this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2025
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[โ€“] kristina@hexbear.net 27 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
[โ€“] Awoo@hexbear.net 26 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

China's vote here is in keeping with their position on state sovereignty, they likely view this as outside interference towards a country's internal matters. Not just their own but all their partners like russia and the middle east.

Not sure how you can be for sovereignty and also for outside organisations seeking to apply external pressures on nation policy tbh.

[โ€“] prole@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago

States rights with Chinese characteristics

[โ€“] Carl@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

If the United Nations was less west-dominated in character, then I would be 100% for outside orgs controlled by it applying external pressures on nation policy for the same reason that I am 100% in favor of a national government applying pressure on a conservative region within its borders to enact a progressive policy. It is only because the UN is dominated by international capital and regularly uses humanitarian language to justify its awful actions that I can agree with your logic here.

[โ€“] Awoo@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago

It's not about the UN, it's about the primary contradiction.

China's sees imperialism vs anti-imperialism is the primary contradiction in the world, and that the imperial core countries will never have revolutions until they no longer materially benefit from the resources they take from the periphery.

China's position on sovereignty will strengthen the periphery countries until they are strong enough to resist imperialism, at which point the imperial core will lose their resources. When this happens the core countries will not accept the loss of profit, they will pursue it elsewhere and the only place to pursue it will be to cannibalise the core. This cannibalisation will result in the conditions for revolution in core countries.

China is maintaining complete consistency on their sovereignty position because it's supposed to lead to the conditions necessary for communism to win.

[โ€“] Facky@hexbear.net 14 points 1 week ago

Georgia's yes on this surprises me.

[โ€“] newacctidk@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago

Albania surprised me