• RION [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    451·
    6 days ago

    This is kind of a mess.

    • No one died in the Gulf of Sidra Encounter, and we’re calling it a “war”? By that metric China’s border skirmishes with India should be listed here
    • China was directly involved in Operation Ocean Shield, sending ships and coordinating with NATO, but it’s only listed for the US
    • If we’re including support to genocidal and belligerent states as complicity in wars, China has been sending arms to the junta in Myanmar
    • cfgaussian@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      13·
      6 days ago

      First two points are valid. Third is not. “Junta” or not, Myanmar has a legitimate government and co-operating with them as they would with any other country’s government is absolutely in line with China’s policy of non-interference. Especially since China has a vested interest in maintaining stability in South East Asia, they are definitely not going to be sympathetic to western backed insurgencies. The deposed government before the junta was stacked full of NED graduates by the way. China would be absolutely stupid to actively support a return to power of western puppet compradors who would purposely block regional economic development and co-operation and turn Myanmar into another anti-China proxy instead.

      • RION [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
        131·
        6 days ago

        It being in line with Chinese foreign policy goals doesn’t change the fact that the government they’re selling arms to is committing genocide. And irrespective of the moral issue, if we’re listing arming Israel and Ukraine as a war for this list we should be including arming Myanmar as one too