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Panchen Lama says reincarnation must follow Chinese laws, be endorsed by Beijing (www.scmp.com)

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Second-highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism makes apparent reference to succession of exiled spiritual leader Dalai Lama

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[–] moderatecentrist@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wouldn't call an imperialist nation "left leaning". To me it's like when the Nazis called themselves socialists. But anyway I guess we will have different perspectives on this.

[–] optissima@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can you give examples of their imperialism? I dont remember them invading anywhere in my memory, but maybe I am forgetting?

[–] moderatecentrist@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wanting to invade Taiwan, claiming all of the Spratly and Paracel islands. And as I said there is other behaviour which I don't think is "left leaning", such as locking up Uyghurs in camps.

[–] optissima@lemmy.ml 0 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

How does not invading on of your closest neighbors make you an empire? How does claiming the islands very close to you while not invading them make you an empire? If you can make this make sense I'm listening. Also, Isreal isnt an empire just because it's genociding people, so even if they were genociding, that wouldnt make one an empire. Show me the empirical evidence (lol)

[–] moderatecentrist@feddit.uk 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah I dunno, how does planning an invasion to expand your land make you imperial. I'm stumped. As for locking up Uyghurs, I didn't say that's imperialist behaviour, I said it's behaviour that I don't think is "left leaning". I guess you could call it tyrannical behaviour.

[–] optissima@lemmy.ml 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

How long have they been planning it? Can you send a relevant source I could see? Maybe they are, I just haven't seen your source yet

[–] moderatecentrist@feddit.uk 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I don't know for how long they may have planned it. But I think it's likely that they would have created some sort of plans for an invasion of Taiwan, based on their statements where they say they don't rule out force to take over Taiwan. From this article:

Peng Qing'en, a spokesperson for China's Taiwan Affairs Office, told a regular news conference in Beijing that peaceful "reunification" under the "one country, two systems" model is the fundamental approach to "resolving the Taiwan issue".

"We are willing to create ample space for peaceful reunification and will spare no effort to pursue this prospect with the utmost sincerity," he said.

"However, we absolutely will not renounce the use of force and reserve the option to take all necessary measures."

[–] optissima@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Not renouncing the use of force is entirely different than exercising it, which they haven't. This would be like calling the US imperialist because it wouldn't accept the south from succeeding pre-civil war. How

China's top official in charge of Taiwan policy, the ruling Communist Party's fourth-ranked leader Wang Huning, did not mention force in a key policy speech on Saturday, which instead focused on how both sides would benefit from "reunification".

So they aren't even threatening it, just not ruling it out. Again, not very imperialistic.

[–] moderatecentrist@feddit.uk 0 points 55 minutes ago (1 children)

I didn't say they had exercised force, I said they're likely planning the use of force to take over Taiwan, whether the people of Taiwan want that or not. I would regard that as imperialistic. I think it would be more humane to respect the wishes of Taiwan - if they want to join the PRC then okay, but if they don't then perhaps that should be respected.

[–] optissima@lemmy.ml 1 points 16 minutes ago

How likely? Do you know what "we haven't ruled out x" means? How daft are you?