China's state media buys Meta ads pushing Russia's line on war

Re:China's state media buys Meta ads pushing Russia's line o... by retrac on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @12:14PM (#30617108)

> the fact that they didn’t vote against the UN Resolution with Russia

China has, very consistently for decades now, maintained that every nation's borders are Super Duper Sacred and Never Ever to be challenged. That every sovereign nation can do whatever it wants within its UN-recognized borders. This is for obvious reasons over Xinjiang and Taiwan and Tibet and etc.

Abstention was their only realistic option. And quite in character. China abstains a great deal at the Security Council, if you look at the record.

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Re:China's state media buys Meta ads pushing Russia's line o... by HWR_14 on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @02:38PM (#30619023)

China is pretty aggressive about expanding their borders, annexing islands and such. I doubt that borders are super-sacred to them.

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Re:China's state media buys Meta ads pushing Russia's line o... by actuator on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @12:29PM (#30617373)

> China has, very consistently for decades now, maintained that every nation's borders are Super Duper Sacred and Never Ever to be challenged. That every sovereign nation can do whatever it wants within its UN-recognized borders

Well, Ukraine's borders are recognised by UN and CCP respecting others borders is simply not true. Just ask their neighbours.

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Re:China's state media buys Meta ads pushing Russia's line o... by t-3 on Thursday March 10, 2022 @06:27AM (#30625743)

The thing is, China's claimed borders include those areas. This is politics, not a mission for truth and ethical conduct. Their definitions are entirely self-serving and certainly differ from those of their enemies.

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