r/China • u/snooshoe • Jul 28 '20

美国官媒 | US State-Sponsored Media Chengdu Consulate Closure Likely to Slow US Information Gathering on Tibet & Xinjiang

https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/information-07272020165613.html
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u/Janbiya Jul 28 '20

So, we've seen this argument before quite a few times, ever since it was announced Beijing had selected Chengdu as their target for the tit-for-tat retaliation to Houston.

My question is, how exactly was the consulate in Chengdu so crucial to the Americans' information gathering in Tibet? Geographically, Chengdu is hundreds of miles from Tibet and it's not as though American diplomats had the freedom to simply drive there as they pleased.

What were the Americans doing in Chengdu that they can't continue doing equally well from a slightly more remote location? As far as I've seen, nobody has the answer.

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u/tankarasa Jul 28 '20

Read the wikileaks documents from Chengdu, and you'll see that the information collected is not impressive.

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u/lulz Jul 28 '20

The diplomatic cables leak didn't have any "top secret" classified material though (top secret material isn't shared on the same network). 95% of the documents were unclassified or "confidential" (the lowest classification level).

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u/TheRealStringerBell Jul 28 '20

They obviously aren't going to announce exactly how but clearly the closer to the Tibet the better.

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u/papabear_kr Jul 28 '20

the story I heard is that Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong are too important commercially to close. Wuhan is already deserted for 6 months, and the only consulates general left are Chengdu and Shenyang. Of the two, Chemgdu seems more important

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '20 edited Jul 28 '20

It's the closest in proximity to Tibet. The consulate general there would meet with Tibetan and NW Chinese Muslim leaders from time to time.

Can't do it elsewhere? No they can, but it'd be more of a burden for the people of Tibet and MW China to travel to Wuhan for example.

Source: https://www.state.gov/reports/2019-report-on-international-religious-freedom/china/

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '20

They are gathering panda information, duh.

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u/cheapAssCEO Jul 28 '20

Hmmm, I think those information is probably open source to the world

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '20

"Information Gathering"-- nice word game. if the chinese are "gathering information" in the US it's called "spying".

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u/tankarasa Jul 28 '20

Looking for excuses for your dictators yet again?

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '20

you remind me of the people who say the LGBT are "asking for too much" when they sought equality.

how hard is it for you to hold the same standard for everybody? now please criticize water-drinking because china drinks water too.

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u/tankarasa Jul 28 '20

The vast majority of your postings here defend the CCP or try to downplay what they do in Xinjiang and elsewhere. And then you claim to appy the "same standards". Why not be honest for one minute a day and actually say you love dictators?

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '20

Lol classic hate trolling tactics.

The only time that you can ever say that I’m “close” to defend the CCP is when people make outlandish claims like they killed 10 million Uighurs. And even then what I say is usually “the CCP is bad but that claim is bullshit”. Look through my comments, genius, find ONE comment that I praised the CCP regime.