Chinese police set to patrol alongside Hungarian officers
www.telegraph.co.uk
Agreement with Budapest raises fears of Beijing’s growing influence in Europe

Hungary’s interior ministry claimed the deal would improve safety in tourist hotspots or during events that attract large numbers of spectators.

But the plan has drawn criticism from those concerned the agreement will be abused by communist China, which has a lengthy record of human rights abuses.

The patrols could be the first step to establishing secret police stations or used to intimidate the overseas Chinese community, they warned.

  • Eldritch@lemmy.worldEnglish
    35·
    8 months ago

    Just to add on to that. I wasn’t implying that either was better by comparison. I said it’s bad regardless of who does it. Which was the point of the article. Other countries like China policing foreign countries is not a good thing. Condemning China for it while not also pointing out other nations. Especially more prolific ones and condemning them consistently with it is just hypocritical.

    But I know how the circle jerk can be. And I know you all won’t be stopped. With your disingenuous assertions and false claims. I’m apologize for trying to be thorough and accurate lol.

    • Quittenbrot@feddit.deEnglish
      33·
      8 months ago

      Especially more prolific ones and condemning them consistently with it is just hypocritical.

      Accusing the critical statement about country A of hypocrisy because what about critical statement about country B is textbook whataboutism. Your “yea, but country B is as bad as country A because …” is exactly that.

      You don’t need to imply that country A is better than country B or vice versa, because the point of whataboutism is to relativise the criticism by pointing to another. This article is about China and their actions, your contribution to the discussion was to immediately steer it to “the Americans” - why’s that?