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Re:Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond? (1982) by ETHisso2017 on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @05:18PM (#20824068)
Some of the media pogroms against China in recent years might qualify. Huawei, Hong Kong, the South China Sea, Uighurs, the Yulin Dog Festival, the list goes on, but coverage of the country has been almost universally negative.
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Re:Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond? (1982) by SimbaOnSteroids on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @05:47PM (#20824343)
Well it's [CCP] existence is objectively a net negative for the world, so what do you expect?
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Re:Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond? (1982) by Udik on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @07:11PM (#20825008)
I envy your certainties.
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Re:Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond? (1982) by merpnderp on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @10:54PM (#20826266)
I think it’s easy to imagine an alternative history merely by looking at Taiwan.
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Re:Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond? (1982) by Udik on Thursday August 29, 2019 @01:40AM (#20826957)
Or another one by looking at Putin's Russia. Or at Africa.
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Re:Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond? (1982) by Nasrudith on Thursday August 29, 2019 @08:41AM (#20828946)
Truthful coverage of their actions resulting in being disliked isn't persecution. To call minimal accountability persecution is incredibly privileged.

It is like NSA employees whining at being called snoops when they spied on literally everyone!

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Re:Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond? (1982) by gataca on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @05:33PM (#20824209)
What's positive about China's behavior in Hong Kong or their treatment of the Uighurs?
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Re:Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond? (1982) by kryptiskt on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @07:32PM (#20825150)
Media pogroms? It takes a lot of nerve to use that word applied to a powerful government that has interned a million Uighurs without any due process at all. Yeah, that government is treated so unfairly. You ought to be ashamed of yourself.
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