I wanted to ask how you handle language autodetection for snippets.


Hey! thank you! I actually have a great use for my site itself, you can find the language detection utility on this list: https://snippp.io/list/18

but tldr I'm using hljs to detect and return a string with the language title, and comparing that key against my array of categories.


Fun fact: I got my current job in part thanks to overleaf. I used it to write down my CV. It's so much more useful than Ms Word or Google Docs.


Ironically, the internet and the free access to information that comes with it have essentially removed the veil.


Please make that demonstration then.


Because you see, It's totally ok when we do it. But GOD Forbid others engage in the same behaviour.


The opposite is absolutely true.

Try and question "America's greatest ally ever" and their policies and see how long you last on these platforms.

When critiquing china, remember that you're essentially looking in the mirror.


That’s funny because this argument has been exposed as complete bullshit in the last month. You should find a better example to try and be dishonest about nowadays. Social media is extremely anti-Israel and now everyone knows it


> Social media is extremely anti-Israel and now everyone knows it

People generally don't hold ethnic cleansing in high esteem.


There’s no ethic cleansing unless you follow the propaganda that Palestine has existed for 1000s of years and Israel stole all the land and has been attacking everyone around it.


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