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[-] intelshill@lemmy.ca 15 points 7 months ago

Spying from within public educational institutions feels rather counterintuitive. Chinese students weren't getting security clearance anyway, so the only goal of their research is to be published in publicly viewable journals or conferences. This is a witch hunt.

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[-] intelshill@lemmy.ca 16 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Have you ever been to Xinjiang? Claiming that Uyghur culture and history is being eradicated sounds like some sort of joke.

Did you watch Chunwan? Chunwan is the most watched televised program in the world and the pride and joy of CCTV. Every year, every single year there is a display of traditional Uyghur dance, dress, and music. This year, a part of it was filmed in Kashgar, Xinjiang.

Dilraba Dilmurat, of Uyghur descent, is recognized by many as the most popular celebrity in China and commonly performs in traditional dress with traditional music:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4LqhAkiVr8Y

https://www.tiktok.com/@hello_xinjiang/video/7334365885169241376

Do you consider it genocide when Western fashion swept through the world, unseating traditional forms of dress? Do you consider it genocide when communities in North America default to English, losing their mother tongues? Do you consider it genocide when French people learn English to participate in the British economy? When Quebec forces Canadians to learn French?

No, you don't. You regard culture as a static element rather than a dynamic, constantly evolving entity. You regard language in the same way. You consider indigenous people as though they are some hapless treehugger or casino operator rather than what they really are: people.

You're the type of people who will write on and on about the rights of First Nations people but, when the Squamish decide to build a 10000-unit apartment complex on their land, you'll be the first to protest it. Cultures evolve. People evolve.

[-] intelshill@lemmy.ca 16 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Overlegislation of the financial sector will lead to financial collapse. An upper crust of obscenely wealthy bankers is essential for the proper function of the financial system and thus the economy.

Edit: /s fuck y'all are ruthless

[-] intelshill@lemmy.ca 17 points 8 months ago

"oh no! hackers learned how to hack in... public universities! The horror of PRC-sponsored hacking!"

[-] intelshill@lemmy.ca 14 points 8 months ago

BRICS is going after two things and it's becoming increasingly transparent: natural resources and shipping lanes. Expect Indonesia (Malacca) and Algeria (Alboran Sea) to come soon.

If BRICS continues to expand towards natural resources, expect Kazakhstan and Bolivia. If BRICS continues to expand towards human capital, expect Bangladesh, Pakistan, Vietnam, and Thailand.

The world can be separated into a few cultural superblocs: Europe, the colonial West (North America, Australia, etc.), Indigenous/Latin America, the Arab World, sub-Saharan Africa, Hannafi Islam (including Turkey and Pakistan), Southeast Asia, and the blocs defined around Russia, China, and Iran.

There's an increasing degree of separation between the first two blocs (Europe and the colonial West) and the rest, and BRICS has made significant progress towards unifying these remaining blocs:

In Latin America, there is Brazil (ex-Argentina).

In the Arab World, there is Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Egypt.

In sub-Saharan Africa, there is Ethiopia and South Africa.

There's a distinct lack of expansion towards the bloc represented by Hannafi Islam, but this is largely because this bloc is geopolitically dependent on the 4 BRICS countries surrounding it (Russia, China, India, Iran).

Then there is Southeast Asia, which has rather poor representation in BRICS and which MUST be corrected if BRICS seeks to unify the Global South.

[-] intelshill@lemmy.ca 14 points 9 months ago

“We commend China’s commitment to the promotion of humanity’s common values which embrace universal and inalienable human rights,” the Ukrainian envoy said, recommending that Beijing “strengthen democracy” and “expand people’s participation in political affairs”.

[-] intelshill@lemmy.ca 15 points 10 months ago

And people wonder why the Philippines has shifted back towards the US under Bongbong

[-] intelshill@lemmy.ca 17 points 10 months ago

Yeah it would really suck to have a door blown out or a cracked cockpit glass.

[-] intelshill@lemmy.ca 14 points 10 months ago

The Houthis... Who have been bombed for literally a decade by US-backed and US-funded forces with US weapons in the Arabian Peninsula...

Are we talking about the same Houthis?

[-] intelshill@lemmy.ca 16 points 10 months ago

Meanwhile the US has hit record oil extraction and natural gas exports this year. Big load of good developed nations are doing.

[-] intelshill@lemmy.ca 15 points 10 months ago

There was a guy in a press vest in Lebanon with nobody else nearby

Dude got obliterated by Israeli weapons

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