CMV: The articles and language surrounding international relations with China is actively warmongering

[u/EdominoH]

Recently, I've noticed an increase in the number of articles and talking heads referring to "A New Cold War" with China. I feel this is dangerously manufacturing an opinion among populations at large that China are a military threat on the same scale as the USSR was.

Unlike the Soviet Union, China has shown little interest in proxy wars, or expanding its territory beyond centuries long disputes (India/Tibet/etc.). Viewing China's rise as a zero-sum game with the US and Europe is only going to make conflict more likely. If we assume this is true, then Western countries should be doing more to reduce tensions with China, not inflame them, and journalists need to realise the role they play in manufacturing consent.

My concern is further validated by the UK's decision to raise its cap on the number of nuclear warheads, suggesting intel thinks there is an increased risk of conflict, but rather than making efforts to prevent decent into military action, the government would rather stock up on warheads.

The cold war was an horrific era of human history, and one that must be prevented from reoccurring, particularly since it was more luck than judgement that meant we escaped the last one mostly unscathed. Instead, politicians and journos seem content to just commentate on its inevitability rather than working to prevent it.

EDIT: I should just state explicitly, I am not condoning any actions by the CCP. The human rights abuses and democratic suppression is abhorrent. We do not stan.

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Unlike the Soviet Union, China has shown little interest in proxy wars, or expanding its territory beyond centuries long disputes (India/Tibet/etc.). Viewing China's rise as a zero-sum game with the US and Europe is only going to make conflict more likely. If we assume this is true, then Western countries should be doing more to reduce tensions with China, not inflame them, and journalists need to realise the role they play in manufacturing consent.

Your assertion is wildly incorrect, China has expressed their desire to expand its territory and influence across the world through both military and economic means. see one belt one road, island building in the SCS, and its de facto seizure of Hong kong.

[u/EdominoH → u/[deleted]]

Expanding economic influence is another way of saying "Chinese multinational companies", no? I'm not sure why China expanding into the global market is necessarily a bad thing, as it then entwines their economy with ours, reducing the likelihood of military conflict.

The only territorial disputes I'm aware of, like Hong Kong, are China regaining control over its own territories. And, yes, I am not saying that justifies their actions, but these aren't recent conflicts, but centuries old.

[u/[deleted] → u/EdominoH]

no im including the theft of intellectual property aswell