LettersLife in China is good, if you are rich and don’t care for politics

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A pro-China counter-protester sings the country’s national anthem during a rally on August 16 at the State Library in Melbourne, Australia. Photo: EPA-EFE

Published: 10:49am, 27 Dec 2019Updated: 6:41pm, 27 Dec 2019

A video clip on Twitter posted by US journalist/activist Rania Khalek explains how Hong Kong’s protesters are rioters. This is similar to what Chinese state media publish.

So many people are disillusioned with US foreign policy and racism in the West that China’s imperialism – its debt-trapping of vulnerable economies, its actions in Xinjiang and Tibet, and now in Hong Kong – is being welcomed.

Arguments in favour of the Chinese Communist Party?

China is such a vast country, the people need stability. The party acts in the interests of its people. They follow successful (horrific) models of attaining power, like the US or UK.

The Chinese diaspora are in a lose-lose situation. Chinese heritage and culture are bound up with mainland China, and the party has organically fused itself onto the brainstem of the civilisation.

Revellers celebrate the Lunar New Year with a parade in Chinatown in New York on February 17. Chinese heritage and culture are bound up with mainland China. Photo: AP

If people side with China, they lose their principles and freedom. If they side with the West, they lose their community and culture, and will still be viewed with increasing hostility by the general public in the West.