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  • China critic and former media tycoon Jimmy Lai is sentenced to 20 years in a Hong Kong security case

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  • China is on a ‘strong currency’ mission to make the yuan a global reserve: Xi

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  • Reddit eventually banned the entire tankie community at some point.

    It would be better to ban such 'media' - that are explicitly and dedicated propaganda outlets - as many post such links deliberately in a continuing attempt to distort reality.

  • China is on a ‘strong currency’ mission to make the yuan a global reserve: Xi

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  • No one knows what happens in 2050. For now there is little hope for democratic change in China.

    The linked article is pure propaganda. The South China Morning Post is one of Beijing’s propaganda outlets.

    As an adddition: I wrote in another thread yesterday on a similar issue that I don't understand why such sources aren't outright banned. There are certainly also users posting such links while being unaware of their propaganda (which may be the case here, I definitely do not accuse OP of acting in bad faith), but many OPs do it deliberately. It's aimed to undermine the community step by step until the propandists control the narratives (the second-hand intimidations in comments following China-critical posts is also part of this game). They are bad faith actors through and through.

  • China is on a ‘strong currency’ mission to make the yuan a global reserve: Xi

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  • This is pure propaganda. According to the South China Morning Post, China is always the only great coutry in any field while all others fall behind as the SCMP is one of Beijing's propaganda outlets.

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    Poll shows most Canadians support arrival of more Chinese EVs; result reflects broad public support for Canada’s China policy shift: expert - Global Times

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  • I don't understand why such sources aren't outright banned. There are certainly also users posting such links while being unaware of their propaganda (which may be the case here, I definitely do not accuse OP of acting in bad faith), but many OPs do it deliberately. It's aimed to undermine the community step by step until the propandists control the narratives (the second-hand intimidations in comments following China-critical posts is also part of this game). They are bad faith actors through and through.

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    Poll shows most Canadians support arrival of more Chinese EVs; result reflects broad public support for Canada’s China policy shift: expert - Global Times

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  • The Global Times is a Chinese propaganda outlet. That's not a reliable source of information.

  • Inside the Far-Right Push to Influence Canadian Political Parties | The Tyee

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  • Are far-right (and far-left) parties in Canada also supported by China and Russia as it is the case in Europe?

  • 'Canada, better the 28th EU member than the 51st US state'

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  • Companies have been outsourcing their product manufacturing and many services to different continents, very often to countries much farther away than Canada is from Europe. So that's apparently not a barrier.

    A common currency would decisively deepen the economic ties as trade and investment would be less risky and easier.

  • 'Canada, better the 28th EU member than the 51st US state'

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  • Three G7 countries already have the euro, and a common currency would make trade much easier and cheaper.

  • 'Canada, better the 28th EU member than the 51st US state'

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  • What should I clarify? What is it that you don't understand?

    You speak of "German and other northern right wingers" of not having "Greece's best interest in mind" as they were on a "moral crusade" against "lazy Mediterraneans." And these are not even all insults and accusations you made literally out of nothing. You don''t cite a source, not a single number, or anything that would show that you even try to foster your opinion. It's just an empty rant, and it's not your first one if I may say so. You are firing a series of insults.

    I agree just in one point: There is no reason to continue this discussion.

  • 'Canada, better the 28th EU member than the 51st US state'

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  • The “solutions” that were offered to Greece during the crisis were not conceived with Greece’s best interest in mind, but with preserving the Euro and placating German (and other “northern”) right wingers that saw the debt crisis as a moral crusade against “lazy Mediterraneans”.

    The euro is a great advantage for all countries that take part, including Greece. It was Greece's membership in Eurozone that made the support easier for all sides.

    There have been problems back then and many of them may still persist, but they have nothing to do with the currency. Nor has it to do with the "right wingers" that saw "a moral crusade against lazy Mediterraneans" that forced Greece "into an aggressive internal devaluation." This is meaningless propaganda rant.

