China’s foreign minister said Saturday that Israel has gone too far in responding to last week’s invasion by Hamas, China’s official news agency reported.

Speaking to Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Israel’s actions have extended beyond self-defense.

According to Xinhua, China has an interest in helping resolve the conflict and the underlying issues involving the Palestinian population.

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    He’s not wrong. But it’s worth remembering that when China faced a far smaller provocation from their own restive Muslims, in Xinjiang, they responded by locking up a large fraction of the population in vast reeducation camps…

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      Not saying that’s right, but at least they didn’t bomb the camps…

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        I think if they felt the need to they would have. China and Israel’s government both place about the same value on the lives of people who get in their way, China is just a lot more self conscious about its international image.

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          This is a stupid take. 70 years has passed since China’s last military attack on a nation. 70 years. But sure, let’s ignore history and view things from our fee fees.

          China may be oppressive against those in its nation. But it’s proven from decades of peace to not do anything like what you are saying.

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            Where in my comment did I talk about their willingness to attack other countries? I said they didn’t value the lives of people who get in their way, like the pro-democracy student protesters they massacred in 1989, or the Uyghurs they’ve been enslaving/brutalizing/killing in concentration camps more recently.

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              There’s no evidence of killing. The UN even visited and stated they did not believe China was engaged in mass killing. So no, nothing like what Israel is doing.

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                Plenty of circumstantial evidence of killing (e.g. missing people), and when there’s been documented imprisonment forced labor and forced sterilizations, the fact that they don’t say “… and then we kill them” in any written documents the UN can get their hands on and just rely on their guards to know what to do really doesn’t matter

                Both countries want to exterminate people who challenge their aims, China’s just got a slightly more controlled environment to do it in

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                  Right right, killing thousands is comparable to circumstantial evidence. Do you hear yourself?

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            So the sino-indian war was in 62, but they’ve been salami slicing in indian aksai chin the past decade, and this is acknowledged by outside observers.

            China isn’t just brutal to its own people.

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              So please tell me what country has China violently attacked in the last few decades to:

              I think if they felt the need to they would have.

              Just once.

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                Country? The example was that china also willingly abuses and kills minority groups it has power over when convenient.

                Do you need to be reminded of the many different minority groups china played “israeli genocide” with? Just because palestine is technically still a government doesnt change how israel, and the rest of the planet, treat them as a functional subdivision of israel.

                Get your head on straight bud

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                  Actually, the post above mentions those people were sent to camps and not killed. In fact, there’s still no evidence of any deaths, just conjecture. The UN even visited and stated that while they don’t believe there is killing happening that it still constitutes as human rights violations. So no, China hasn’t

                  Do you need to be reminded of the many different minority groups china played “israeli genocide” with?

                  Personally, I believe the UN over conspiracy theorists like yourself.

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                You act like i have any respect for Tankies or care for what you think.

                You guys are even worse than us Americans, at least some of us fight back against the atrocities we commit.

                You guys refuse to believe that your side has done horrible things too.

                You’ll feel better when you admit that, then you won’t feel the need to defend every choice your leaders make.

                You are the world’s biggest hypocrites, other than maybe the Israelis with their whole evacuation convoy bombing.

                You and Israel would probably get along great, what with the unbridled hatred of minorities.

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                  I fully admitted multiple times in this conversation alone that china has done bad things. So now I know you don’t know how to read.

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                  That’s both one of the stupidest and dangerous things I’ve seen someone say. In my opinion, you qualified yourself for your own comment.

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                  Yeah particularly those like yourself that wants to silence people. Absolutely should get no say.

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            It’s been 44 years since their war with Vietnam. It’s been 11 since they were involved in Mali as part of a multi-state force.

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                  No it’s not. I said 70 years since they attacked. What you’re talking about is China’s slow retreat out of Vietnam. That would be like arguing that USA invaded Afghanistan last year.

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            They’ve managed to be very belligerent in spite of that. They’ve flown incredibly close to US jets and veered away barely in time, and they do the same with all sorts of ships in the South China Sea – which they claim as their own to an extent that would be equivalent to the US claiming the entire Gulf of Mexico. They’ve destroyed fishing ships and left fishermen stranded too.

            China is not a model of peace to follow. It is a model for nascent global powers however in how to exercise and test out influence for acts without impunity.

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    maybe the chinese can give them some tips, I heard they’re pretty experienced in handling minorities…

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    wow, says by the nation who abuses Filipino fishermen, claiming they own the entire West Philippine Sea

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    Because the Chinese government treats Muslims so well, right?

    I wonder what they would do if the Uyghurs revolted… oh wait, we do know, we have precedent, just look how they treated their students.

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      Pro-tip: If you’re pitching a Taiwanese company, saying “West Taiwan” is almost a guarantee of winning the business.

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      This is one of those things that is so set in people’s minds, I’d love to know what you actually imagine happening when you say it - like what you’re picturing.

      I’ve been giving friends pop quizes about Xinjiang when they bring it up, so far not found a single person who knows anything about any single part of it.

