the only art that gets filtered through history and that gets to survive and be representative is what the upper class allowed to be uncensored,

This is why I love the preserved graffiti in the ruins of Pompeii. They share a relatability with cave paintings that other historical art lacks.

11M views. 11M well-informed Westerners casually parroting this arrogance.

Now I wonder how many of those responsibly-up-to-date Westerners have seen the videos about how weong this one was?

“I see you haven’t given up yet! Well, then I shall start hitting myself in the face even harder! Let’s see how you like this…!”

mood:

y’ever wonder whatever happened to the Chinese and their space program in the Starfield universe?

Heh, when I read ‘fictional genocides’ in your title I though you were gonna talk about Xinjiang

To put it Laconically: One requires thought.

“Made in the USA” is the new “Made in China”

阿吉野马

Is this done out of genuine concern about garlic or to mess with the import process by forcing them to perform checks on all garlic imports?

The only downside is the game being set in Florida but we won’t get to be Florida Man

Anyone here actually been through or worked in the Chinese schooling system? Where are all these opinions sourced from?

I’ve got parents complaining that tuition centers are being shut down becasue they’re a means-based advantage, homework quotas are being severely curtailed, and combined with the gaming curfew a market is being created for more creative and social activities to replace the tuition center and games-console-as-babysitter cultures.

Don’t forget Kissinger is still alive.

I think the culture is a result of people reaching for human connection. The apps are exploitation of it, and shape it into something ugly.

But it’s all a symptom. It’s not something to be cured by banning it or reforming it. It will wither on its own when humanity has its humanity restored.

• Accept the application from the US

• Make a similar, corresponding request of the US

• Do both of the above loudly and publicly

The two state solution would, IMO, would not last. And I think China knows that, and also knows that it would eventually end in Palestine’s favour, which is why they advocate for it.

In a two-state solution, Israel would get propped up by the US for as long as it’s beneficial and affordable to the US. Considering:

a) Israel’s ability to bomb and terrorize with impunity would be severely curtailed by any peace deal,

b) US economic might is on a continuing downward decline, and

c) Unfettered by Israeli blockade, the Global South, Belt & Road, BRICS etc. would be able to throw their support behind Palestinian redevelopment, development and prosperity, and the NATO hegemony would be under pressure to make Israel competitive with that. And they’d have to throw money at it knowing they won’t be able to keep up.

The US would be looking for excuses to withdraw support pretty much immediately. Any two-state solution that frees the Palestinian territories from Israeli occupation and suppression will look like a stalemate on paper, but it would completely curtail Israel’s strategic usefulness to the US, and the US will throw it under the bus like it does every other puppet-ally that outlives its usefulness.

And I think the US and Israel know this as well. Depending on the terms, the US would see the two-state solution as effectively cutting their losses with Israel, while Israel would see it as doom. So for China, pushing for a two-state solution has the additional benefit of driving a wedge between Israel and the US, in addition to the benefits an actual peace would create.

That was better than I expected.

Some people who watch this are going to say “wtf is a Hegelian?” and some of those people are gonna look it up and learn.

Some people who watch this are going to find out about Ford’s long distance bromance with Hitler, and some of those people are gonna go down that rabbit hole and learn.

I think it would be better to compare the Chinese government statement to the Vietnam (and other AES nation) government statement(s) (or lack of), and compare comments from the Vietnamese public to comments from the Chinese public. You’ll find no shortage of hatred for Kissinger where words aren’t curated by statesmanship.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRQp2LsWwTA

David Rovics was quick with this new song: ‘Without Henry Kissinger’

Imagination can be wonderous, and it can drive you mad

Thinking about the world we coulda had

Yeah I guess I’m venting too.

This is one of the few anglophone communities on the internet where I usually can get a break from China bashing. Especially the damned-if-they-do, damned-if-they-don’t kind of bashing. And the ‘CPC is an uncaring monolith’ interpretations of the MFA’s excessively formal (to us) public decorum.