• ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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    20 hours ago

    That’s just not true

    Countries threatened by China care a lot more about this than Gaza

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      18 hours ago

      Maybe, but that’s a small amount of countries / people. Mostly Taiwan and to a far lesser extent south Korea and Japan. Most other countries aren’t threatened by China, and the few that are aren’t allied enough with the u.s. to plan there defense around u.s. support.

      Meanwhile the Israeli genocide has brought together the large swaths of the Muslim world with progressive anti colonial movements in the global south against Israel and the u.s.

      The world isn’t just the u.s. and its allies. Most people live in countries outside that political sphere, though most within it tend to forget that.

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        You are vastly underestimating the number of countries and people that feel threatened by China. It’s a huge country that is pushing its grievances and interests in virtually every direction it can. The list of targetted countries includes Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan (Republic of China/ROC), Vietnam, Bhutan, India, Japan, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Singapore…and more

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          3 hours ago

          You missed the:

          and the few that are, aren’t allied enough with the u.s. to plan there defense around u.s. support

          None of those besides taiwan, japan and maybe Philippines are or should be planning there defense around u.s. support. The u.s. has no policy or interest in supporting a war over the south China sea.

          Also Myanmar is more focused on there own civil war then any threats from China or the message this interview gave. If they were so threatened, they wouldn’t have allowed China to be a mediator to end the conflict.