joshua allen argues that a lot of the common china bashing is ill-informed

on human rights:

China has 300k in prison and a population of 1.2b, while America has 3m people in prison and a population of 300m.

on tibet:

Even more disturbing is the way that this short document The declaration of the “Tibetan Government in Exile” spends so much time dwelling on the subject of “ethnic purity”. They bemoan the fact that people of other ethnic groups are moving into Tibet and diluting the purity of their race. Freedom of movement seems to be a hallmark of any democracy, so one wonders what kind of democracy these people are hoping to install? Maybe a democracy that doesn’t allow people of various “undesirable” ethnic groups to live there? Maybe an “apartheid” system where only people who were members of the Lama’s religion get to vote?

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