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Originally Posted by Choro&Swing
I tend to strongly disagree with conspiracy theories and theorists. This video was made by the Falun Gong-run Epoch Times, which publishes a lot of anti-Chinese communist propaganda and has been largely banned from Facebook. However, I watched the whole thing and found it pretty compelling, except for the last ten minutes, which is primarily propaganda. There are a lot of notable experts interviewed, and a number of reputable scholarly articles quoted. I’d say, watch it.
I should mention that from 1983-84 I taught graduate students at a university in Beijing, before China allowed everyone to try a semi-free market system and make money. I am somewhat familiar with how the Chinese Communist Party ran things back then. I had friends who spent decades in Chinese prisons or work camps. I’m a friend of the Chinese, both here and there, and not entirely against the government, but I’m much more wary of it than are a lot of business people and governments. China always wins, every negotiation. The U.S. government was naive to think that tariffs would not lead to responses that hurt us.
As for those who say we should not buy anything made with Chinese ingredients, are there any cell phones, iPads, computers, televisions, or telephones that don’t have at least some parts made in China? I don’t think so. What American cars have no Chinese parts at all? None that I know of. And, always, what is done against the Chinese government is inevitably also done against the wonderful people of China. I am very much against prejudice against the Chinese, especially the ones who live here.
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Your post, which was excellent, is one of the rare ones on this topic wherein someone who has experience with the topic, China, and has observed the CCP up close and personal so to speak. And, more impressive, you were actually willing to watch the content of the link the OP posted.
The video was compelling and w/r/t it being made by a Falun Gong, it’s understandable why the FG are not big fans of the CCP. There have been instances where FG political prisoners have had their organs harvested and then sold.
I would finally note that no one who knows anything about this topic is trying to stigmatize the Chinese people. The CCP is the problem and the threat to our country
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