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It's not only about Taiwan itself and their tech business there as others already have said, but about the entire South China Sea - and the sea’s estimated 11 billion barrels of untapped oil and 190 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. China competes with other claimants in the region such as Taiwan, the Philippines, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam.

China has been steadily increasing its assertiveness in the South China Sea since the 1970s, resulting in heightened tensions with Southeast Asian states, particularly the Philippines, at the Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands, which possesses rich natural resources and fishing areas.

In 2016, the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague ruled against China regarding the Spratly Islands after a claim brought to the court by the Philippines on the basis of the UN Convention of the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Although China is a signatory to the treaty establishing the The Hague tribunal, Beijing refuses to accept the court’s authority to this day.

Over the years, China has even increased its efforts to claim land in the South China Sea by physically increasing the islands’ size and even creating new ones altogether, e.g., by piling sand onto existing reefs. In addition, China constructed ports, military posts, in Spratly Islands and the surrounding area. China has also been deploying military jets, cruise missiles, and a radar system.

This is about money and colonial power at a much larger scale than "only" Taiwan and semiconductors.

The world socialist website parrots Chinese Communist Party propaganda only, they even support China's aggression against Taiwan and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, among other things. This is not a reliable media source.

From you comment one can easily infer that you didn't even click the link.

Enormously. Of course, “pro-democracy” tends to ignore that elections happen every five years, with the last round being in March of 2023.

It is up to you, of course, as it is your life. But I suggest you do yourself a favor and stay away from wherever you receive this stuff.

I don't 'google the keywords,' and there is no AfD government in Germany.

Do you think it is safe to be a pro-democracy activist living under a CCP government?

As an addition: As you may know, there is not much difference between the AfD in Germany and the CCP as Beijing is a huge supporter of its far-right partner organizations abroad. Some even claim the AfD is just a CCP branch in Germany.

Here is another journalistic article covering migrant in Germany:

The Chinese migrants hoping for a new life in Germany - (Feb 2025) -- [Archived]

A small but growing number of Chinese people are fleeing home, with their sights set on Germany thanks to its reputation as a safe haven for refugees.

Read about the people featured in the article.

A migration expert in August 2025 also covered the topic:

Beyond America: The New Routes of Chinese Migration

As the Chinese government becomes increasingly unable to uphold its part of the social contract, migration out of China is likely to remain an attractive option. Indeed, the domestic economic situation is bleak for many Chinese families: youth unemployment is soaring, and the value of real estate properties has been hit hard by the sector’s overcapacity.

There's much more, it's easy to find.

I guess this is just saying that China is occupying parts of Russia.

This is very bad. Also, a quick reminder that China's wealth and income levels of inequality surpassing much of Europe, resembling the U.S., according to a recent study finds:

Since 1978, China has transformed from a poor, relatively equal society to a leading global economy with levels of inequality surpassing much of Europe and resembling the U.S.
The state-owned (vs. privately-owned) share of China’s wealth fell from 70% to about 30%, compared to 0% in the U.S. (adjusted for debt).
The share of China’s national income earned by the top 10% of the population has increased from 27% in 1978 to 41% in 2015, nearing the U.S.’s 45% and surpassing France's 32%.
Similarly, the wealth share of the top 10% of the population reached 67%, close to the U.S.’s 72% and higher than France’s 50%.

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Income and wealth inequality in China approaching or exceeding levels in the U.S. and Europe. China’s inequality levels used to be lower than Europe’s in the late 1970s, close to the most egalitarian Nordic countries. Now, however, it is approaching U.S. levels. The bottom 50% earns about 15% of total income in China versus 12% in the U.S. and 22% in France. However, China’s top 10% wealth share (67% in 2015) is getting close to that of the U.S. (72%) and is much higher than in a country like France (50%).

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While comparisons are difficult, the available evidence indicates that income growth trends in China during this period [between 1978 and 2015] may have been more egalitarian than those of the U.S., but less so than Europe’s. However, the current lack of transparency about income and wealth data in China, especially regarding offshore assets, puts serious limits on researchers’ collective ability to monitor inequality dynamics and design adequate policy responses.

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The Word Socialist website is supporting Chinese propaganda, including Beijing's aggression against Taiwan, and they support Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

As far as I know, there was some tendency within China's political elite back in the 1980s toward a different system - I wouldn't say democratic, but a bit more liberalized. Even at the beginning of the Tiananmen Square protests, there reportedly were some politicians who advised to allow some protests; but eventually the hardliners won this internal battle as we know, cracking down on protesters. But I can't elaborate on that unfortunately as my knowledge on this subject is too limited.

@doben@lemmy.wtf

Xinhua News Agency January 19, 2016

And you consider that a credible source?

As an addition, a recent study examining China's transnational repression on German soil says:

Dissidents are put under pressure, families are used as leverage, communities are infiltrated, and political participation is severely restricted. This policy paper analyzes China's transnational repression and provides not only an in-depth insight into the structures and methods of repression but also outlines concrete legal and political reforms aimed at making Germany's democracy more resilient.

This is by far not the only such story. Many NGOs such as Safeguard Defenders, a human rights organization focusing on China, provide deep insights in China's transnational repression, for example in its Transnational Repression Reporting Guide.

As the article also says, China is ramping up its collective punishment of families:

... China’s CCP pressured the 70-year-old father of activist Yang Zhanqing’s to get his son to stop his rights work. After Yang, who lives in exile in the US, refused, his aged father lost his job and his home.

“Activists get used to this [CCP harassment] after being subjected to it so many times, but for people like my father, to them it’s like the world is ending,” says Yang.

Former miner Dong Jianbiao paid the ultimate price.

In 2022, he died in prison, his bruised body covered in blood. Police rushed through the cremation, forbidding the family their request for an autopsy.

The CCP punished Dong because his daughter splashed ink over a poster of Xi Jinping in 2018. She has since disappeared into the black hole of China’s illegal psychiatric detentions ...

Aha, vielen Dank. Diese Community war mir bislang entgangen.

Ja, genau das habe ich mir auch gedacht.

@optissima@lemmy.ml

You might have (intentionally?) misunderstood the article.

I am all for it, but China voting in favour is weird given the human rights situation in the country imo.

That doesn't matter. She is an Indian citizen born on Indian territory.

China, India, and some petro-states blocked the exit road to end fossil fuels. The EU, most countries in Latin America, and some Island countries wanted to phase out fossil fuels. China doesn't want that. The world's largest polluters which has been increasing its emissions for decades and shows no signs to stop, has other plans. China wants to further pollute the world.

I mean, also, yes?