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Is just such a shock from being in China. Just got harassed and essentially threatened for being a socialist. They searched my bags and commented on my China flag and my little red books and my copy of Blackshirts and Reds. Fucking police state. The security in China is strict, but they don’t give a fuck about your thoughts, whereas this guy was very aggressive about “consequences” for being a socialist.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm not quite sure what the laws are on that, but I do think if your wife is a Chinese national, your family should be able to apply for asylum, though you may need to fly over there from another nation first (Mexico most likely).

Yeah, everything I learn about the language is just really interesting (I love how composite words work in the language, it feels like if I had a good enough grasp of it I could convey what I mean even if I don't have the specific word that I want to say, just using a combination of existing words/letters.)

I definitely get the "people talk to fast" thing though, I'm Australian, and we're notoriously slow talkers in other languages, so that'll be the biggest hurdle I think. I'm always annoyed with how slowly it can take to convey ideas though, so learning a "faster" language is something I'm looking forward too, I waste too much time trying to think through ideas, and being able to convey those ideas in a more efficient way is something I've looked for all my life, so hopefully another language is the answer. I mainly keep putting it off because "I don't have the time" but I'll never have the time really, so I should just put aside whatever time I can each day to learn a little. I really like the idea of being able to speak to a billion people I couldn't previously.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

In terms of talking faster, it'd probably be a lot easier to just learn another English dialect that is faster, like SAE.