Submitted by shockingdevelopment t3_z6br25 in explainlikeimfive
DarkAlman t1_iy177vj wrote
Reply to comment by shockingdevelopment in ELI5: Why did geopolitics become focused on West vs East alliances? by shockingdevelopment
The Chinese regime is extremely authoritarian, spies on it's own citizens, implemented a social credit system, arrests people without warrants, makes people disappear for going against the government, and there's a possible active genocide happening against the Uyghurs right now just to name a few.
The West typically wouldn't want to do business with a country like that but tolerates China and doesn't denounce them as much as they normally would because they are too afraid to lose the economic benefits.
shockingdevelopment OP t1_iy2pel3 wrote
Yknow, the US is best friends with Saudi Arabia.
And were And is avoiding Chinese technology even though it'd help them, as a move against China
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