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IMO, just state your opinion and don't force things. You won't convince someone by pure conviction, particularly if they don't see you as a friend. The thing is that facts by themselves simply aren't sufficient. Every fact everyone takes in is filtered by a web of perception, this is why the same fact can be interpreted differently by different people. That web of perception is often indoctrinated into us since early childhood, before we have gathered enough facts to form our own web. To change the web can take a long time, and using past facts to change the web is useless. The most effective way IMO is to introduce the idea of an alternative web of perception to whoever you want to convince, and allow them to try to process new information through this alternative web and see the results.
For example, I have a very good friend who's a Muslim, he loves America and was highly critical of many things China did, to Muslims in particular (i.e. completely bought into the Uyghur genocide POV). We've had quite a few heated conversations in the past, but we've always remained good friends. Pointing out past atrocities by the US toward Muslims, the far more number confirmed killed, was not enough. Afghanistan and Iraq happened when we were young, too busy chasing girls and booze than to read about politics. Those facts he's aware of, but they've already been casually processed by his America-can-do-no-wrong web of perception. Now that I've introduced a new web to him, however, he's processing the Israel's war in Gaza and America's role differently, especially vis-a-vis the collective West's actions in Ukraine.
These changes take time, you just need to be persistent and consistent. If people are willing to listen, then changes can happen, but only by starting to process new information in a new way. Once this happens, and they realize the new way of processing information is more valid, then they may go back to start processing old information with the new method as well and a person's entire world view can change.
Don't expect too much from this.
Overall, majority of Thai peoples especially young generation still look down on China. They are often mocking Chinese qualily and believe that all China can do are copy and stole. US and EU are their best friend and Japan is a society they are aspire to be.
Just because they don't like Korean doesn't mean they will see Chinese in better light.
Very strong statement coming from Malaysia. Good for them, they actually have brains unlike the Philippines.Malaysia reaffirms the one-China policy and wants to join BRICS. Thailand also announced their intention to join BRICS.
Or BYD has something new up their sleeve. The European Commission won't comprehend how competitive China's EV market is and how fast some of China's EV companies can innovate.
Yeah, right, Huawei should dissolve themselves.
Sure sign that Saudi Arabia is abandoning the petrodollar?
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Brother, thank you for still remembering me. I've been away from SDF for quite some time. I do come back once a while, just read, no post.
For the vaccines, I had two doses of Sinovac, the 3rd jab of AZ and 4th one of Pfizer. I stopped Covid-19 vaccination hereafter because it's no longer a threat to our social health. I caught the disease (Delta) by Aug-2021 after the two doses of Sinovac. Thanks to the vaccine, I had mild symptoms and managed to recover with some medicines at home. By Aug 2022, I caught Covid-19 (Omicron) once again after four doses of vaccine but this time all symptoms went away after only one day of treatment. Again, I treated the disease myself without going to hospital. Now, we can go anywhere with or without a mask. No one care about Covid-19 anymore.
Indian government under Modi is pretty brazen and acting very assertive when it comes to dealing with their own separatist movements around the world.
He knows that he will not have a better chance than now when the West wants to get India on their side.
At least they didn’t do this to white servants…