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Even though the article’s claims are not sourced, I don’t see any mention of “protesting for democracy”, or protest of any kind. It’s just talking about executi

Even though the article’s claims are not sourced, I don’t see any mention of “protesting for democracy”, or protest of any kind. It’s just talking about executions in general. The first picture features a criminal with a “murderer” sign hanging from her neck. The video doesn’t have much context. The second picture is a stock photo from an article about global executions on the decline. The third group of photos have an outgoing link with invalid cert so I didn’t proceed (who knows if it’s rigged with malware). Did I miss anything?

bouncycastle 6y ago
Not talking about the article, just asking for your insight that you have by looking at Weibo. Just wanted to know if there are cases of political dissent announced, and if so, what are their reactions.
- throw142857 6y ago
  Disclosure: I don’t frequent Weibo. The conclusions I posted above come from a general understanding after having lived and worked in China for a significant period of time, plus some personal investigations into Weibo and other major Chinese social media services (e.g. Baidu Tieba, which was the top dog of a bygone age) after discussing such topics with Western friends in the past. I’m very confident in my conclusion that the death penalty is very welcome in China, random hearsay and conversation stoppers like “but social credit points” be damned (that’s a whole other topic I don’t want to get into). With that out of way, I can objectively say that I’ve never seen cases of political dissent announced anywhere. If you ask me, I’d say such cases, if there are any, wouldn’t be publicized. Additionally, if there were to be such cases, I suspect (private) opinions would be more divided than murder cases but still tilt the “wrong” way. By my observations, people tend to sympathize with little guys adversely affected by corrupt officials or big corps, and you can see that kind of stories retweeted on social media, a lot, as people love to “spread the word to get the attention of higher-ups”; but “human rights activists” are usually met with sneer. The high profile activists tend to be the butt of jokes in my experience.

bouncycastle 6y ago

Not talking about the article, just asking for your insight that you have by looking at Weibo. Just wanted to know if there are cases of political dissent announced, and if so, what are their reactions.

throw142857 6y ago
Disclosure: I don’t frequent Weibo. The conclusions I posted above come from a general understanding after having lived and worked in China for a significant period of time, plus some personal investigations into Weibo and other major Chinese social media services (e.g. Baidu Tieba, which was the top dog of a bygone age) after discussing such topics with Western friends in the past. I’m very confident in my conclusion that the death penalty is very welcome in China, random hearsay and conversation stoppers like “but social credit points” be damned (that’s a whole other topic I don’t want to get into). With that out of way, I can objectively say that I’ve never seen cases of political dissent announced anywhere. If you ask me, I’d say such cases, if there are any, wouldn’t be publicized. Additionally, if there were to be such cases, I suspect (private) opinions would be more divided than murder cases but still tilt the “wrong” way. By my observations, people tend to sympathize with little guys adversely affected by corrupt officials or big corps, and you can see that kind of stories retweeted on social media, a lot, as people love to “spread the word to get the attention of higher-ups”; but “human rights activists” are usually met with sneer. The high profile activists tend to be the butt of jokes in my experience.