Better tell that to literally every government on the planet, then.

Jailing dissidents is government oppression, but it’s a type of government oppression that happens in every major government, democratic or not. Welcome to the real world.

Why should the Global South care? People are dying there, too. We have a spoiled Western perspective.

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Do you know the context behind Xinjiang or the affirmative action that China takes on its minority groups? Have you ever been to Xinjiang?

Have you watched her content lol

You do realize that the CCP isn’t some top-down monolith… Right? If it takes years to crack down on independent journalists, that sounds more like “freedom until you say overstep some line.”

Which, sure, isn’t entirely free, but it’s not even close to as bad as what people suggest.

And the fact that she was able to operate for years without issue, despite being critical of the regime for most of that period?

Oh. Right. We don’t talk about that part. Her existence both contradicts and supports your point.

Do you have any idea what happens in China outside of the limited view presented by journalists who have never stepped in the country?

Many countries included in the Global South are in the northern hemisphere, such as India, China and all of those in the northern half of Africa. Australia and New Zealand, both in the southern hemisphere, are not in the Global South

Time Magazine

It was generally agreed that the Global North would include the United States, Canada, England, nations of the European Union, as well as Singapore, Japan, South Korea, and even some countries in the southern hemisphere: Australia, and New Zealand. The Global South, on the other hand, would include formerly colonized countries in Africa and Latin America, as well as the Middle East, Brazil, India, and parts of Asia.

Gendered Lives: Global Issues

Do you just enjoy being wrong?

Do you even know what the term Global South refers to? Given that you refer to Australia as being part of the Global South, I’m going to assume not.

Don’t talk about things you don’t understand.

Everyone says they have data that disproves it

And nobody’s provided any because they can’t find it

The entire Global South is aligned on this issue.

I guess they don’t matter to you because they’re poor.

Does that version of hell include transit, affordable housing, education, upwards mobility, and healthcare?

Hi, fellow Canadian!

To some degree there’s a need to pick a side, because the alternative is to get stomped on by both (like what’s happening now).

You’ve expressed disapproval without giving a solution. How would you ask the US or China to change and why do you think that would work?

The evidence is right in front of you, yet you refuse to see it

Do I need to? I haven’t had a visceral reaction to the article.

For what it’s worth, China’s affirmative action policies for minority groups put the US to shame. Significantly easier college admissions (despite using a standardized process), extremely generous business loans, proportional ethnic representation in government, vast infrastructure projects to bridge the salary gap, and celebrations of different cultures across the country. Not very capitalist of them, given that these infrastructure projects (while very beneficial to the endpoints) are not profitable.

What reference do you have then, though? You’ve basically eliminated every country of reasonable size: India, China, America obviously, but also Pakistan, Indonesia, Brazil, Russia, Mexico and Nigeria, Bangladesh are in similar states.

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Oh so like India and America, corrupt democratic hellholes?