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  • Taliban Criminal Code Allows Child Abuse, Slavery & Executions, Says Rights Group

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  • Die USA lobbyieren gegen die digitale Souveränität der Schweiz

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  • Das ist, glaube ich, keine gute Idee, weil dann die USA (oder wer auch immer als "Feind" definiert wird) immer noch die Kontrolle über Dein Leben hat. Lebe lieber so, wie Du das selbst willst. Ich definiere mich selbst nicht darüber, wer gegen mich lobbyiert.

  • China Hails Myanmar Junta’s ‘Steady and Orderly’ Election

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  • The UN-appointed independent expert described the elections as ‘fraudulent’, urging countries not to accept the results.

    The junta’s election scheme was marked by violence, low turnout and widespread coercion, said Mr. Andrews.

    Voters reported being monitored and pressured by local authorities, with threats explicit or implied. Junta officials were pushing citizens to polling stations even as military jets bombed villages throughout the country.

    Mr. Andrews added that the junta banned credible opposition parties, jailed popular political figures and muzzled the press, “crushing fundamental freedoms, and using fear and coercion to drive a reluctant electorate to the polls.”

    But for China this is a fair election. Everything clear.

  • World News @lemmy.world
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    Swiss Post: Criminal complaint for counterfeit stamps from China

    insideparadeplatz.ch /2026/01/22/post-strafanzeige-wegen-gefaelschter-briefmarken-aus-china/
  • DACH - Deutschsprachige Community für Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz @feddit.org
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    Schweizer Post: Strafanzeige wegen gefälschter Briefmarken aus China

    insideparadeplatz.ch /2026/01/22/post-strafanzeige-wegen-gefaelschter-briefmarken-aus-china/
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    Die USA lobbyieren gegen die digitale Souveränität der Schweiz

    www.republik.ch /2026/01/26/die-usa-lobbyieren-gegen-die-digitale-souveraenitaet-der-schweiz

  • Political purges show China is not a dependable partner

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  • The BBC report conveys the same narratives as The Times and others.

    And your other remark are outright whataboutism. It's noteworthy that this whatabouting always aims to whitewash China, it never goes in the other direction.

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    UK: Starmer would be ‘pathetic’ not to raise Jimmy Lai case in China, says Lord Patten

    www.independent.co.uk /asia/china/starmer-china-visit-jimmy-lai-hong-kong-conviction-b2908206.html

  • Political purges show China is not a dependable partner

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  • The official explanation in most of the cases is a crackdown on corruption in the procurement of weapons, or profiting from the sale of commissions to ambitious young officers. But in closed authoritarian societies, corruption charges are ­often used by nervous leaders to neutralise rivals.

    There is a pattern here on Lemmy that whenever there is an article critical of China, some users pick one sentence out of context and reframe it to whitewash China.

    Almost all reports about this say that the primary reason for the purge is very likely for Xi Jinping to secure his power, but selling secrets - let alone to the preferred enemy - is a perfect pretext.

    [Edot typo.]

  • World News @quokk.au
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    UK: Starmer would be ‘pathetic’ not to raise Jimmy Lai case in China, says Lord Patten

    www.independent.co.uk /asia/china/starmer-china-visit-jimmy-lai-hong-kong-conviction-b2908206.html
  • United Kingdom @feddit.uk
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    UK: Starmer would be ‘pathetic’ not to raise Jimmy Lai case in China, says Lord Patten

    www.independent.co.uk /asia/china/starmer-china-visit-jimmy-lai-hong-kong-conviction-b2908206.html
  • Global News @lemmy.zip
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    Chinese hackers targeted top UK officials

    www.thetimes.com /uk/politics/article/china-uk-politicians-phones-hacked-boris-johnson-x0fg062q7
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    Chinese hackers targeted top UK officials

    www.thetimes.com /uk/politics/article/china-uk-politicians-phones-hacked-boris-johnson-x0fg062q7
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    Chinese hackers targeted top UK officials

    www.thetimes.com /uk/politics/article/china-uk-politicians-phones-hacked-boris-johnson-x0fg062q7
  • World News @lemmy.world
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    Political purges show China is not a dependable partner

    www.thetimes.com /comment/the-times-view/article/political-purges-china-not-dependable-partner-w89pqfw2r
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    Political purges show China is not a dependable partner

    www.thetimes.com /comment/the-times-view/article/political-purges-china-not-dependable-partner-w89pqfw2r

  • A List Of Journalists Who’ve Taken Sponsored Israel Trips

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  • How many journalists have taken sponsored China trips? Or trips to any other country?

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    Chinese Police in the Western Balkans: Beijing has stepped up surveillance of its nationals through joint patrols and police stations based abroad

    chinaobservers.eu /chinese-police-in-the-western-balkans-cooperation-or-a-wider-influence-network/
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    'Nobody is safe': China's Xi targets his close ally in purge

    www.reuters.com /world/china/nobody-is-safe-chinas-xi-targets-his-close-ally-purge-2026-01-26/
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    Chinese Police in the Western Balkans: Beijing has stepped up surveillance of its nationals through joint patrols and police stations based abroad

    chinaobservers.eu /chinese-police-in-the-western-balkans-cooperation-or-a-wider-influence-network/

  • Why VW Sells More EVs in Europe Than Tesla and BYD

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  • Sorry, I replaced the link now.

