> So no, I'm not a CCP supporter. What I am, is being tired of all the anti-China propaganda that's on the one hand merely biased and prejudiced misrepresentations, and on the other hand a deliberate manufacturing of consent for war. I am tired of my home being constantly misrepresented and villified.
I mistakenly assumed that you would be against oversimplification.
Hey I did try to invite him to talk to me in private where I can explain a complex situation more thoroughly. But if one is only "kinda interested, but not very interested" and wants a quick summary in an HN post then one has to be contend with oversimplifications.
I understand why you criticize me, but rather than criticism I'd like to hear solutions. I had a conversation with my contact from Xinjiang yesterday (who regularly talks to westerners to explain the situation) and he told me how basically nobody in the west is interested in the complex truth; everybody wants simplifications. Which really limits the explanations he can give.
So, what is your solution? If you have a link to a better summary that you believe is
1. more accurate,
2. able to explain things from a westerner's perspective and able to provide the paradigm changes needed for proper understanding,
3. yet short enough to satisfy readers that are only casually interested,
then I'm all ears and I'll consider recommending your source next time.
When you wrote in another subthread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29663197 that
> So no, I'm not a CCP supporter. What I am, is being tired of all the anti-China propaganda that's on the one hand merely biased and prejudiced misrepresentations, and on the other hand a deliberate manufacturing of consent for war. I am tired of my home being constantly misrepresented and villified.
I mistakenly assumed that you would be against oversimplification.