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Americans’ views of China more positive again in 2026
(www.pewresearch.org)
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The point of their deamonization of china is to make them less bad in comparaison. But guess who isn't led by a notorious pedophile? China. Guess who didn't kidnap a head of state? China. Guess who doesn't bomb countries for breakfast? China
let me preface this by saying I hate the direction the U.S. government has taken (both in general and more as of late), but
> "Guess who doesn’t bomb countries for breakfast? China"
[squints]
[looks over at China]
Well, not yet they don't, I guess. But hey, 2026 isn't even half over yet, we still got time to get this world war started proper.
This keeps coming up. Go Google search the last time China used military force to get something done.
Eventually you have to realize the only people who see potential war everywhere are Americans.
Sorry, I think they meant they don't bomb countries in the material world that actually exists. In the speculative fantasy world that exists in your head, I'm sure they do all kinds of absolutely horrible things.
In fact, I think it's high time that the imaginary world places imaginary sanctions on imaginary China.
Okay, but I'm told that's Whataboutism and all Americans are immune to it
I'm more than confident that you can find allegations of child sexual assault, kidnapping of rival leaders, and military campaigns against neighbors aimed at China.
yes, keyword being "allegations". Regarding america, we've been past that for a decade
So, the abduction of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima is more than a mere allegation. Of course, the entire selection process for the Panchen and Dalai Lamas is itself rife with controversy, as it functionally involves randomly selecting some local child and whisking them away from their parents to be indoctrinated by Tibetian monks.
Similarly, there's the open question of Taiwan's sovereignty, as well as a history of Chinese intervention in neighboring territories. Nothing compared to the US decapitation and conquest of Iraq or Afghanistan, of course. But China was absolutely involved in armed conflict with the Vietnamese back in the 1960s/70s.
You can eek out parallels and hand wave comparisons if you know the history well enough and where to look. Chinese private security firms are all over Africa, for instance. Plenty of comparisons you can make between that and the old US/Europe model of filibustering, if you squint and don't think too hard.
TL;DR; its far more than just allegations. The real difference is in scope. US interventions are orders of magnitude larger.
We've been beyond that since founding fathers.