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I think there's a more nuanced version of this: China respects local laws and culture _outside of what they view as China_ more than the US does. It's also worth noting that China's policy in Xinjiang is somewhat narrowly targeted at religion, and less other aspects like cuisine or clothing. That said, religion is nigh impossible to separate from the broader idea of culture in much of the world.

>>Octoth+(OP)
Africa and South America and USA strongly disagree.

>>Octoth+(OP)
Give me a break. China has overseas police stations as bases of operation for harassing ex-pats and dissidents. That's not "respecting local laws and culture".

>>Analem+q6
sorry but you’re not going to convince anyone approaching this with a neutral mind that China is more partial to overseas intervention than the US is

>>whimsi+Wj
Agree, and would like to say that this is not because many of us see China as some benevolent actor on the world stage, but rather because we see how NOT benevolent the US has been historically (see South America, the middle east, etc)

>>Octoth+qq
the US has done lots of positive things as well. i understand it is popular to be a critic nowadays, but in many ways the US has had a strong commitment to majoritarian democracy over the last century and is trending in a better direction.

but regardless of the net balance of actions, it is clearly more interventionist than China has been up to this point