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> One Weibo user from Shandong province said she had to earn 66 points per day - which according to a screenshot of the learning record she posted takes around
by imiric 5y ago
> One Weibo user from Shandong province said she had to earn 66 points per day - which according to a screenshot of the learning record she posted takes around two hours.
Black Mirror IRL. I'm sure the app is so popular because people install it voluntarily...
It's scary to think that an autocratic government has the power to influence the thoughts and actions of 1.4bn people. The US may spend an exorbitant amount on its defense budget, but the CCP can effectively weaponize the entire population on a whim, which somehow seems even scarier.
- kwere 5y agochina spends more money in internal security than military defense[0]: 121 B$ vs 119 B$ [0] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-parliament-defence-idUSBRE92403620130305 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-parliament-defence-...
- dirtyid 5y agoWhich translates to less than 2% in public security and policing, i.e. less as % of GDP relative to US. All this number shows is PRC doesn't spend much on military and about EU levels on policing but gets misconstrued as PRC overspending on domestic security. That's true for every NATO country that underspends on military.