- Expanded in the South China Sea, occupying desert islands, dredging reefs, making airports out of coral attols
- Attacked India, threatened Vietnam and the Philippines
- Increased its military build up
- Brought down a draconian “National Security” legislation for us here in Hong Kong,
- and … the granddaddy of all “threats to peace and stability”:
- Open, explicit, threats to attack Taiwan
Never mind all that! It’s those horrid white-nationalist English-speaking nations, their reacting, they’re the problem. You’re supposed to Tremble and Obey, barbarian!
The top-left editorial in the SCMP op-Ed page has become a conduit for Beijing. For sure we should read it, though. “Problematic” as Beijing is, it’s surely consequential. We have to know what they’re thinking. Including via other sources, such as CGTN, the People’s Daily, Wen Hui Pao, etc.. For what the “masses” (群众 qun zhong) are talking about there’s What’s on Weibo.
