Jeff JarvisMay 21, 2025
China steps in for the US... This is humiliating....
China to donate $500 million to WHO, stepping into gap left by U.S. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/21/china-who-donation-500-million/
China to donate $500 million to WHO, stepping into gap left by U.S.

Beijing will replace the United States as the organization’s top state donor, expanding its influence as the U.S. retreats from international cooperation.

The Washington Post
Show threadToni AittoniemiMay 21, 2025

@jeffjarvis And soon you will start to see Chinese military bases all around the world..

How do you think the US got those military bases to begin with, other than the host countries being thankful for something?

Show threadenoch_exe_incMay 21, 2025

@gimulnautti @jeffjarvis No, that’s the mindset of a settler-colonial empire, which China is not.

The US got those military bases by having lots of aircraft carriers, gunships, nuclear subs, and the promise that they won’t use them on you if you let them take a piece of your land for their military to use.

Show threadDisplay NameMay 21, 2025
@enoch_exe_inc @gimulnautti @jeffjarvis Chinese Embassy spokesperson Liu Pengyu told Newsweek: "The Chinese people are living, working and traveling in many parts of the world. Cargo ships with Chinese goods sail along almost all major international waterways. These fully justify China's moves to build up its defense capability to protect its legitimate interests overseas and promote regional and international peace."
Show threadenoch_exe_inc
@alper @enoch_exe_inc @gimulnautti @jeffjarvis Considering the number of countries China has invaded (none since 1979) and occupied (none), I’d say that statement is far less duplicitous than similar statements made by the United States or any other “democratic country”, including my own (🇨🇦).
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Show threadDisplay NameMay 22, 2025
@enoch_exe_inc @gimulnautti @jeffjarvis the goal posts are moving rapidly. China is working to expand its influence too as it gets more powerful. That's why it's been building a giant navy. Btw there are existing territorial disputes too.
Show threadenoch_exe_incMay 22, 2025

@alper @enoch_exe_inc @gimulnautti @jeffjarvis Ah, the famous Sino-Indian border disputes and also the Nine-Dash Line. Be glad it isn’t the Eleven-Dash Line that certain people in Taiwan Province are pushing.

If America has a right to patrol the coastlines and seas to which it doesn’t belong, then China has a right to defend itself, and with overwhelming force if need be.

Show threadenoch_exe_incMay 22, 2025
@alper @enoch_exe_inc @gimulnautti @jeffjarvis Also, what goalposts?