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Or maybe you're just under their marketing and propaganda. here are some things the authoritarian government did just this year - China puts a freeze on burni

Or maybe you're just under their marketing and propaganda. here are some things the authoritarian government did just this year - China puts a freeze on burning coal, leaving millions of families shivering in the cold http://shanghaiist.com/2017/12/05/coal-ban.php http://shanghaiist.com/2017/12/05/coal-ban.php - China Blowing Major Bubbles In 2017 https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2016/12/19/china-bubble-economy-2017/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2016/12/19/china-bubb... - In locked-down Xinjiang, China is tracking kitchen knives with QR codes https://www.fastcompany.com/40510238/in-xinjiang-china-some-knives-branded-with-owners-qr-codes https://www.fastcompany.com/40510238/in-xinjiang-china-some-... - Big data meets Big Brother as China moves to rate its citizens http://www.wired.co.uk/article/chinese-government-social-credit-score-privacy-invasion http://www.wired.co.uk/article/chinese-government-social-cre... - China threatens U.S. Congress for crossing its ‘red line’ on Taiwan https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2017/10/12/china-threatens-u-s-congress-for-crossing-its-red-line-on-taiwan/?utm_term=.109e3e68a65e https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2017/10/12... - Joe Hockey’s stark warning to Australia over Chinese interference http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/joe-hockeys-stark-warning-to-australia-over-chinese-interference/news-story/0131a56a27a6ce8658aa065e805c8947 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/joe-hockeys... - Chinese diplomat in U.S. threatens Taiwan with military attack https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3316709 https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3316709

Dolores12 9y ago
> - China puts a freeze on burning coal, leaving millions of families shivering in the cold http://shanghaiist.com/2017/12/05/coal-ban.php http://shanghaiist.com/2017/12/05/coal-ban.php Love your arguments like this. How about the ban allows everyone to breath fresh air during winter instead of byproducts of coal burning? Omg, few families is going to be shivers. Many more will thank its government for that step. You are welcome to visit Beijing to experience constant smog yourself. I highly doubt you want your children to live in such environment.
- mutteraloo 9y ago
  Or you know, the government could just stop the polluting factories from polluting
  - nate_meurer 9y ago
    Well, that's sort of what they did by shuttering the dirtiest coal-fired generators. It's kind of a hard spot they're in -- lethal smog vs. electricity shortages.
- yorwba 9y ago
  If the ban had been such a great idea, why did they roll it back? Banning coal before the alternative (gas heating) was ready is just a classic example of ruling top-down without concern for side-effects. Democracies are not immune to that, of course, but the effects are exacerbated when nobody dares to point out obvious flaws like that to avoid embarrassing the leadership.
glenstein 9y ago
I think you misunderstood my comment. I'm saying the U.S. has a cultural problem preventing it from confronting the very real authoritarian excesses of China. I think your articles are excellent evidence of those excesses and I agree with you about the problems posed by their marketing and propaganda.
- laretluval 9y ago
  I'd say the US's cultural problem is they think it's their business to "confront" other countries on their domestic issues.
  - JumpCrisscross 9y ago
    Ignoring domestic issues until they blow over into an international issue is irrational. Every country with the means projects influence. China, in the South China Sea it considers its own and in Africa and parts of Latin America, is no different.

Dolores12 9y ago

> - China puts a freeze on burning coal, leaving millions of families shivering in the cold http://shanghaiist.com/2017/12/05/coal-ban.php http://shanghaiist.com/2017/12/05/coal-ban.php Love your arguments like this. How about the ban allows everyone to breath fresh air during winter instead of byproducts of coal burning? Omg, few families is going to be shivers. Many more will thank its government for that step. You are welcome to visit Beijing to experience constant smog yourself. I highly doubt you want your children to live in such environment.

mutteraloo 9y ago
Or you know, the government could just stop the polluting factories from polluting
- nate_meurer 9y ago
  Well, that's sort of what they did by shuttering the dirtiest coal-fired generators. It's kind of a hard spot they're in -- lethal smog vs. electricity shortages.
yorwba 9y ago
If the ban had been such a great idea, why did they roll it back? Banning coal before the alternative (gas heating) was ready is just a classic example of ruling top-down without concern for side-effects. Democracies are not immune to that, of course, but the effects are exacerbated when nobody dares to point out obvious flaws like that to avoid embarrassing the leadership.

glenstein 9y ago

I think you misunderstood my comment. I'm saying the U.S. has a cultural problem preventing it from confronting the very real authoritarian excesses of China. I think your articles are excellent evidence of those excesses and I agree with you about the problems posed by their marketing and propaganda.

laretluval 9y ago
I'd say the US's cultural problem is they think it's their business to "confront" other countries on their domestic issues.
- JumpCrisscross 9y ago
  Ignoring domestic issues until they blow over into an international issue is irrational. Every country with the means projects influence. China, in the South China Sea it considers its own and in Africa and parts of Latin America, is no different.