Comments by "Robert A" (@RobertAmer) on "ABC News In-depth"
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Many words used are "seems", "appears", "believe", "suspect", etc, but nothing is factual, and is mostly based on satellite images, and information from from groups with agendas. Perhaps there should have been something said about what brought about the construction or use of buildings as detention camps. Nothing is said about for example the East Turkenstan Liberation Organisation, which is a radical group indoctrinating the people in Xinjiang to the ways and methods of its associated group el Qaeda. This led to many bombings, countless deaths and injuries throughout Xinjiang and in other cities of China. So by no such mentions, this so called strategic policy institute appears to have its own agenda. My question would be, what is its agenda, set by whom and why?
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The talk of intrusion into Taiwan's Air Defence Zone by Chinese military aircraft, is absolute nonsense, as this Zone, which is only bring touted by the U.S., covers a substantial part of the Chinese mainland. As can be seen on many of the maps shown by western media, all these flights were in international airspace. However, it is okay for two U.S. and one British aircraft carriers along with an amarda of support ships to sail through the strait separating Taiwan and the mainland. It would therefore be apparent that whilst these ships remain in this area to intimidate China, the PLA airforce is likely to continue these sorties.
As for the use of the word "autocratic or autocracy", which is often used to describe China, it is time to think again. Yes, China has a single party government, which is headed by a secretary general, whom the west has given the name President, and results in the automatic use of this President being an autocrat. In actual fact, the governance of China is not much different to the west, other then there is little standing in the way of decision making. Let me remind you of the autocracy of almost every western nation whilst in a pandemic. You may not work, you must stay home, you are only allowed out for "x" number of hours per day, etc, etc, etc., at different levels of government. Also in the case of Australia, an Australian citizen must seek government approval to enter the country, and will likely be placed on a waiting list, with further covenants on arrival, regardless of where they have been. So think again before using this word to describe others who may have a different form of governance, simply to portray to the viewers a negative image of that country.
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@S2Tubes check facts, yes a border skirmish with India, who initiated it is unclear but the incident is minor by comparison. The islands as you mention are early warning detection in response to Obama encircling China with American military bases (again check your facts). Air space incursions again are minor but are not threats of war, and could well be compared to American military incursions over territory which is chinese controlled, used to antagonize and for propaganda purposes. Taiwan (formerly Formosa) was part of China prior to Japanese occupation of WW2, and in the peace settlement as arranged by USA with the Japanese, was excluded from territories to be returned to China, but is still known as China. It did not become Taiwan until some years later when occupied following the civil war. Most countries in the world do not recognise Taiwan as a separate nation, and thus its sovereignty is questioned by the Beijing Government, who look forward to one day reuniting the people of the two Chinas. As with most things in China, they will more likely wait out time for unification as they tend to do with most matters, and it is the western nations speaking of war, as well as initiating acts to provoke war, such as selling of missiles and military hardware to Taiwan (again do some fact checking). China has not threatened war against any nation that i know of, but will defend itself, unlike some western nations (again fact check).
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