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minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down7·2 months agoWhy wouldn’t they be? China has been a major player in international politics for a long time.
minus-squarezephorah@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·2 months agoI’m not saying it isn’t expected. But it is notable in that it isn’t a democratic nation running the show.
minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·2 months agoThey’re not “running the show”. Nobody is. That’s not how international politics works. They have a lot of influence is all.
minus-squareCoreidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·2 months agoNeither is the US
minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·edit-22 months agoStill a hell of a lot more democratic than China is. I get what you’re saying but there’s still a long way to fall from our flawed democratic institutions.
minus-squareCaveman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoYeah, they have a whole two parties compared to china’s one party.
Why wouldn’t they be? China has been a major player in international politics for a long time.
I’m not saying it isn’t expected. But it is notable in that it isn’t a democratic nation running the show.
They’re not “running the show”. Nobody is. That’s not how international politics works. They have a lot of influence is all.
A fair rewording.
Neither is the US
Still a hell of a lot more democratic than China is. I get what you’re saying but there’s still a long way to fall from our flawed democratic institutions.
Yeah, they have a whole two parties compared to china’s one party.
Not any more, no.