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They're oppressing the minorities to create greater wealth and power for China's aristocracy (ultimately).

I know I'm stating the utterly obvious but it needs to be said. This is a natural side-effect of aristocrats doing what aristocrats do.

And yes, our world suffers from an infestation of aristocrats.

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For a whole lot of Chinese, Han and others, China is a better place than it was 40 years ago. I think this gives the government there more power than it should really have over the attitudes of its people. Maybe as we get 2 or 3 more generations in the general attitude toward the government will shift away from justifying anything for the sake of Chinese unification.

Normal Chinese citizens, which means 90% of Chinese population who live in downtrodden rural areas, and 3rd tier cities hate their own government in a way Q-Putsch looks like a childs play.

Just 2 generations ago, Chinese were dying of starvation. People don't give a fuck for "national unification" if they are one meal away from death.

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