[uses]

China - under Xi specifically - doesn't have rule of law, acts as an agent of chaos on the world stage, doesn't care about international order, bullies its neighbors, and critically, has become a 1-man dictatorship in the past ~10 years. Under Xi, it's an aspiring evil empire that considers all humans of Han ancestry to belong to it, and genuinely doesn't care about the rest. Pre-Xi, China was on a positive trajectory. Post-Xi, hopefully that'll return.

[juunpp]

Your first sentence is exactly what the US has done since the Cold War through recent history. Why is it different when China does it, which it also hasn't to the scale that the US has?

[rustcleaner]

It's not different. Peace is always a temporary illusion, a cloaking of the war, and one shouldn't expect any consistency in these cases (akin to the peacock's tail-feathers, too much consistency costs).

[DiogenesKynikos]

China doesn't really have stable rule of law, but "agent of chaos on the world stage"? It's the most stable and predictable major power, by far.

China hasn't fought a war in 40 years. It's been too busy focusing on its own internal economic development. In terms of the international order, China is much more committed to institutions like the UN and WTO than the US is, because China wants a stable international framework in which to continue its own internal development.

[FirmwareBurner]

>doesn't have rule of law, acts as an agent of chaos on the world stage, doesn't care about international order, bullies its neighbors

This also describes the actions of the US in many circumstances in its history.

[ridiculous_leke]

Unlike several other authoritarian regimes, this is very much constitutional in China. Every institution pretty much reports to the CCP.

[yazzku]

Really? That's fantastic. In the US, three-letter government agencies work outside the scrutiny of the law.

[fakedang]

In China, "there are no three-letter government agencies".

[csomar]

Dude you need to chill. Xi is just a man in China. You need to take a trip there to get a different perspective and make sure to talk/interact with the local people.

[surfpel]

Yikes. Propaganda runs DEEP in the west.

Everything you said describes the US and other western nations better than any other civilization in history. The US backs genocide after genocide, consistently breaks the international “laws” it pushed for. From the start of the empire, that’s been the explicit policy of the American empire. Trail of tears anyone? Hiroshima? Agent Orange? East Timor? The banana republics? It’s a really long list…

Students really need to be taught their actual history. It’s really quite horrific.

This comment displays not even a shred of understanding regarding China or it’s history.

How dare China have territorial sovereignty. How dare they have security in their own region. How dare they build infrastructure in the global south, when everyone knows they should be pillaging those regions instead! Unthinkable! That all belongs to the west!

That comment represents an insanity in the west that may just be the downfall of organized human life.

[wumeow]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_you_are_lynching_Negroes

[surfpel]

Lol yes exactly like this. Tides have turned eh? The American elite are doing a very good job of distracting the public from problems at home.

They get people riled up about Taiwan or Ukraine, meanwhile the education system, the housing supply, job market, healthcare system, etc... are all in shambles.

Americans don't even question it anymore! It's now fair that housing should be >=40% of your wage. It's fair that companies that are propped up by the American people can screw over those same people.

But when you see how modern and lively China is and how they live, compared to the crumbling, old United States... oh boy. Strange how they can afford it but we, the supposed 'richest country in the world', can't.