(my opinion is inconsequential and does not matter, but I state it anyway)
Since (no) action speaks louder than words, means China is in favor of and supports:
* total disregard for human life! (disqualifying the respective country as a “civilized society”)
* invasion of small countries by global powers to take by force whatever they want
* war with the intent to deliberately destroy a whole country (there is no “liberation”)
* slaughtering defenseless civilians, women and children
* deliberately starving whole populations
* bombing schools, hospitals, kindergardens, public train stations
* deportation of thousands of people who will not be heard from again
* disregarding international law, favoring crimes
* the list can go on forever …
Personally, I have stopped working (translating) for Chinese companies a long time ago. With its current support of Russia this is totally out of the question now. Since India also supports Russia in a way, I decided the other day to reject also a job offer coming from India. Probably I am hurting myself than them, but since I cannot do anything else, at least I can show them my disgust.
Yet, there are many people who don’t mind. As long as there is money to make … everything else does not count.
Years back I was working as an interpreter on a construction site for a German manufacturer of very large equipment. One of the managers told me, they have different businesses going on with China. Occasionally, China simply “failed” to pay bills over about a million dollars. The manager told me, they could have sued China for the money, but did not, since that would have “upset” them and the Germans were dying to hold (not “for dear life”, simply for money) on to much bigger other business they had going and so China got away with not paying its debt. Fits the above listed points perfectly.
So, if anybody dealing with China, India or those other countries disregarding the very basics of ANY civilized society because they are greedy to get their hands on the money, this may be the time to reconsider.
Maybe Goethe’s Faust would be good reading regarding what happens, when you make a deal with Mephistopheles.