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Russia is popular in Russia. All North Koreans you would be allowed to speak to in North Korea love North Korea. What a news.
by rad_gruchalski 2y ago
Russia is popular in Russia. All North Koreans you would be allowed to speak to in North Korea love North Korea. What a news.
- olalonde 2y agoI used to share this view but it turned out to be naive. After living in China for over a decade I can confidently say that the majority of Chinese actually support the CCP. I know, it's hard to believe for us Westerners.
- rad_gruchalski 2y agoTell me, what happens when they don’t openly support the CCP?
- seanmcdirmid 2y agoYou don’t have to openly support the party as long as you don’t openly oppose it. China has a lot of grass mud horses (people who aren’t at harmony with the party) and most of them are never sent off for re-education. The central government doesn’t really have that level of surveillance or control, and local governments have even less of that.
- rad_gruchalski 2y ago> as long as you don’t openly oppose it … most of them are never sent off for re-education. Thanks for the answer.
- olalonde 2y agoNothing. In fact, most Chinese people tend to be apolitical and show little to no interest in politics. You'll occasionally see portraits of figures like Mao or Deng hanging in restaurants though it probably serves more as a historical symbol than a political statement.
- seanmcdirmid 2y agoMost Chinese are apolitical and won’t express strong support for or against. I would say they are even less political than Americans since they don’t have much say in it anyways. I worked at an American tech in Beijing for 9 years, and some of my colleagues would express some nationalism, especially when the South China Sea conflicts started, some of them were always subversive, most didn’t care. Everyone thought the political education courses they were required to take in college were a waste of time.
- olalonde 2y agoAgreed.