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In the immortal words of Mao Zedong, "memes hold up half the sky," so we've set up r/ChinaMemes for all your shitposting needs.
Moderation there will be kept to a bare minimum, so go crazy.
(High-quality memes will still be allowed on this sub.)
Unless the Chinese people themselves opt for or agree to mass therapy (de-traumatization). Because if the CCP falls, the next regime to come to power will just be a repeat of Legalism plus the flavor of the day (Left-Communism, i.e., Mao era or Right-Confucianism, i.e., Chiang or Xi era). Also, China's neighbors (esp. Taiwan) will never be safe until Chinese nationhood ceases to be linked to ethnicity, land and territory (civilizational state), and transitions to Westphalian sovereignty.
Before implementing democratization, there must be a mass de-traumatizing of the populace. You need to have a healthy, happy population who are confident in themselves in order to have a functioning, free society. This is a point that many anti-CCP commentators like to overlook or miss out on.
Until then, Lu Xun and Bo Yang will continue to roll in their graves.
I was talking about movies with one of my students and about how the box office numbers in the US are terrible this year and China seems to be doing pretty poorly too. My student is a 17yr old from Harbin and in his words, he said it's normal to go see a midnight premiere, online it will say the movie is nearly sold out and you show up and there's 10-20 people in the theater. I talked to another student who is a teen from Zhongshan, she said a couple years ago her dad and her went to see a movie, the people at the theater said there were only a few seats left, they end up being basically the only people in the theater.
Is this widespread? I have heard major question marks in the past about Chinese box office numbers.
I did a surface level of digging into the Uighur genocide and I found sketchy sources saying it's not real. I am half Chinese myself and I know that the US hates China. Is this all propaganda?
edit: I did not expect this much publicity and I was expecting like only two comments not 500 lol. Anyways, thank you to everyone who put in the time to reply!
First time getting a flight ticket for travelling in china eastern plane on the ceair website. However, i did not receive any confirmation through email or sms of the plane ticket. Do i do self check in at the airports to get the tickets? What is the usual procedure?
Tried calling the hotline and website chatbot. It isnt working…
What are some general biases present in the major subreddits discussing Chinese affairs? I went onto r/Sino and it largely seems like a CCP circlejerk, so I'm curious if there are less biased subs to catch up on China news.
Does anyone know the name of the guy who writes the Concrete Confessional about Shenzhen? His "I Was Simon Song" thing was trending on WeChat (I thought it was hilarious), but I can't find any of his other content on the web.
Would I pay tax on the foreign income in China? Or in my country? Or can I avoid it altogether as I’d be tax resident in China? I read something about not having to pay foreign based income tax until 6 years of being in China, true or false?
Also, what investments are you all involved in while in China? Tax implications outside China or not?
Hey, been here for 3 days so far for an internship I’m doing. It’s quite boring and it’s really easy to isolate here. I’m pretty worried cuz I’ll be staying here for a month. Any advice or help?
