cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/43954112

China ended the first half of 2025 with a record trade surplus of about US$586 billion

Exports rose 5.8 per cent in June from a year earlier to US$325 billion

  • SupraMario@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    China is raping Africa and they will be in debt to them forever. China is also a huge bully in the Philippines. They are not going to be good for stabilizing shit.

    But you’re from lemmy.ml so it doesn’t matter what anyone says.

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      Y’all on .world love to point instances as if it’s the be all end all.

      I really fucking hate this style of argumentation so let me handle this now.

      This is called a genetic fallacy and it’s utilized to invalidate an argument without actually engaging in the substance of that argument like you haven’t. If you can’t support your opinion don’t argue, don’t offer comment, just block me, down vote, and move on because otherwise I’m going to call you out on using a fallacy to completely sidestep the very valid points I made. I’m going to point out how you didn’t engage with any substance of anything I had to say such as the United States being a much worse stabilizing Force than China.

      Here why don’t you support your statement that China is raping Africa worse than the United States has exploited the entirety of the global South including Africa.

      China is being a massive bully to the Philippines. That fucking sucks. They shouldn’t really do that. You know who else is a massive bully, the United States. Should we point out all of the countries the United States abuses through sanctions and the mif?

      I didn’t say China was sunshine and rainbows I only said that there are more stabilizing influence on the world than the United States is and I have plenty of History of the United States fucking things up far far worse than China ever dreamed of doing.

      Your on .world so I don’t actually expect you to engage with the substantive aspects of my argument instead I expect you to fall into ad hominem attacks and more genetic fallacies.

      So would you like to continue a conversation by providing some facts to back up your claims or am I just going to sit here and rake you over the coals for acting like a fool and offering an opinion without any substantive argument?

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          CNA (previously named the CNA Corporation), fully as The Center for Naval Analyses, is a federally-funded nonprofit research and analysis organization based in Arlington County, Virginia, USA.

          Couldn’t at least find an impartial source?

          This is a bit like linking the Chinese government official website about the problems with the US.

          Edit:

          Regardless thank you for making a source. I’ll look into this and see what I can learn from it.

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            CNA is a nonprofit the name isn’t directly associated with the us gov. They get funding from the gov just like a ton of nonprofits do but this doesn’t make them propaganda.

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                23 hours ago

                To even remotely suggest that china is some sort of victim is hilarious, but ml gonna do tankie shit.

                Seriously, the USA has its issues, but prior to trump, world stability was something that the USA was known for, because it projected our soft power via backing the USD. It’s why the world is quite pissed that the turnip is being a fucking idiot. China is not that way at all. They want to conquer countries, only reason they haven’t is because their land neighbors have nukes and they have a shit navy that’s crap for invasions.

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                  21 hours ago

                  I mean China can absolutely be a victim of US foreign policy and still be an aggressor to other parts of the world.

                  Is your understanding of foreign policy really so limited?

                  You know something that China doesn’t do that the United States does? Periodically bomb Sovereign states For no reason.

                  Definitely inspiring stability throughout the Middle East and Latin America.

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                    I mean China can absolutely be a victim of US foreign policy and still be an aggressor to other parts of the world.

                    They’re a victim of what? Exploiting their citizens? Stealing IP from other nations?

                    Is your understanding of foreign policy really so limited?

                    No I’m just not a CCP bootlicker who thinks that China/russia/NK is better and more free than the USA is.

                    You know something that China doesn’t do that the United States does? Periodically bomb Sovereign states For no reason.

                    Because they can’t… it’s why they’re supplying russia with shit in Ukraine.

                    Definitely inspiring stability throughout the Middle East and Latin America.

                    The middle east is and always has been a mess. Russia tried it before the USA did and china hasn’t been a world power long enough to give it a go. We should have never be involved with the middle east, but you’re defending china like they’re victims of big bad westernism. The difference between you and I is I don’t use whataboutism to defend nations that do fucked up shit.

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          Well you did exactly as I predicted in my final comment.

          Great job continuing to use a genetic fallacy and I appreciate the ad hominem attack you added on the end.

          Especially like how you backed up none of your arguments except with a “trust me bro”

          You are the perfect representation of the average .world user.