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There was a peace deal before (Minsk agreement). Agreements with Russia are not worth the paper they're signed on. Any peace deal Putin is willing to sign is just to consolidate his gains and get more time to prepare for another attack.

> What are they actually doing wrong on the world stage

Threatening their peaceful, democratic and de facto independent neighbour, Taiwan, might count. They're doing it right now, encircling the island with military vessels.

I don't know which government is yours, but in Taiwan there's no need for any FUD, China does everything it can to make people fear it.

I've seen you touting your opinions as "the world waking up" but I hope the downvotes make you realize that they are in fact not representative, no matter how much your TikTok bubble tells you otherwise.

You think no opinion is valid unless it matches your own? I've never used TikTok in my life.

That's what you seem to think, when in reality your opinions are extremely controversial. I don't really need to argue about this. The downvotes and flags speak for themselves.

Any opinions/arguments that go against government narrative are going to be controversial - it doesn't mean such arguments should be dismissed out of hand.

FYI, you are breaking HN rules by talking about downvotes.

Then don't go around claiming that your opinion is representing the majority.

Good try but you're breaking the guidelines by instigating, starting flame wars and fighting ideological battles.

I didn't claim that my opinion was representing the majority, you've just made that up.

I can see that you are trying to start a flame war, so I won't be discussing this topic any further with you. Good bye.

> And please stop spreading anti-Chinese sentiment - it's bordering on racism. When was the last time China invaded another country? What are they actually doing wrong on the world stage, other than being more economically powerful than the US?

There's boatloads of evidence of Chinese fishing fleet fishing illegally (and way too much) even as far away as Africa [1]. Then there's the constant saber rattling around Taiwan, going as far as to "punish" Taiwan for having a clean, fair election just recently. And then there's the territorial takeover of Philippine land [2].

[1] https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2024/04/11/...

[2] https://fsi.gov.ph/philippines-china-relations-beyond-the-te...

China is hardly unique in fishing waters they aren't meant to. Plenty European countries, including France and Spain, have been doing that kind of thing for decades.

But the west isn't (literally!) up in arms over that; all the anti-Chinese rhetoric spewed forth by the five eyes is transparent BS, likely designed to manufacture domestic support for when the US decides China needs some "good ole US democracy".

China building small bases in disputed territory is slightly concerning, but given how the US builds bases all over the world, it feels deeply hypocritical for the US to complain about China enhancing it's defencive posture - especially with all the anti-Chinese sentiment coming from US Congress.

BTW, I liked your "boatloads" pun :)

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