  • Trump threatens 100% tariffs on all Canadian goods if Canada 'makes a deal with China'

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  • We know how things work.

    You are just parroting propaganda.

  • Trump threatens 100% tariffs on all Canadian goods if Canada 'makes a deal with China'

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  • It’s time for some allies, like Europe

    Yeah, but Carney didn't make a deal with Europe last week but rather with another bully that doesn't value the rule of law. I hope Mr. Carney corrects this mistake.

  • Trump threatens 100% tariffs on all Canadian goods if Canada 'makes a deal with China'

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  • Oh, no, your fellow Chinese worker will still suffer from forced labour under the same regime while the markup goes the corporation owner. It's just now a Chinese company owner under the control of a dictator. That's the same thing, but you criticize the one and praise the other. What a hypocrisy.

  • Trump threatens 100% tariffs on all Canadian goods if Canada 'makes a deal with China'

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  • with a small markup for the fellow poorly paid American assembly worker

    You forget that the fellow poorly paid Chinese assembly worker endures even more hardship under a coerced labour regime. We must have transparent global supply chains - something China has been lobbying against for years - 'if this shit is to ever get better.'

  • Trump threatens 100% tariffs on all Canadian goods if Canada 'makes a deal with China'

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  • So we see another chapter of coercion, it's just that tankies will now whining while applauding when China is doing the same thing. Beijing has been bullying its 'partner' countries for decades, now we have one bully more in the world. Canada would be well-advised if it traded away as much as it can from both the U.S. and China.

    Has someone said that a rules-based order and democratic systems are better for world than these regimes?

  • Half the world’s 100 largest cities are in high water stress areas, analysis finds

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  • World Enters “Era of Global Water Bankruptcy” - UN Scientists Formally Define New Post-Crisis Reality for Billions

    “Global Water Bankruptcy: Living Beyond Our Hydrological Means in the Post-Crisis Era,” (here is the full report, opens pdf) argues that the familiar terms “water stressed” and “water crisis” fail to reflect today’s reality in many places: a post-crisis condition marked by irreversible losses of natural water capital and an inability to bounce back to historic baselines.

  • Toyota Owner Didn’t Know His Car Was Talking To Insurers Until He Saw His Rates

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    Chinese companies must report to the Chinese party-state, and that includes sending data back to China collected also by cars. There is ample evidence for this. The Chinese government's grip on its companies to 'collaborate' has even been growing stronger in recent years.

  • Toyota Owner Didn’t Know His Car Was Talking To Insurers Until He Saw His Rates

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  • All carmakers are doing that, not just Toyota. If someone posts a similar report about China's BYD you are whatabouted to death, but if it is about a non-Chinese carmaker, there are no whataboutisms.

    Is the data collection good or bad now? Should we have digital sovereignty in Europe and other democracies or just import ChEaP cHiNeSe CaRs?

    [Edit typo.]

  • After Trump's Bailout, Argentina's So-Called Libertarian President Issues Emergency Decree to Ramp Up Surveillance

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  • Argentina has been ramping up surveillance for year, not after Trump's bailout. Before the pandemic, in 2019, the local government in Juju, a province in the country's north, was proud to say thatJ ujuy can be "safe like China" after they installed China's ZTE:

    Jujuy already has close ties to China. A Chinese company is heavily invested in lithium mining in the province and China has provided the financing and technology for a huge solar farm, South America's largest.

    So Trump comes as an addition also to South America, but he is not the only elephant in the room.

  • After Trump's Bailout, Argentina's So-Called Libertarian President Issues Emergency Decree to Ramp Up Surveillance

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  • Argentina has been ramping up surveillance for year, not after Trump's bailout. Before the pandemic, in 2019, the local government in Juju, a province in the country's north, was proud to say thatJ ujuy can be "safe like China" after they installed China's ZTE:

    Jujuy already has close ties to China. A Chinese company is heavily invested in lithium mining in the province and China has provided the financing and technology for a huge solar farm, South America's largest.

    So Trump comes as an addition also to South America, but he is not the only elephant in the room.

  • Toyota Owner Didn’t Know His Car Was Talking To Insurers Until He Saw His Rates

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  • All carmakers are doing that, not just Toyota. If someone posts a similar report about China's BYD you are whatabouted to death, but if it is about a non-Chinese carmaker, there are no whataboutisms.

    Is the data collection good or bad now? Should we have digital sovereignty in Europe and other democracies or just import ChEaP cHiNeSe CaRs?

    [Edit typo.]

  • Iran’s Protest Crackdown Followed a China Playbook. There’s a Reason for That.

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  • Also, the economic crisis in Iran is mostly created by Western sanctions, so if we really cared about Iranians, we would stop that.

    Yes, the Western sanctions hurt the Iranian society, and I am all in for ending this. I have not looked myself into the data and my knowledge of the Iranian economy is very limited, but what I hear and read from those who do is that ordinary citizens in Iran wouldn't benefit much from the country's wealth even if sanctions were lifted. This is one reason why people demand a regime change.