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This would be the worst course of action. The Chinese population is propagandized enough and won't hesitate to go to war head-on against the West.

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It is an interesting question on how to deprogram the pro-communist party populous. All the brainwashed types I’ve ever spoken to believe the most insane things despite otherwise being intelligent people. E.g. Covid was made by the US to frame China. They also seem to conflate criticism of the CCP with Chinese people in general. I suspect many of the people behind the troll pro-China accounts commenting here are doing this (or they’re just paid). (Guys, CCP is anti-Chinese people. If you love China, don’t support this oppressive regime because one day they’ll come for you and your family.) How do we overdone this?

> All the brainwashed types I’ve ever spoken to believe the most insane things despite otherwise being intelligent people.

This is a general problem, not limited to China. A good percentage of the world population is ready to believe just about anything, no matter how outrageous. Witness the whole COVID denial movement as one example.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-people-fall-for-con...

Right, but China is a particular severe problem.

Really, did you have chance to compare? When I read user comment section in CBC for example I loose all hope for humanity.

Try convince people vaccine is good/bad for them, you got a ticket for a ride already.

Accept it is a fact that people who you thought is unreasonable thought precisely the same about you.

Why do people think that Chinese nationalism is a result of communist propaganda?

Why would it be wrong or unexpected for people to go to war if their country was attacked?

The Chinese have seen their country invaded and sold piecemeal and have been striving to 'fight back' and to stand on their own two feet. That reaction started before the communist party was even created and the party is just an expression of it.

You can check with Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Philipines and other SA countries. I don't see Chile being hostile towards Spanish or Americans. A lot of these countries have in common though. They have different form of government. Perhaps, trying to be peaceful and forgiving would go a long way than trying to be mecha-ultra-vibranium-wolf-eagle?

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