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I'm not doubting the employment issues in China, but the examples cited in the article seem like pretty weak evidence. More like two individuals who were victi

by johnea 2y ago

I'm not doubting the employment issues in China, but the examples cited in the article seem like pretty weak evidence. More like two individuals who were victims of fraud/exploitation. I have to doubt this would have ever been pubished at all, except for the male breast augmentation angle of the story.

torlok 2y ago
Weak evidence of what exactly? The title says people are getting scammed, then gives examples. What's your point?
- wordofx 2y ago
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- johnea 2y ago
  My point is that I don't think these two are good examples for demonstrating the state of youth unemployment in China.
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bobthepanda 2y ago
China is a hotbed of scamming. The UN estimates that there are 100,000 victims of human trafficking to work at scam call centers in Myanmar alone, and many of those are Chinese nationals. https://www.dw.com/en/how-chinese-mafia-are-running-a-scam-factory-in-myanmar/a-68113480 https://www.dw.com/en/how-chinese-mafia-are-running-a-scam-f... The problem is so bad and well-known that a movie was published in China’s strictly censored market and made $500M at the box office. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_More_Bets?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_More_Bets?wprov=sfti1
- minusf 2y ago
  The hong kong police had to release this statement recently: HKPF reminds the public that the following websites are not the official Hong Kong Police Force website. 1. 96o.1ss5623.com 2. joshhyoung.icu 3. amylfraser.xyz 4. tiaflowe.icu
  - em-bee 2y ago
    these examples look ridiculous but you have to remember that people are used to chinese characters and can't easily recognize if a url written in latin characters is right or wrong. this is made even worse by the fact that even official websites are not always hosted on an official domain, and even when they are they use ridiculous hostnames, because again whoever is setting up the site just sees a sequence of letters that they are not closely familiar with.
    - bobthepanda 2y ago
      There is that and there is the fact that 50-60 years ago China was coming out of a Cultural Revolution that had shut down the education system, and places like Shenzhen were fishing villages with dirt roads well within living memory. It is not exactly surprising that in such a breakneck development pace that some people did not get up to speed at the same pace. ——— I will also say I think that China’s embrace of super apps and the quasi-app-internet is not helping with online literacy.

by johnea 2y ago

torlok 2y ago

Weak evidence of what exactly? The title says people are getting scammed, then gives examples. What's your point?

wordofx 2y ago
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johnea 2y ago
My point is that I don't think these two are good examples for demonstrating the state of youth unemployment in China.

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bobthepanda 2y ago

China is a hotbed of scamming. The UN estimates that there are 100,000 victims of human trafficking to work at scam call centers in Myanmar alone, and many of those are Chinese nationals. https://www.dw.com/en/how-chinese-mafia-are-running-a-scam-factory-in-myanmar/a-68113480 https://www.dw.com/en/how-chinese-mafia-are-running-a-scam-f... The problem is so bad and well-known that a movie was published in China’s strictly censored market and made $500M at the box office. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_More_Bets?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_More_Bets?wprov=sfti1

minusf 2y ago
The hong kong police had to release this statement recently: HKPF reminds the public that the following websites are not the official Hong Kong Police Force website. 1. 96o.1ss5623.com 2. joshhyoung.icu 3. amylfraser.xyz 4. tiaflowe.icu
- em-bee 2y ago
  these examples look ridiculous but you have to remember that people are used to chinese characters and can't easily recognize if a url written in latin characters is right or wrong. this is made even worse by the fact that even official websites are not always hosted on an official domain, and even when they are they use ridiculous hostnames, because again whoever is setting up the site just sees a sequence of letters that they are not closely familiar with.
  - bobthepanda 2y ago
    There is that and there is the fact that 50-60 years ago China was coming out of a Cultural Revolution that had shut down the education system, and places like Shenzhen were fishing villages with dirt roads well within living memory. It is not exactly surprising that in such a breakneck development pace that some people did not get up to speed at the same pace. ——— I will also say I think that China’s embrace of super apps and the quasi-app-internet is not helping with online literacy.