🇳🇱
I wanted to welcome Harry Chen PhD to #QOTO his account is @HarryChenPhD
He lives in China, and from what I can tell is currently living in Wuhan, the epicenter of the #coronavirus where he posts videos updating us all on the situation. He labels himself as a "renegade journalist".
He was recently banned from twitter because, well, China doesnt really like renegades or journalists. So we are proud to act as a platform to help him host his videos and get the word out on how things develop. Consider following him.
You can read a bit about how twitter oppressed his freedom of speech and what ultimately brought him to the fediverse at these two links:
https://reclaimthenet.org/twitter-suspends-harry-chen-phd-cornavirus/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Conservative/comments/f938j3/twitter_suspends_harry_chen_phd_known_for/
#Wuhan #CoronaVirus #FF #FollowFriday #China #Journalism #Journalist
Not even sure what that means. Its mostly just posts of videos by the look of it. Anything "anti-china" about it seems to mostly just be honesty around their practices (manipulation and dishonesty) to their citizens.
@elia @freemo would you say that china has been totally transparent with the international community?
To be clear, there is a lot of evidence to back up the claim that china is hiding evidence or in other words, covering something up...there is overwhelming evidence in fact.
In regards to the video itself, It's just a short video clip with a title...dont think too much, and, I am trying to learn this app, I was keeping things concise because if a bad twitter habit. Not trying to attack the noble and righteous government of china...we all owe them a thanks for saving the world.
For my part, I think China is one of the worst violators of human rights. They hide virtually **everything** from everyone they can get away with. They are not transparent in any way.
With that said I would not be surprised int he least if they are "hiding something" in fact they are certainly hiding many somethings.
My criticism is more that saying "they are hiding something" is so non-specific that it isnt really saying anything.. What is being hidden? Why do you think its hidden? What are the rumours or concerns? These are important questions, and to me would be useful to hear about, which is why I press you for details.
But I think just saying "they are hiding something" may work against you a bit because people need more than that to judge the situation.
Let me say that while China is a human rights violator this is nothing compared to the US Empire and what it did for decades and is currently doing to the rest of the world, in addition to their hypocrisy in presenting their selves as defenders of democracy.
Also it's worth noticing that during this virus crisis Italy didn't get any help from other European countries like Germany or France nor from USA. What Europe got from USA now are 30 000 soldiers which officially came for military exercises as if the coronavirus was not here.
On the other hand China sent us in Italy masks with encouraging messages (see image below, it says: "we are with you, come on Italy!").
Strongly disagree. No doubt USA is a human rights violater as with every major power, no arguments, but they dont even come CLOSE to china's violations. Come on are you really going to justify a country that 1) annexes countries and forces them to be part of china 2) forces people into reprogramming facilities against their will for things as simple as their choice of religion.
As for china giving more help to Italy than America, even if thats true, considering thye are the ones who started the Corona virus I would very much hope so! They should be doing a lot more than that.
We, Italy, are actually a colony of the US Empire.
Wars by USA after WWII:
1950–1953 Korean War
1960–1975 Vietnam War
1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion (Cuba)
1983 Grenada
1989 US Invasion of Panama
1990–1991 Persian Gulf War
1995–1996 Intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina
2001–present Invasion of Afghanistan
2003–2011 Invasion of Iraq
2004–present War in Northwest Pakistan
2007–present Somalia and Northeastern Kenya
2009–2016 Operation Ocean Shield (Indian Ocean)
2011 Intervention in Libya
2011–2017 Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda
2014–2017 US-led Intervention in Iraq
2014–present US-led intervention in Syria
2015–present Yemeni Civil War
2015–present US intervention in Libya
Not to mention what USA did to Italy between in the '70 and '80, the creation of European Union that is actually a genocide of European people, Greek ones in particular, the International Monetary Funds that is doing the same in Africa... I can continue but tell me if this is all new to you.
With respect, comparing China to US is ridiculous, it's like comparing Napoleon to Hitler.
@post I disagree. There is a **huge** difference between simply fighting a war and actually annexing land.
While the USA **is** in the wrong, the fact remains that at the end of the war we never actually take the land for ourselves.
There is a huge difference between aiding locals in their own civil war and letting them govern themselves after, and taking over a country and going "now this is china too".
Yes the USA shouldnt be engaging in wars, but they even d that more ethically than china (which isnt hard to do).
Oh please mate, how can you be so naive... the US one is an empire, the Empire. They control Europe, South America, Africa and Middle East on different degrees... the only countries that are more free are presented by Western media like the worse dictatorships: Russia, China, North Korea, Venezuela and so on...
If you listen only to the mainstream media you will have a distorted view of reality. The bad guys are USA, no doubt on this. No stupid excuses. You have an Internet connection to do your research, no? Just do it, hear what others have to say.
And what about Assange? Do you know what he revealed on the Iraq War and how US are punishing him and killing journalism?
China violanting human rights... oh Jesus. Oh Jesus you know nothing
@post I dont listen to any mainstream meia, ever, havent even had cable or any news subscriptions for years.
I never said the USA wasnt bad, but they dont even come **close** to china.
It amazes me anyone could even think that isnt true between the forced reprogramming centers and the fact that anyone who dares to even hold a protest goes to jail and is never seen again, and lets not even get into their firewall...
There is literally no comparison.
@freemo
You think so just because you have no idea of what US did and what it is doing.
Months ago we had a governament crisis in Italy and we changed it without elections. There are different reasons but a big one is still US: they had to stop the agreement on 5G by the previous governament and Huawei.
And do you know US has 70+ atomic bombs in Italy?
I live in a very small town with less then 5000 people but here we have a US military base and we, Italians, don't know what they do there. Neither do our military forces.
These days as I mentioned 30 000 soldiers arrived in Europe from US.
And this is nothing. In the future the world will discover Modern Monetary Theory and will realize that all the sufferings from neoliberist policies like austerity were totally useless, that the public debt was a lie. They will discover the biggest genocide of the history that is involving people from all around the world, all the people affected by these criminal economic policies. The world will discover poverty and unemployment are just a criminal policies and easily avoidable. People will realize all their sufferings and deaths of their beloved were caused by an ideology that made thousands and thousands more victims than any communist regime.