The comments section on pixiv is pretty funny to read. They're really fighting like cats and dogs there.

Always found it interesting how the Chinese on one hand can verbally throw their support for one Muslim group, but turn around and be so brutal and controlling on the Muslim groups in their own country. Apparently having a near complete ban on allowing Muslims in their country to conduct a pilgrimage to Mecca for fear of "radicalization." They apparently will not grant passports to predominately Muslim ethnic minorities now post-pandemic. They monitor where people from these minority groups travel within the country and will very quickly start contacting their cellphones if they're detected leaving their home province, especially if they're heading toward a major city with an international airport. Those who do have passports will also be detained before boarding an airplane if they're found to have purchased tickets to a country near Saudi Arabia as well. People who do manage to leave will then usually be contacted directly by authorities or indirectly through family, who are now under threat of punishment for having allow their family member to carry out an unauthorized pilgrimage to Mecca.

GreyOmega4K said:

Some very disturbing, but not surprising stuff.

Politics as usual.

BigHeroCV6 said:

Politics as usual.

Legit question, is this (e.g. that whole mess above) what the term 'realpolitik' boils down to?

Plenty_of_Poi said:

Legit question, is this (e.g. that whole mess above) what the term 'realpolitik' boils down to?

Yes. The fundamental truth of politics is that ideological consistency is for morons.

GreyOmega4K said:

Always found it interesting how the Chinese on one hand can verbally throw their support for one Muslim group, but turn around and be so brutal and controlling on the Muslim groups in their own country.

Because they don't really care about Palestine or the civilians caught in the crossfire. As long as they're fighting a Western backed nation, especially one so closely allied with America, they'll back them up. It's like fighting the US by proxy in the eyes of the CCP.

GreyOmega4K said:

Always found it interesting how the Chinese on one hand can verbally throw their support for one Muslim group, but turn around and be so brutal and controlling on the Muslim groups in their own country.

Then again, the people and the government might not agree for various reasons in certain topics.

Oh my Kino

I thought this was a picture of PUBG till I saw the tags

GreyOmega4K said:

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Odd. If someone tries to justify whatever unsavory acts done by China by pointing out similar acts done by the West you'd have endless cry of whataboutism. Apparently whataboutism is only a fallacy when used to criticize the West. If that's the game we're playing might as well point out about how the westerners who're usually so quick to complain about chinese treatment of muslims are oddly silent if not completely supportive of Israel's bombing campaign, including the usage of what seems to be white phosporus in a densely populated region.

Both US and China have good reason to do what they did. Not like it matters to their enemies. The US don't care about Chinese muslims, they just want to talk shit about China. The Chinese don't care about Palestinians, they just want to talk shit about the US. That's how it should be.

Plenty_of_Poi said:

Legit question, is this (e.g. that whole mess above) what the term 'realpolitik' boils down to?

Demundo said:

Then again, the people and the government might not agree for various reasons

Darkspire1 said:

Because they don't really care about Palestine or the civilians caught in the crossfire. As long as they're fighting a Western backed nation, especially one so closely allied with America, they'll back them up. It's like fighting the US by proxy in the eyes of the CCP.

GreyOmega said:

Always found it interesting how the Chinese on one hand can verbally throw their support for one Muslim group, but turn around and be so brutal and controlling on the Muslim groups in their own country. Apparently having a near complete ban on allowing Muslims in their country to conduct a pilgrimage to Mecca for fear of "radicalization." They apparently will not grant passports to predominately Muslim ethnic minorities now post-pandemic. They monitor where people from these minority groups travel within the country and will very quickly start contacting their cellphones if they're detected leaving their home province, especially if they're heading toward a major city with an international airport. Those who do have passports will also be detained before boarding an airplane if they're found to have purchased tickets to a country near Saudi Arabia as well. People who do manage to leave will then usually be contacted directly by authorities or indirectly through family, who are now under threat of punishment for having allow their family member to carry out an unauthorized pilgrimage to Mecca.

Israel's actions against Palestine are undoubtedly aggression. If you support Ukraine for the Ukrainian people, aren't the Palestinians human?

effr said:

Israel's actions against Palestine are undoubtedly aggression. If you support Ukraine for the Ukrainian people, aren't the Palestinians human?

I mean exactly what I said.
As proof, even Israeli citizens are going down the streets in protest against their own government actions in Gaza.
Well, there are those burning humanitarian aids to Gaza too though.