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by themaninthedark 1291 days ago
They are quite willing to attack others.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_Peo...

Just looking at the number of wars that the PRC has been involved in:

1950 : Invades and Annexes Tibet

1950 - 1953 : Assists North Korea and invades South Korea

1954 : Attempted to invade Taiwan

1958 : Attempted to invade Taiwan

1962 : Sino-Indian War

1967 : Nathu La and Cho La clashes

1979 : Sino-Vietnam War

2017 : China-India border standoff

2020-2021: China-India clashes

You also claim that FOGBANK records were destroyed to cover up for lawsuits, Wikipedia does not have anything relating to that. >Manufacture involves the moderately toxic, highly volatile solvent acetonitrile, which presents a hazard for workers (causing three evacuations in March 2006 alone).

Acetonitrile may be poison but has been used in public product very recently: >It has been used in formulations for nail polish remover, despite its toxicity. At least two cases have been reported of accidental poisoning of young children by acetonitrile-based nail polish remover, one of which was fatal.[23] Acetone and ethyl acetate are often preferred as safer for domestic use, and acetonitrile has been banned in cosmetic products in the European Economic Area since March 2000.[24]

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Acetonitrile is used on an almost daily basis by anyone doing HPLC (high-performance liquid chromatography). Big 4L jugs of it. The price has gotten exorbitant though and some have switched to using mostly methanol. I don't know what this guy is talking about with the toxicity, it smells kind of nice and has a very benign label. You don't even need to wear a respirator or anything to use it.

https://cameochemicals.noaa.gov/chemical/11

2009-

https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/great-acetonitrile...

China has also de facto militarily annexed territory larger than France in the South China Sea; territory that very clearly belongs to other nations. It was an act of war, they used their military to invade and take the territory of their neighbors.