> Why must we always have a foreign enemy? Be it soviets, muslims, mexicans or now China.
I don't know? Why must "we"? Can't China just get it's shit in order? Is it too much to ask for?
I don't know? Why must "we"? Can't China just get it's shit in order? Is it too much to ask for?
Nearly all government leaders' first reaction is try to downplay disasters.. after all they are politicians, not science experts.
Did you not watch Chernobyl? It's literally the same plot.
Even in this particular case, the Chinese govt. wasn't the only one trying to downplay this. The US government did the exact same thing even after China had already come to its senses.
There is a difference between the capacity of US and EU to suppress information and the capacity of authoritarian Chinese State to do this. The media in US and EU does not take direction from the Government.
> The US government did the exact same thing even after China had already come to its senses.
Did the US govt allow wet markets with live wild animals to operate in China for the political gain of Xi Jinping and China? Did the US govt downplaying this change the reporting of the media? Did the US order samples destroyed and ordered laboratories to not release information? No?
Stop running cover for Xi Jinping.
If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future.
But this response is the kind of thing I'm talking about. I'm sure you have legitimate reasons to have a negative view of China, but discussions just devolve into emotionally charged rhetoric that doesn't go anywhere. How am I supposed to respond to this in a constructive way?