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OftenBen  ·  1814 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: New Horrors: China Harvesting Muslim Organs in Concentration Camps.

Counterpoint -

China is investing heavily into foreign markets - it pays advertisers to keep the Chinese government/Chinese market happy.





kleinbl00  ·  1814 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Counter-counterpoint:

OftenBen  ·  1813 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  

I think there is an argument to be made that China is trying to export the social credit idea.

One of the exports of Empire is culture, yes?

I'm still knee-deep in Durant so that's the lens I'm putting this all through, as much as possible.

kleinbl00  ·  1813 days ago  ·  link  ·  

... Huh. I hadn't considered that. They are elbows deep in Africa and the Chinese version of McFascism might be just the ticket for your average upwardly mobile despot.

OftenBen  ·  1813 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Happy to provide a fresh idea.