They have already done that, just read their Project 2025.
Again, flip over to any other industrialized nation and you’re going to find the same media trends. You get to fixate on “China Media Bad” because you’re not getting spammed with American propaganda about Hindu nationalists or Japanese fascists. But then we are as guilty of drinking the propaganda kool-aid as any other country. And a big part of that kool-aid is the exceptionalism mentality that insists we’re clear-eyed while everyone else is being brainwashed.
What a rubbish. I live in a (Western) country where racism and nationalism and all the sh't that it entails is much older than modern-day China, but the media isn't controlled here. Journalists and bloggers and private persons on social media can freely write and criticize, including the government.
I wondering when you get tired here about this whataboutism. In the context of the death of a 10-year old this is even disgusting.
He was convicted for rioting
No, just read the article. He was arrested on June 12 at a train station
wearing a T-shirt with the slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times”, and a yellow mask printed with “FDNOL” – the shorthand for another pro-democracy slogan, “five demands, not one less”. June 12 is a date associated with protests in the city in 2019.
Your comments are fabricated, you're posting biased quotes without providing a source. This does not contribute to a good internet culture.
This quote is not from the article. Where is it from?
And this person was wearing a t-shirt. He was convicted for wearing a t-shirt.
Shared regional threats.
I don't know the reason for the prompt in this particular case, of course, but there is a persistent form of racism in China, namely the prejudice that the Han Chinese are more advanced than other cultures inside and outside of China. Some experts say this view is even promoted by the government's propaganda.
There is also a good video by a foreigner living in China (19 min): CHINA: RACISM: China’s Ugly, Disturbing yet Open Secret
Last year, Human Rights Watch urged the Chinese government to combat anti-black racism on Chinese social media.
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ICC's Karim Khan announces arrest warrant application for Israeli and Hamas leaders
[Regarding Israel, the arrest warrants so far go against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.]
As tempting and reasonable as it may seem to counter disinformation with disinformation, it is the wrong path imo. It would play directly into the hands of authoritarian regimes and further undermine democracy in the long run. What we need is an educated, well-informed population and transparent political and economic processes so that leaders at all levels can be held accountable for what they do.
Well, China legislated the death penalty for "separatists", a Chinese official said in June that Taiwan separatists will be “crushed to pieces”, and the Chinese ambassador to Japan said Japanese people would be dragged into the fire if they took part in forces plotting to support Taiwan's independence and "split China". Similar remarks came from Chinese ambassadors to other countries and other Chinese officials. You'll find more examples on the web.
I don't like the source either, and usually I never link to SCMP or other Chinese propaganda media. In that case, however, I made an excemption (maybe it wasn't a good idea, just let me know that) as the article doesn't promote China's official agenda. The article is highly critical of the Chinese health system, even citing ordinary citizens' posts, and it comes from a paper like SCMP.
They must earn their 50 cents ...
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This is maybe a devastating example why centralization and central planning is a bad and dehumanizing act for individuals in a society. There is a good documentary about China's so-called "Ghost Children". These are those who were born as younger siblings during China's One Child policy.
The documentary was made in 2014. It shows how quickly things can change, and how people suffer now and then due to bad politics.
It's really worth your time.
China's Ghost Children -- (video, 36 min)
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