# Report: China To Overtake U.S. As World's Biggest Asshole By 2020

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/report-china-to-overtake-u-s-as-worlds-biggest-asshole-by-2020/53181>\
**Category:** Scuttlebutt\
**Created:** [October 27, 2019, 2:02am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/report-china-to-overtake-u-s-as-worlds-biggest-asshole-by-2020/53181 "2019-10-27T02:02:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hawespiper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ebca7d/32.png) [@Hawespiper](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Hawespiper)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 1:09am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/report-china-to-overtake-u-s-as-worlds-biggest-asshole-by-2020/53181/15 "2019-10-28T01:09:33Z")

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> [@ombugge](#):
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> Me like sarcasm!! (Not hypocrisy)

I know you are a beacon of light when it comes to never displaying hypocrisy. That is why I’m very interested to hear (4th request) how you justif…no need to type it (again), I’ll just cut/paste:

> [@Understanding China](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/understanding-china/45005/985):
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> …a direct answer as to how you justify unlimited outside (US) intervention in one region where a minority is seeking freedom and a land of their own (Syria/Kurds), but are staunchly ANTI outside (US) intervention in another region where a minority is seeking freedom and a land of their own (HK).

Because that seems quite a bit like hypocrisy to me.

Is it because China is a budding third world nation, yearning to be free / ~~the second largest economy in the world, ready to take their rightful place as world leader~~ and thus just part of the growing pains that they need to be allowed to work through.

OR

Is it because China is ~~a budding third world nation, yearning to be free~~ / the second largest economy in the world, ready to take their rightful place as world leader and as such they don’t need any help squashing this pesky insurgency?

Which narrative will you choose?

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