On the one hand, hooray for supporting the development of infrastructure in Africa and stuff. On the other hand, booooo for being a top trading partner with the Zionist Entity, and selling drones to Indonesia, and all that.

So what the Hell do you make of it all! Like I get that there's this term called "realpolitik" which is somehow relevant, but I'd like a longer explanation than just one word. Like how does the good and the bad fit together at its core?

You could certainly write tomes about this topic — many people have done exactly that — and maybe I'm being a bit incurious to expect someone to serve me a quick answer on a silver platter instead of diving into as many articles and PDF books as I can get my hands on... But I'm also just kind of tired of having such extremely underdeveloped views on the most populous AES state and country in general, after I came to unlearn or mistrust whichever views I'd had on China previously.

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[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 2 points 4 hours ago

Both Mao and Deng had China supporting countries committing genocide (Pakistan, Cambodia) while Jiang, Hu, and Xi mostly kept China's hands clean with the exception of the Zionist entity of course, which started under Deng anyways and possibly even under Mao. I don't think China joining the WTO under Jiang is the same as China supporting Pakistan in committing genocide against the Bangladeshi under Mao, which prompted India to intervene and led to warm relations between India and the Soviet Union which still exists to this day in warm Indian-Russian relations. Seriously, all the blackpilled and backstabbing shit was under Mao and Deng. There's Pakistan and Cambodia, there's the invasion of Vietnam, there's the support of the mujahideen in Afghanistan. You also had stuff like China supporting UNITA instead of the MPLA. Meanwhile, Jiang, Hu, and Xi just had China join/found a bunch of transnational organizations and opened trade with everyone.