I'm saying it would make no difference if they were. But I'm not even talking overthrow, they can't even advocate for change. What's happening in Hong Kong could only happen in Hong Kong, and it's still a tight crackdown.
That sound amazingly far fetched, a lot of those people don't look anything like Han Chinese.
Visiting a country being run by a group that vivisect people for organs is unpalatable. Maybe when China's a little healthier internally.
I don't think refusing to interact with Chinese people is this amazing moral stance.
This is specifically a celebration of the founding of the state, of course it's going to be militaristic and nationalist.
If it's taking place in one's nation it is the citizen's own moral responsibility to take care of it.
In general, Chinese are absolutely afraid of talking shit about the government.
This has not been my experience in China, at all.
Not trying to be insulting, but this comment smacks of privilege.
We're not vivisecting people for their organs if that narrows it down for you.
Bet all those Chinese and North Koreans who have been abducted from their homes and put into camps for political reasons would really agree with you, mainly because otherwise they'd get shot and then have their organs harvested (and maybe not even in that order!).
*cough cough*
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Am I the only one here who finds it hilarious that you're using soviet propaganda tactics to defend one of the largest, most authoritarian countries in the world all while sporting an anarchy symbol avatar?
That's your framing.
And you've got it wrong they did something. Americans have been protesting, deplatfroming, making arrests, stopping funding and so much more. doing their work to stop those camps
Maybe criticism of the government in private conversations is OK. Do it publicly, online or at school, you'll end in jail or worse... It is a dictatorship.
Of course, I'm white and no one will ever mistake my Chinese for native. But it's not like I get people in a cone of silence when I talk to them, plus you see Chinese people bitching about that stuff among themselves, you know, they're not really quite people.
I think you really over-estimate the level of control the Chinese government has over its citizens.
I lived in Beijing (and also Hong Kong, but we're talking about the mainland here) and I traveled all over China, been to every province. And I think I'm familiar with the different types of police, at least to a degree, and have not noticed Chinese people being afraid of any of them all that much. I've seen with my own eyes Chinese people throw down like crazy with full on riot police. I can post videos if people want, those are not hard to find, every time a new high speed rail line is announced, the towns that didn't get a station go out and beat the some cops (btw, just to be clear, I am personally of the opinion that beating cops is a good thing, I know not everyone here agree with that and I don't want to start that fight in this thread, I'm just trying to convey that I'm not trying to badmouth Chinese people here, quite the opposite actually).
As I said, this is just my general impression, which is anecdotal as all hell, and I would imagine the people I am friends with are not really a great representation of the entire population (and while I obviously talk to random people too, it's not like when I travel I go to people and just say "hey, want to talk some shit about Xi?"). Thanks for your answer.
No, they do shoot some firework, but it's nowhere like this.
It's the Beijing ceremonial honor guard. They mostly just raise and lower flags and such.Didn't realize there was a all-female red guard/unit
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