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China helping to arm Russia with helicopters, drones and metals (www.telegraph.co.uk)
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[–] [email protected] 42 points 10 months ago (1 children)

telegraph getting upset about free markets?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Does reporting on it mean they are upset?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

One Chinese company sent 1,000 drones to Russia in the two months before the war, according to figures compiled by Molfar Global, an open source research organisation. That firm, Shantou Honghu Plastics, describes itself as a wholesaler of children’s toys on its website and social media profiles.

They are toy drones lmao. Yeah they seem upset alright.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That quote seems very calm to me.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Upset enough to write a whole article about toy drones michael-laugh

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

How does that mean they are upset?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

They exercise editorial control and they exercise it vigorously, so when they report on something it’s for a reason.

Does your comment intend to imply they’re just presenting some economic data points or something? It seems kind of inane to pretend that they don’t have a lens where this is a bad thing. That China bad etc etc.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

My comment was intending to imply they are not actually upset about this and are reporting on things that will make them money.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It will make them money from readers being upset about it. The author specializes in anti-China outrage bait.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So that would mean others are upset, not them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My comment had no purpose other than to be pedantic for it's own sake because that is how the internet has taught me that intelligence is demonstrated and I want to appear intelligent

Wow neat

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

You seem upset.