Do you wonder why China frowns on democracy and "Freedom of Speech," particularly as represented in the United States of America?
Why do so many White people, like Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey, criticize China's sovereign right to govern Hong Kong while ignoring the blatant contradiction of the perpetual failure of the United States to recognize the sovereign right of independence and self-governance to the Republic of Lakotah and other indigenous people throughout the so-called United States of America?
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After watching the video below, ask yourself, "Why would . . . why should China frown down on democracy and "Freedom of Speech," particularly as represented in the "holier than thou" United States of America?
Many individuals consider the previous video as both "entertainment" and/or a representation of Freedom of Speech. Now that gay marriage is legal and all aspect of LGBT-isms are not only openly promoted but endorsed in film, television, and even K-12 public schools and colleges, except for murder and rape, the only remaining so-called sexual taboos are pedophilia and necrophilia; and since religious and cultural norms no longer have any significant value to prevent the eventual legalization of these . . . lifestyles . . . the "freedom" to openly, publicly engage in these lifestyles is a certainty. Plus, keep in mind:
Did you forget why China learned not to trust colonial powers from Europe, the United States, and Japan?
Source: Wikipedia - By 1900, foreign powers had been chipping away at Chinese sovereignty for over six decades. After Chinese defeats in the Opium Wars and Tonquin War, the Qing government was forced to sign several "unequal treaties" with the Western powers, granting them the right to free trade in the previously isolationist nation along with extraterritoriality for subjects of Western nations (like "Hong Kong"). Japan obtained similar privileges after its victory in the First Sino-Japanese War. Anti-Japanese and anti-Western sentiments helped lead to the formation of the Yihetuan, whose stated goal was to drive foreigners and foreign influence (including Christianity) out of China. The Qing government took the side of the Boxers after the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Tianjin at the Battle of the Taku Forts (1900), without a formal declaration of war.
Ultimately, unlike Native Americans in the United States, many countries in South America, many countries in Africa, Australia, etc., China did not perpetually fall prey to the colonialism of Western Europeans, and eventually kicked the United Kingdom, Russia, France, Japan, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary, and the United States out of their country. China's fervor for political, social, economic, and technological independence remains an open sore to the imperialism and colonialism of Western Europeans.
Frankly, the Republic of China should release a press statement stating China cannot, will not "trust" the United States of America due to its arrogance and well-documented refusal to clean-up its own mess, such as the perpetual slavery, racism, and oppression of Black people; the perpetual genocide of Native Americans, including the theft of the Republic of Lakotah; the perpetual racially-based immigration and deportation of Latinos, etc.
China vs. the United States? Ha! Ha! Ha! It truly would be stupid for China to go to war against the United States, especially when, as with the return of Hong Kong from "temporary" British rule, all China has to do is just wait for the U.S. to continue to screw-up, and it will. Due to the enormous scale of China's population, technology, military, and cultural resources, at its discretion, China could easily swoop in and clean-up.
First Amendment to the United States Constitution - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.