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Just curious, why isn't there positive news about China posted here? For example, how about the fact that major Chinese cities are much safer than major US cit

Just curious, why isn't there positive news about China posted here? For example, how about the fact that major Chinese cities are much safer than major US cities? No random person who can shoot you with a gun at any time. No homeless/drug addicts patrolling downtown. Girls can safely walk alone at night. No one is going to pick your pocket. No one is going to steal from your local Walgreens. Or how about that their public subway system is so good, so clean, so efficient that the vast majority of people don't need cars? Thus, people there waste far less carbon than the typical American in transportation. These are things that everyone here seem to advocate for. Why not post articles of all the good things happening over there? Surely, 1.4 billion people will generate at least a few positive articles in the US, right? Right....?

verdverm 4y ago
The state of something is not as interesting as the why? What are the why's for these things? There are Chinese technical achievements posted here, but also consider HN is largely a Western audience.
- senttoschool 4y ago
  >The state of something is not as interesting as the why? What are the why's for these things? Why not seek out positive stories that contain the why yourself? Why only post stories that are negative?
  - verdverm 4y ago
    I post what is interesting to me, what I think HN might find interesting. I suspect most operate this way. Thus, it seems reasonable to assume most here are not that interested in Chinese content. If you want to see it here, why don't you seek it out and share with the community?
    - senttoschool 4y ago
      >If you want to see it here, why don't you seek it out and share with the community? I would but anything positive about China is billed as CCP propaganda here.
      - verdverm 4y ago
        While there is a lot of negative posts about the CCP, with good reasons for the negativity, what you say is not generally true, you are just being hyperbolic about it. I see posts about Chinese accomplishments fairly regularly You're aren't wrong that the most common type of story from China is like: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32641028 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32641028
        senttoschool 4y ago

verdverm 4y ago

The state of something is not as interesting as the why? What are the why's for these things? There are Chinese technical achievements posted here, but also consider HN is largely a Western audience.

senttoschool 4y ago
>The state of something is not as interesting as the why? What are the why's for these things? Why not seek out positive stories that contain the why yourself? Why only post stories that are negative?
- verdverm 4y ago
  I post what is interesting to me, what I think HN might find interesting. I suspect most operate this way. Thus, it seems reasonable to assume most here are not that interested in Chinese content. If you want to see it here, why don't you seek it out and share with the community?
  - senttoschool 4y ago
    >If you want to see it here, why don't you seek it out and share with the community? I would but anything positive about China is billed as CCP propaganda here.
    - verdverm 4y ago
      While there is a lot of negative posts about the CCP, with good reasons for the negativity, what you say is not generally true, you are just being hyperbolic about it. I see posts about Chinese accomplishments fairly regularly You're aren't wrong that the most common type of story from China is like: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32641028 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32641028
      - senttoschool 4y ago