  • Spain's Sanchez: we won't be swayed by tech oligarchs on social media ban

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  • This guy is a hypocrite imo. After a series of corruption scandals that are still ongoing and three recent deadly train crashes in his country, he just fights for his political survival. He also contracted China's Huawei for the Spanish judicial wiretap system, contrary to the EU policy. I don't buy into this person's morality.

  • 'Canada, better the 28th EU member than the 51st US state'

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  • Why not CANZUKEU ;-)

  • South Africa's trade minister heads to China, seeking duty-free export access

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  • That's a big issue in South Africa at the moment. A letter by a South African reader to one of the media outlets there summaries it quiet good:

    Government incompetence or bias towards China? - Trade decisions favour Chinese imports to the detriment of South Africans

    TL;DR: Cheap Chinese goods like EVs or consumer products from Temu are floodin South African markets at the cost of domestic manufacturing and the loss of local jobs, but the government says this should be addressed by the industries concerned, not the government.

    It is noteworthy that South Africa has been trading with China at a huge deficit. While bilateral trade has increased substantially from 2022 to 2024, Chinese imports into South Africa were around 22b billion US dollars annually while South African exports to China made up just around 12 billion US dollars annually (according to the Comtrade database).

    South Africa's trade deficit with China has also increased in the long term.

  • South Africa's trade minister heads to China, seeking duty-free export access

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  • That's a big issue in South Africa at the moment. A letter by a South African reader to one of the media outlets there summaries it quiet good:

    Government incompetence or bias towards China? - Trade decisions favour Chinese imports to the detriment of South Africans

    TL;DR: Cheap Chinese goods like EVs or consumer products from Temu are floodin South African markets at the cost of domestic manufacturing and the loss of local jobs, but the government says this should be addressed by the industries concerned, not the government.

    It is noteworthy that South Africa has been trading with China at a huge deficit. While bilateral trade has increased substantially from 2022 to 2024, Chinese imports into South Africa were around 22b billion US dollars annually while South African exports to China made up just around 12 billion US dollars annually (according to the Comtrade database).

    South Africa's trade deficit with China has also increased in the long term.

  • Buy european (and boycott USA) - Swiss edition 🇨🇭

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  • You may also consider Go European where you can find European alternative for a wide range products.

  • Russia bombards Ukraine with drones and missiles a day before planned peace talks

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  • Celebrating violence against civilians, including children, is - at best - the result of brainwashing, and it is mentally derailed at worst. You can have a different opinion, like different things, agree where others disagree. Even whataboutism, as bad as it is, remains on a higher human level. But literally cheering the suffering of innocent people is, in my opinion, unreconcilable with human civilization in the 21st century.

  • Russia bombards Ukraine with drones and missiles a day before planned peace talks

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  • As an addition, we must again regognize that tankies and other extremists literally celebrate these actions by Russia as one study says:

    ... The presence of left-wing extremism on the Lemmygrad. ml instance of the decentralized social media platform Lemmy ... reveal a substantial increase in user activity and toxicity levels following the migration of these subreddits to Lemmygrad. ml. ...

    [Users] frequently share posts that support authoritarian regimes, as seen in their support for China, North Korea, and Russia. Moreover, their support can extend beyond backing these authoritarian regimes, even cheering on their violent actions, as evidenced by their posts on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

    Everyone who thinks the study is incorrect for whatever reason is free to go to the instances and read their posts and comments there. They are testimony of a deeply repugnant mindset.

  • Russia bombards Ukraine with drones and missiles a day before planned peace talks

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  • As an addition, we must again regognize that tankies and other extremists literally celebrate these actions by Russia as one study says:

    ... The presence of left-wing extremism on the Lemmygrad. ml instance of the decentralized social media platform Lemmy ... reveal a substantial increase in user activity and toxicity levels following the migration of these subreddits to Lemmygrad. ml. ...

    [Users] frequently share posts that support authoritarian regimes, as seen in their support for China, North Korea, and Russia. Moreover, their support can extend beyond backing these authoritarian regimes, even cheering on their violent actions, as evidenced by their posts on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

    Everyone who thinks the study is incorrect for whatever reason is free to go to the instances and read their posts and comments there. They are testimony of a deeply repugnant mindset.