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In the race to attract the world’s smartest minds, China is gaining on the US | CNN
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China's authoritarianism is more palatable for the people who live in it because they don't deport people to random 3rd world countries' terrorist prisons. If you're valued, they make your life exceptional. But this all comes with the looming threat of "speak out against us and you'll go to jail without trial". So basically you live under fear in both China and the US, but in China you know what to do to avoid being a target and in the US it can be pretty random
Honestly, if they offered me a million euro per year salary, I'd go and be quiet as a lamb. But I don't think they want me in the first place and also they probably know my opinion of the country.
There is a literal concentration camp for theUyghurs because of their religion. They are sending jets and navy ships to sovereign nations all over south east Asia. Even building man made island to build bases to do so. There is a social points system that is designed to punish the poor and middle class.
You're watching too much TikTok bro. China is brainwashing you.
social point system has been found out not to be universal, and not all china's provinces have adopted it all. and its not enforced by the ccp.
Lol I have never installed the TikTok app even. I can show you a screenshot from the App Store if you don't believe me.
Definitely an issue regionally (and globally because TSMC), but a non-issue to anyone living in China (unless they have family at one of those countries)
I agreed, it's bullshit bad faith diplomacy.
Same as the credit score system in the US then. It's provincial, anyway, not a centralized system. A lot of people in China are saying it doesn't affect their lives too much. Many haven't heard of it.
So this is the worst of them all. But then nearly every single article about it is written by, or cites, Adrian Zenz, a notoriously anti-China reporter. The multi-million person concentration camps might be a myth. There's definitely some human rights abuses going on there though, even the UN has reported on that. But again, this doesn't affect most people.
We're talking about over a billion people in one country. 99.9% of them aren't going to be affected by any of this. Can you say the same regarding the systemic racism, the ICE raids, etc, in the US? And those are accelerating, China seems to be keeping their authoritarianism stable.
100% bullshit cooked up by the US state department, be better
I don't even live in the US. I'm just don't use Chinese propaganda apps.
In China they also imprison the wealthy that exploit people. I may not agree with how China treats their citizens but they have some things right.
only if threatens the politburo that is, just like JACK MA was getting to big and they made up charges to get rid of him.
No they don't. They only do that if you become too powerful. Nobody can be more than Xi Ping. If you are then you get punished..
Yeah actually they do
Ehhhh so and so. They imprison you once it gets too public. Otherwise they're happy about the money.