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So why does other non-racist countries doesn't cover it if it's happening. Countries that oppose US on stuff like their double standards, war crimes and other hypocrisies release plenty of articles on those topics. But by your own statement, there are 0 articles about this.
I'm not one of those people that will say US good, China bad without looking at the context and judging it on its own merit, but you are not helping your case here. I need some objective details of what you are claiming to be true.
They probably are. They probably aren't covering them in English though, it's not for English speaking audiences. China, as an example, has very publicly chastised the US for its countless human rights violations over the years. Many non-Western countries have.
You're talking about my case here, but your case basically boils down to "I don't see countries reporting on Western crimes in English, so it must not be happening" which...is certainly an argument you could make. Western countries have a horrible track record of reporting on their own crimes, and non Western countries probably aren't writing lots of English articles for English speaking audiences because that isn't who their readership is. I guess if you're fluent in some other languages and spend a lot of time reading non Western media in non-English languages then you'd have a stronger argument here. I kinda doubt that though. And I bet if I did start pulling out less Western media sources that do report in English like Al Jazeera or RT I would be immediately called out for parroting anti-Western propaganda. It's a real catch 22.
My argument is "Western governments fund propaganda efforts against their perceived competition, so stop parroting it as if it's objective fact." They don't even hide that they're doing it, it's not like this is some nutter conspiracy theory. There is plenty to be critical of China for, but "Chinese Embassy Doing Embassy Things" isn't one of them and only serves to fuel anti Asian racism and propaganda.
China should make a Radio Free Garden or something to broadcast real news into the west.
Like I said, US is a perfect example of hypocrisy, but their hypocrisy doesn't automatically absolve China of its own actions. I don't justify US, it's you who are trying to justify China's actions.
I welcome any non-English source. Though if it's never posted in English, it kind of defeats the purpose of exposing English-speaking countries bad behavior.
I don't care about the source, I care about the content. There are plenty of bad articles by reputable sources, and there are plenty of good articles by garbage sources.
And all countries release propaganda. Literally all of them, it's their job. The core issue here is that Western propaganda is mostly influenced by corporations, since governments doesn't directly control the media. While in Asia, the government mostly owns the media. That doesn't automatically make it everything they release bad, but when they disallow negative coverage, it creates a negative impression. And there are plenty of independent media organizations that report on their own countries crimes in the west. Their influence stops at corporate media. While in contrast, there are no independent media organizations that report on Asia's crimes.
Embassy's authority only extends to their embassy grounds. The moment, they step outside, they are subject to the countries laws, where forcibly moving a person against their will is illegal. If there is a legal justification for it, it has to go through those countries legal system.