      It’s interesting because so many people claim to be deeply concerned about it but no one ever seems to have any real desire to learn about it, I’ve seen a million infographics this week about Palestines population and the history and everything but no one ever posts facts about the situation in China even though it’s mentioned endlessly in glib comments.

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      Gaza has basically been an open air concentration camp for 16 years.

      But the sheer balls on China to spout this rhetoric.

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    Here’s an idea? Let the Chinese government administer Gaza! They have experience reeducting Muslims right? Then all Gazaouis muslims will become Jewish, Christian, atheist, you name it! Possibilities are endless.

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    So Palestine is now supported by russia, Syria, Iran, China, all the greatest and most fair countries in the world.

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      It’s quite an obvious geopolitical win for them. It’s not hard to notice that the “western” reactions to the Russian occupation of Ukraine is pretty inconsistent with the support of the Israeli occupation of Gaza and the West Bank. Obviously support for Ukraine is the right thing to do, but again, inconsistent policy is easy to critique.

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      You’re conflating multiple things. Most notably, you’re conflating criticizing Israel with praising Hamas.

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    At the “start” of this, I didn’t really have an opinion. But that’s mostly due to lack of knowledge and the complexity of the issue.

    I was initially siding with Israel as they were hit first, but their response has made me rethink things.

    I’m still really undecided and am unqualified to make an opinion anyway.

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      “As they were hit first.”

      Whooboy. You have to go far, far, far back in history, buddy.

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        People were on TV news saying the Israelis are like Native Americans getting their land back 🤣🤣🤣

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      It’s OK not too have a side. Israel and Palestine have been going at it for so long and the history is so complex that there is literally blame on both sides.

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      The fact that you consider yourself unqualified to make an opinion probably makes you more qualified to do so than 95% of the idiots out there whose opinions are already firmly established.

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        The pressure is all over these comment sections. Not this one in particular.

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        Interesting thought, when you have countries sending aid to one side or the other, or protests pro one way or the other, makes you think you should have a side.

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      It’s really complicated. If you trace back why people did what they did, including motivations, you’ll end up centuries back. I stopped in the Russian revolutionary time period last time I tried.

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          Goes even further than that I suspect, but I’m not sure. I would seriously not be surprised though if you could trace it to the Romans in Jerusalem.

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            The Romans created the diaspora in the first place. How relevant that is to the modern conflict is debatable. Zionists certainly use the ancient Jewish kingdoms as evidence of their legitimacy.

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              I think it does trace that far back then. The diaspora is likely a large contributing factor in why Jews were so often persecuted in Europe, which was what created the desire for a Jewish state in the first place. And I do think that is a fair desire and claim, but the way the British did it was completely wrong.

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      I was initially siding with Israel as they were hit first, but their response has made me rethink things.

      To generalize this out to other wars and conflicts, even regular old arguments, there are almost always pre-existing conditions and tensions leading up to the first major attack. Even things like WWI, where the catalyst was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. But there is quite obviously more to the atmosphere, national ambitions, etc. etc. that make it so that the separatists wanted to assassinate him, and make it so that Austria-Hungary wanted to invade Serbia and used this as an excuse. A war would have happened anyway, no matter who attacked first.

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      Iarael’s response is to destroy the terrorist organizario that is responsible for all of this misery.

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          Israel didn’t bomb evacuation convoys, from what I know at least, it’s fake news.

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            I read the phrase “fake news” and my stomach immediately turns upside down.

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              Arguments, not proof, also unstated ones - we only see drawn conclusions. Israel didn’t confirm or accept blame, but I won’t deny it could’ve been a mistake or a moment of confusion. But that would still not be “attacking evacuation convoys”, but an isolated case, especially since, it seems according to the article that the designation of safe roads happened after the strike - though the timing is also not exact.

              Israel does not want to harm innocent civilians. If you don’t believe that, surely you agree that it has nothing to gain from that but bad influence.

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                  If Israel wanted land why did it agree to several 2 state solutions (which palastinians declined)? Why did it exit Gaza?

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            There are videos, so which part is fake news?

            They even took the time to analyze shadow placement for time and location verification

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        History has proven time and time again that this is the worst possible way to do that. Israel is either stupid or is acting intentionally with another purpose.

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          I think this is unprecedented. Everything about this actually, not just Israel deciding to end Hamas… So I don’t know if history showed this before, I do know that previous attempts at pacifying Hamas - as opposed to ending it - did happen, and we definitely see now they achieved nothing…

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          Having seen what Hamas did, can you really deny they’re terrorists, on the same level as ISIS? Filming themselves, kidnapping teens, rape and torture, beheading babies… Parading half naked bodies in the streets to spit and cheer at.

          I want Netanyahu out of office. But he’s not running around doing that, don’t be ridiculous.

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    “Before the Hamas incursion and subsequent Israeli military response, it was believed that Israel and Saudi Arabia, driven by a common animus toward Iran, were working toward a normalization of relations, a development that could have shifted the dynamic in the Middle East.”

    Who wants the dynamic in the Middle East to remain unchanged?