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It's not a "free" region, just a remote, poor province where the central government is less relevant. As the Chinese say, 山高皇帝远: the mountains are high and the
by rippercushions 4y ago
It's not a "free" region, just a remote, poor province where the central government is less relevant. As the Chinese say, 山高皇帝远: the mountains are high and the emperor is far away.
If there was a genuine insurgency, as in Xinjiang and Tibet, the central government does get involved and stomps down hard.
- seanmcdirmid 4y agoI heard it as 天高皇帝远. Just change mountain 山 for sky 天 (and probably meaning heaven where the gods live).
- abudabi123 4y ago天 (and probably meaning heaven where the gods live). A grounding would be to visit Mount Tai and see the clouds beneath you when the weather conditions are just right. You have the same picture looking out the window of a Boeing 737max8. Anyway the ruler and ruling elites used to perform ceremonies on Mount Tai, poeticly gods living in heaven. 天 looks a bit like the picture postcards of Mount Fuji from various angles.
- dmitriid 4y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35029186 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35029186