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China uses a variety of tools to achieve this, ranging from publishing statements by Chinese diplomats, establishing international media partnerships for content sharing, collaborating with influencers, to inviting journalists on paid trips to China with the aim of presenting an exclusively positive image of the country

Publishing diplomatic statements?! Giving away free holidays?! How sinister!

Nah, that’s boring, wordy, and liberal.

Also Christians should feel like they’re being personally attacked.

I’m here for this, it’s funny. As long as they’re not under the illusion that it means anything politically, uncritical support.

Like, wasnt The Departed based on a Chinese cop trilogy?

Infernal Affairs from HK.

You do get a lot of crime/cop movies from the mainland too. The cops are required to always win.

Always thought Russia was a motherland. Isn’t the big statue called ‘The Motherland Calls’ or is that just how it’s translated into English.

The current situation doesn’t seem remotely existential for Israel though. Iran can fling missiles but as we know that alone won’t end a regime.

Well you’re half right at least.

This is absolutely untrue.

I’m being China-specific. All the Tibetans and Uyghurs and other Chinese minority people I’ve known learn Chinese because it gives them opportunities that they otherwise would not have. Don’t know about other countries so I won’t comment.

What’s an L about this? Everyone should be taught the dominant language of the nation they live in. Frankly everyone wants to learn the language because life without it is objectively more limited and difficult, so this won’t even really change much.

feedback loop of escalations per MAD

Who’s gonna escalate? Assuming Israel only used them in the Middle East, and I see no reason why they’d attack further afield, why would Russia or China involve themselves? Maybe Pakistan could, what are Israeli-Pakistani relations like?

How many old people died while they were bolted inside their homes during COVID?

Far fewer than died outside of their homes in the rest of the world.

China actually cared about their people’s lives honestly, all the west cared about were their economies.

Apparently these are normal storage levels for this time of year, and most British gas comes from its own natural supplies or Norway.

The war might be disruptive but this situation is far from existential for Britain.

Sorffly Davius is straight out of a Japanese baseball videogame for sure

The best example of planetary wide anarchist community is the Fremen in Dune.

Loving that the best example of anarchism is neither anarchist nor real.

All American news outlets are American supremacists whether they’re under the direct control of the regime or not. None are trustworthy.

So they really were just trying to repeat Venezuela in killing the leader and then hoping the successor is more compliant to demands?

Even if it is true, it’d never have happened if the US and Israel weren’t bombing Iran. They’re directly responsible regardless.

I don’t agree with the idea that this is all a distraction

Amerikans just love war

nations swore to stand with Iran

Who does that include?

the radar system was worth around $1.1 billion.

what is that, like 0.2% of the US annual military budget?