(October 11, 2022 at 8:35 am)Belacqua Wrote:(October 11, 2022 at 8:19 am)Interaktive Wrote: Beijing is a big China
Moscow is a small China
I don't understand this one either.
China is China. It is unique. Its history is amazing. Its people are amazing.
Nearly all of what we hear about China in the West is just propaganda. When I went there it was obvious that the constant stream of negatives we hear are designed to mask fantastic potential.
For example, did you know China has a great beer culture? Every city you go to has its own local brews, and they're of a high quality with a lot of variation. How many people in the West know about this? It's not an important thing, but it's something very noticeable about the country, that you'd never hear about if you didn't go and travel around.
The best wine I ever had was Chinese. The best, most enormous bookstore I ever visited was in China. The best questions I ever got after my academic presentations were asked in English, by undergraduate students, in China.
Take the Chinese bullet train to Beijing, and then fly out of the new Beijing airport to JFK or O'Hare and you'll see which country is doing well.
If the US didn't keep up the propaganda war Americans would know that actual progress is possible, because China is doing it.
I’m sure the Uyghurs are thrilled about the wide variety of craft beers in China. You know, when they’re not busy riding bullet trains to the huge book stores in their FUCKING INTERNMENT CAMPS.
Boru
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