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And most of them are content with it.

by nukeop 9y ago

EpicEng 9y ago
I'm sure there are a lot of content North Korean's as well.
cfontes 9y ago
Any sources of that claim? because seams very unlikely.
- NegativeLatency 9y ago
  The article specifically mentioned it > surveys suggest Mr. Xi has an approval rating of more than 80 percent
- TomMarius 9y ago
  Anecdote: Many expats that live in China have commented on this. The Chinese don't care, they live their lives and the party lives its.
  - wmeredith 9y ago
    I could say the same thing about myself and the Trump administration. It's mostly a sideshow.
BuildTheRobots 9y ago
I honestly wonder how many of them actually know? If _all_ your media (including news, private messages, encyclopedias, history) hide this fact from you, how can one possibly tell - or understand what it means?
- teolandon 9y ago
  The thing I always wonder is how do Chinese people studying or living long-term in foreign countries react to this. They spend a lot of time exposed to media that aren't as heavily censored anymore, and see a lot of negative news about their home country's state. When they go back home, they surely will have a different point of view for everything. Of course, it's very difficult to protest and make a change even after you get to view everything past the Great Firewall of China, but there must be a growing amount of Chinese people that know of the propaganda and the lies.
  - nukeop 9y ago
    They laugh about. See they at least know they live in an oppressive regime with heavy political censorship, while people in the West, such as Americans, live under similar conditions, but are deluded into thinking they're free.
cscurmudgeon 9y ago
Thats why they had to resort to banning a puny letter?
pmarreck 9y ago
Battered wives also come to the defense of their husbands if a third party tries to stop the violence or attack the husband. (I literally personally know not one but TWO guys who tried to intervene in an obvious battering but were then set upon by BOTH members of the couple... Black eye for one and a broken tooth for the other)
- iforgotpassword 9y ago
  What do you think, that the chinese govt purposefully makes their peoples lives miserable? They are doing exactly what they think is necessary to stay in power, whether that is a good thing or not is another question. Beating husbands act out of frustration or other problems but not because they fear losing power, And get a kick out of it. Chinese everyday life is as free or unfree as it is here. It's funny how average Joe is so proud of living in a free country when all his life he is working his ass off to pay the bills never going anywhere, never being the heroic activist changing anything. That handful of people who are like that definitely are better off here than in China, but the general public in China is just as happy with life as long as they get their steady income, a shiny iPhone and whatever the Chinese clone of Netflix is. And They certainly don't care that WhatsApp or some other app/website with zero market penetration in China is blocked over there.
  - wtetzner 9y ago
    > Beating husbands act out of frustration or other problems but not because they fear losing power Are you sure that's the case? It certainly seems like they to it to keep control over the relationship.
    - iforgotpassword 9y ago
      Not sure as in having done research, that's what I picked up from news reports. Still even if, its not like people in China feel threatened or even abused. Like I said, everyday life is almost completely unaffected. The occasional political rant on social media gets deleted sure, which people are annoyed by, but there are no consequences to that unless you really push for it, which brings us back to activism.
lr4444lr 9y ago
... or they don't have the freedom to say they're not.
- iforgotpassword 9y ago
  They do. That communist gulag impression hn has of China is ridiculous.
  - aianus 9y ago
    They literally banned the word “disagree”. Literally.
    - iforgotpassword 9y ago
      ...so?
dkural 9y ago
If they are why not let them vote so we can all see?

And most of them are content with it.

by nukeop 9y ago

And most of them are content with it.

EpicEng 9y ago

I'm sure there are a lot of content North Korean's as well.

cfontes 9y ago

Any sources of that claim? because seams very unlikely.

NegativeLatency 9y ago
The article specifically mentioned it > surveys suggest Mr. Xi has an approval rating of more than 80 percent
TomMarius 9y ago
Anecdote: Many expats that live in China have commented on this. The Chinese don't care, they live their lives and the party lives its.
- wmeredith 9y ago
  I could say the same thing about myself and the Trump administration. It's mostly a sideshow.

BuildTheRobots 9y ago

I honestly wonder how many of them actually know? If _all_ your media (including news, private messages, encyclopedias, history) hide this fact from you, how can one possibly tell - or understand what it means?

teolandon 9y ago
The thing I always wonder is how do Chinese people studying or living long-term in foreign countries react to this. They spend a lot of time exposed to media that aren't as heavily censored anymore, and see a lot of negative news about their home country's state. When they go back home, they surely will have a different point of view for everything. Of course, it's very difficult to protest and make a change even after you get to view everything past the Great Firewall of China, but there must be a growing amount of Chinese people that know of the propaganda and the lies.
- nukeop 9y ago
  They laugh about. See they at least know they live in an oppressive regime with heavy political censorship, while people in the West, such as Americans, live under similar conditions, but are deluded into thinking they're free.

cscurmudgeon 9y ago

Thats why they had to resort to banning a puny letter?

pmarreck 9y ago

Battered wives also come to the defense of their husbands if a third party tries to stop the violence or attack the husband. (I literally personally know not one but TWO guys who tried to intervene in an obvious battering but were then set upon by BOTH members of the couple... Black eye for one and a broken tooth for the other)

iforgotpassword 9y ago
What do you think, that the chinese govt purposefully makes their peoples lives miserable? They are doing exactly what they think is necessary to stay in power, whether that is a good thing or not is another question. Beating husbands act out of frustration or other problems but not because they fear losing power, And get a kick out of it. Chinese everyday life is as free or unfree as it is here. It's funny how average Joe is so proud of living in a free country when all his life he is working his ass off to pay the bills never going anywhere, never being the heroic activist changing anything. That handful of people who are like that definitely are better off here than in China, but the general public in China is just as happy with life as long as they get their steady income, a shiny iPhone and whatever the Chinese clone of Netflix is. And They certainly don't care that WhatsApp or some other app/website with zero market penetration in China is blocked over there.
- wtetzner 9y ago
  > Beating husbands act out of frustration or other problems but not because they fear losing power Are you sure that's the case? It certainly seems like they to it to keep control over the relationship.
  - iforgotpassword 9y ago
    Not sure as in having done research, that's what I picked up from news reports. Still even if, its not like people in China feel threatened or even abused. Like I said, everyday life is almost completely unaffected. The occasional political rant on social media gets deleted sure, which people are annoyed by, but there are no consequences to that unless you really push for it, which brings us back to activism.

lr4444lr 9y ago

... or they don't have the freedom to say they're not.

iforgotpassword 9y ago
They do. That communist gulag impression hn has of China is ridiculous.
- aianus 9y ago
  They literally banned the word “disagree”. Literally.
  - iforgotpassword 9y ago
    ...so?

dkural 9y ago

If they are why not let them vote so we can all see?