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Canada Set to Side with China on EVs (www.thewirechina.com)

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[–] jbloggs777@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

If only they'd stop supporting russia's war of aggression... imagine if China would lead the world in peaceful growth and respect for international law, rather than supporting despots and antagonising neighbours' fishing boats. The choice of siding with US or China could be relatively simple, rather than a reluctant necessity.

End wars, Xi, and you might even get a nobel peace prize to share with your countrymen and the people of the world.

The US has well and truly abused their position over the years, and is currently unhinged under trump. Give the world a viable alternative, both economically and politically.

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

China is not something we would want to lead unless there's a regime change (maybe democratically?). They're censoring their own people with their sophisticated firewalls, constant surveillance and oppression. I know a thing or two, because I have friends there.

Now, imagine it on a global scale, it's going to fucking suck. China doesn't know how to create soft power first and then exploit it down the line like the West has learned. It does shit it can get away on the first run (see Africa, networking equipment surveillance, EV survillance etc etc) and lose all goodwill.

Its people, scientists, and engineers have done an exceptional job despite the authoritarian government, imagine what they could do with a less hostile government.

[–] jbloggs777@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

They have more work to do to be a role model, yes, and the great firewall is a PITA and is used for (fake news) propaganda as well as for protecting its national interest and identity. They do seem to have lost significant focus under Xi, and I doubt it will change for the better under his leadership.

Even if China were to become a leader in soft power and a role model in the future, systems don't tend to be transplanted wholesale.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Same with canada if they only stop supporting israel and start supporting all rights palestinians should have but he didn't even punish the sale of occupied land in synaguoges

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

If they do, there needs to be some sort of regulation to determine if the price they're charging is unsubsidized. Allowing subsidies to skew the market against other companies (North American and others like Japan and Europe) is just going to hurt vendors playing by the rules. The Chinese have played that game in nearly every marketplace they've entered to dominate market share and drive others out. And it's always been difficult to determine.