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minus-squareerogenouswarzone@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·1 year ago*Chinese billionaires
minus-squareblitzen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI am asking this in full earnestness: is any critique of the Chinese government assumed to be rooted in xenophobia?
minus-squarePuls3@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 year agoI think he’s referring to how Reddit used to operate on Tencent funding. Tencent is partially owned by the Chinese government.
minus-squareSerinus@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoIt’s well known and accepted that the Chinese government has significant control of Chinese companies, and Reddit is partially owned by Tencent. That’s not xenophobic. The fact that it’s something like a 5% stake is more relevant.
minus-squareSerinus@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-21 year ago“a literal US military arm” is just as ridiculous. It’s neither.
minus-squareSerinus@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoAnd you think there aren’t Russian and Chinese propagandists on Reddit? pro-US imperialist propaganda Right. Like all those school kids getting shot.
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I am asking this in full earnestness: is any critique of the Chinese government assumed to be rooted in xenophobia?
I think he’s referring to how Reddit used to operate on Tencent funding.
Tencent is partially owned by the Chinese government.
It’s well known and accepted that the Chinese government has significant control of Chinese companies, and Reddit is partially owned by Tencent. That’s not xenophobic.
The fact that it’s something like a 5% stake is more relevant.
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“a literal US military arm” is just as ridiculous. It’s neither.
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And you think there aren’t Russian and Chinese propagandists on Reddit?
Right. Like all those school kids getting shot.