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Re:China is detaining a million Uighur muslims in a secret camp by krapp on Friday August 10, 2018 @11:25PM (#17738121)
The standard for superpowers was already set by the US and USSR - if you have nuclear weapons and the ability to project military force globally, you can more or less get away with anything. I don't know about their force projection capabilities but I'm sure their nukes can reach the US, and they can definitely reach our allies, and of course Japan and Korea would just be screwed.

So... maybe they'll get a stern talking to.

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Re:China is detaining a million Uighur muslims in a secret camp by will4274 on Friday August 10, 2018 @11:43PM (#17738193)
Sure, but that doesn't mean the US has to trade with them or offer them access to its financial systems.
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Re:China is detaining a million Uighur muslims in a secret camp by krapp on Friday August 10, 2018 @11:56PM (#17738250)
They're one of the biggest markets in the world and they own much of the world's manufacturing infrastructure, and we're already in a trade war with them.

If we can stay on top of that, then yes, soft power might work, but China has a lot of leverage of its own in that regard.

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Re:China is detaining a million Uighur muslims in a secret camp by paul_milovanov on Saturday August 11, 2018 @12:04AM (#17738279)
Why don't you post a video of setting half of your salary in cash on fire, and then you get the moral right to make that statement. :)

Nobody is willing to pay the cost of that.

Not that it's even necessarily the ethical thing to do.

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Re:China is detaining a million Uighur muslims in a secret camp by chrischen on Saturday August 11, 2018 @12:09AM (#17738295)
We're not exactly being altruist trading with China all these years.
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