It’s almost like it would be geopolitically in America and Europe’s interest to over exaggerate a humanitarian crisis in China.
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force@lemmy.world 2 months agoA majority of the countries that voted with China on that resolution were/are extremely tied to China and heavily economically reliant on China, and upsetting China enough means a potential economic crisis.
(note that Venezuela actually imported more from China than the US in 2020 according to some sources)
It only makes sense for them to not vote against China, no matter their actual crimes, it would be biting the hand that feeds them. It’s a similar reason as to why almost no country officially recognizes Taiwan as its own country separate from PRC.
TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Exactly. When the accused has paid off half the jury, you shouldn’t put much stock in the verdict.
The only thing I care about when determining whether something is a genocide is the facts of the case (which are overwhelmingly in favor of describing the Uyghur genocide as a genocide), not the outcome of a highly political vote by countries all with their own motives and interests.