As a Chinese-American residing in the US, I really have to smile when white people think they can "stick it" to China. Westerners, in particular white people, are threatened by Asian faces gaining power in the Far East, and so they demonize my country and countrymen and make up ridiculous stories about how much of a scary Orwellian hellhole China is. And of course they indulge in their white savior narrative and try…
Steve Simon announces WTA’s decision to suspend tournaments in China
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#12As a Chinese-American residing in the US, I really have to smile when white people think they can "stick it" to China. Westerners, in particular white people, are threatened by Asian faces gaining power in the Far East, and so they demonize my country and countrymen and make up ridiculous stories about how much of a scary Orwellian hellhole China is. And of course they indulge in their white savior narrative and try…
It seems odd that you'd chose to live in a place where you're isolated from your countrymen and aren't ensconced in the strength of the not-scary, not-Orwellian, not-hellhole country that you clearly identify most with.
Re: Steve Simon announces WTA’s decision to suspend tournaments in China
#13As a Chinese-American residing in the US, I really have to smile when white people think they can "stick it" to China. Westerners, in particular white people, are threatened by Asian faces gaining power in the Far East, and so they demonize my country and countrymen and make up ridiculous stories about how much of a scary Orwellian hellhole China is. And of course they indulge in their white savior narrative and try…
Did you mean to say "hostile takeover of an independent nation"? China hasn't controlled Taiwan in recent history.
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#15As a Chinese-American residing in the US, I really have to smile when white people think they can "stick it" to China. Westerners, in particular white people, are threatened by Asian faces gaining power in the Far East, and so they demonize my country and countrymen and make up ridiculous stories about how much of a scary Orwellian hellhole China is. And of course they indulge in their white savior narrative and try…
I’m not white and I don’t believe it’s right that a woman should be politically silenced for speaking out about sexual abuse she encountered. Perhaps not everything is about ‘sticking it’ to your homeland.
human rights are not supposed to be just a "westerner" thing, it's human rights not western rights.
no person should be treated as subhuman. all people deserve a chance at being free no matter what nation they live in.
and if a organization decides they don't want to support a country because of human rights violations, then good. i support that organization for being on the right side of history.
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The Chinese government is a terrible regime that commits many atrocities. But China has more than a billion people, most of whom do nothing morally wrong beside being complicit to the regime's crimes by inaction. And as we've seen time and again, that's just what regular people do and will do, as long as their lives aren't getting worse ( e.g. Nazi Germany). Most people don't want to risk their lives for noble causes.
Blacklisting any Chinese national and company will only sharpen an us vs them divide, which helps the CCP because they paint any criticism of them as criticism of China. Furthermore, most businesses owners on this boards are probably in the US, who has a less than stellar human rights record and supports many regimes with even worse ones. Why pick out China specifically and not Israel or Saudi Arabia? They're all different degrees of terrible. Yes, action against one is still better than no action against any one, but i wonder, why China and not the Saudis? Or Israel, the boycot movement against which is specifically disenfranchised in the US? If the only reason is that they're getting too rich and starting to give the US as a global power a run for their money, your priorities are weird. Anything else, you do you and boycott the one(s) you want, but don't forget the rest.
In any case, no need for outright racial hatred of a whole nation.
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#19This takes some serious balls and I tip my hat to the organization! Let's see what China does to force them to reconsider
Maybe recognized that women are not objects to be used and abused by people with money and authority. This is sadly something you find everywhere in this world, but at least, in some countries, women can hope to get the justice to investigate fairly. Being a woman in this world is not easy.
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Hey now, no need to be racist/xenophobic about it. The Chinese government is a terrible regime that commits many atrocities. But China has more than a billion people, most of whom do nothing morally wrong beside being complicit to the regime's crimes by inaction. And as we've seen time and again, that's just what regular people do and will do, as long as their lives aren't getting worse ( e.g. Nazi Germany). Most peo…
And remember - it’s never “just business”, not unless you’re a completely corrupt psychopath.