I wish we could somehow curb Chinese immigration and trade here in Canada. Our government seems to be bending over backwards for them.
On Campuses Far From China, Still Under Beijing’s Watchful Eye
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#22China is buying influence Globally as the United States and Europe cede soft power after years of war in the middle east. While not fantastic for rights of freedom loving people everywhere it is probably a good thing for Africans in general since they seem to be getting a lot of economic love from China in exchange for mineral rights. http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/03/africa/what-africans-really-th...
War in the middle east is ruining the West. I don't understand it and I don't buy the oil explanation. With the absurd cost of these wars we could just buy the oil, or pay for megaprojects to replace it with gas (even gas to liquids), nuclear, and renewable power. There seems to be no rational explanation for the immense gravity well of Middle Eastern war and how it drags in Democrats and Republicans alike even if th…
War in the middle east is ruining the West. I don't understand it and I don't buy the oil explanation
The conspiracy theory is that the war serves to dislodge the population and increase refugee flows to Europe to destabilize the region economically and politically. The war in the Middle East is in truth a war against the European Union, especially Germany. So the story goes.
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#23They should ask for lessons from the clubs that Israel's government creates to curb pro-Palestinian speech. They even got Congress to pass laws to curb Palestinian criticisms of Israel on campus ( https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/12/opinion/will-campus-criti... ). That's a high bar for China to hop over.
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#24They should ask for lessons from the clubs that Israel's government creates to curb pro-Palestinian speech. They even got Congress to pass laws to curb Palestinian criticisms of Israel on campus ( https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/12/opinion/will-campus-criti... ). That's a high bar for China to hop over.
> That's a high bar for China to hop over.
I'll say. At least a quarter of the US population - the Evangelicals - see it as their religious duty to support Israel no matter what:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dispensationalism#United_State...
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#25I wish we could somehow curb Chinese immigration and trade here in Canada. Our government seems to be bending over backwards for them.
I wish we could somehow make people less ignorant and more tolerant here in Canada. People are always blaming immigrants for their problems.
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#26It's interesting how many people instantly try to twist this into an anti-Israel thread.
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#27Of cause the students will protest Dalai Lama.
China has a database for a list of certified overseas universities. There was a school removed from that list for allowing Dalai to talk about Tibet in his visit.
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#28China is buying influence Globally as the United States and Europe cede soft power after years of war in the middle east. While not fantastic for rights of freedom loving people everywhere it is probably a good thing for Africans in general since they seem to be getting a lot of economic love from China in exchange for mineral rights. http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/03/africa/what-africans-really-th...
War in the middle east is ruining the West. I don't understand it and I don't buy the oil explanation. With the absurd cost of these wars we could just buy the oil, or pay for megaprojects to replace it with gas (even gas to liquids), nuclear, and renewable power. There seems to be no rational explanation for the immense gravity well of Middle Eastern war and how it drags in Democrats and Republicans alike even if th…
> War in the middle east is ruining the West. I don't understand it and I don't buy the oil explanation.
It is quite confusing. So many innocent lives lost, governments toppled, Western Gov. organised coups and plots and massive amounts of money.
The explanation for these actions could be quite simple once the rest is stripped away - Having essentially territorial control and military bases in the ME is extremely strategically advantageous. Control over territory (occupied or friendly regime inserted) is a tenant of power throughout history.
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#29Link to source, which I could not find in the posted link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/04/us/chinese-students-weste...
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#30Reminds me of that one time when some students at UCSD protested against the university hosting the Dalai Lama for a graduation speech.
https://qz.com/908922/chinese-students-at-ucsd-are-evoking-d...
I've always felt that in an increasingly globalized and connected world, we will start to see increased external influence in America from parties that are not the Democrats or the Republicans. China is arguably the world's largest and most powerful political party, and with no domestic competition, it pretty much has the freedom and ability to overshadow smaller, more divided political entities.