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Comment on Hong Kong democracy slogans heard at mainland Chinese protest in ~news
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Comment on Why do we tolerate Saudi money in tech? in ~tech
beiz Link Parentgood insight, but i would like to add that this problem, and the current decay of the US wouldn't exist if they hadn't gone to war in order to preserve the dollar as the oil exchange currency;...good insight, but i would like to add that this problem, and the current decay of the US wouldn't exist if they hadn't gone to war in order to preserve the dollar as the oil exchange currency; since even china was on board with switching over to euro as reserve back then. now that china has a power hungry dictator, and are organizing a global market split together with russia, the gambit is over. the US desire to be in control of the globalization has doomed it from ever happening, and doomed the nation. it's just one mistake after another killing the country by pushing for a free market economy that doesn't work. as soon as all the money sits in the pockets of bezos etc, that's the end of the US. he, and his ilk, are not rockfellers willing to sacrifice even a small part of their fortune to save the country, and why should they? life is pretty good if not better elsewhere, for the moment, because of US neoliberal influence making life easier for the rich. all they have to do is to get on their private jets and leave the ruins behind. start their extractions, and move again once the place is dry.
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Comment on China threatened Sweden with unspecified counter measures if its culture minister attends a literary award ceremony for Gui Minhai in ~books
beiz (edited )Link Parentthe chinese government kidnapped him in thailand when he was there on vacation with his daughter. the guy is swedish (but was born in china), his daughter is 100% swedish. the problem they're...the chinese government kidnapped him in thailand when he was there on vacation with his daughter. the guy is swedish (but was born in china), his daughter is 100% swedish. the problem they're having with him is that he rejects the chinese party, and they are making an example of him.
there have been made multiple attempts to free him, most recent the swedish ambassador tried to get a meeting with him in secret and ended up losing her post. his daughter has been in front of the american senate to plead for their support. etc.
basically, this is yet another one of china's overreach. i'd say they're testing sweden to see how much sway they have.
hopefully, hong kong's struggle for freedom will trigger a cascade that ripples throughout mainland china and opens the door for liberal politics. a ripple at such a scale, they can't pull another tiananmen square massacre for suppression.