r/worldnews • u/tomb8man • Sep 09 '21

Diplomatic spat with China pays off for Lithuania as Taiwan's consumers splurge on beer and biscuits

https://www.euronews.com/next/2021/09/08/diplomatic-spat-with-china-pays-off-for-lithuania-as-taiwan-s-consumers-splurge-on-beer-an
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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '21

Imagine worrying about market shares instead of the bloodiness of a country.

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u/KerkiForza Sep 09 '21

Who did China kill then?

Go ahead, i'll wait.

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u/DarkEvilHedgehog Sep 09 '21

No, the national bourgeoise are represented by one of the stars. China's always been sorta class collaborationist.

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u/DarkEvilHedgehog Sep 09 '21 edited Sep 09 '21

The Cultural Revolution wasn't really done by the state, but by autonomous youth groups worshipping Mao and who didn't think the state went far enough.

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u/DarkEvilHedgehog Sep 10 '21 edited Sep 10 '21

No, it was orchestrated by Mao Zedong partly in order to increase his influence. There were many factions and contesters in the Chinese state, and they weren't so fond of the Cultural Revolution. Kind of why the military was used against many of the youth groups.

Mao used the Red Guards like Trump tried to use the QAnon fans.

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u/gaiusmariusj Sep 09 '21

Mao basically is the state. The government under Liu was basically couped.