Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "Biden sets out 'once-in-a-generation' $2 tn infrastructure plan | AFP" video.

  1. But who's going to make China play fair?
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  2.  @marymary9814  I understand that you desperately want to prove that the US sucks more than China, but that's no concern of mine. Perhaps you can find yourself an American to decide the matter? Criticism towards China's human rights record vis à vis the Uyghurs and in general is hardly a US-only affair. But to stick with the topic at hand, I was actually alluding to China's abuse of its economic power, like the already infamous Belt and Road Initiative, which entangles poor countries in debt, ripe for exploitation in true neo-colonialist style. Then there are the lavish state subsidies to China's corporate behemoths -- Huawei is a perfect example -- to ensure market dominance at the expense of their non-Chinese competitors. I disapprove of the US counter-measures, but I understand why they acted. And again, it's not just the US, but practically all developed countries are now banishing Huawei from their domestic networks. The saddest part is that in Huawei, the CCP crippled a world-class company. Actually, I have visited Xinjiang. Exceptionally, we were accompanied by armed guards wherever we went, and I've travelled far and wide in China, everywhere else without armed escorts. Very suspicious, but at any rate, not exactly conducive to gauging the happiness of the Uyghurs. If you decide to respond, try to steer clear of clichés like past European colonialism or the Opium Wars -- FYI, we weren't complicit in either.
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