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by Leary 7y ago
Anyone thinks the hiders will learn to box the seekers in entirely before the rounds start?
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by Leary 7y ago
China wants to assert its national sovereignty over HK. By controlling Hong Kong the communist government gains legitimacy in the eyes of the Chinese people. There's quite nothing that binds together a people than a city of young peopl
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by Leary 7y ago
https://www.gapminder.org/tools/#$chart-type=linechart You can play around with that to see
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List of Countries by Total Wealth(en.wikipedia.org)
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by Leary 7y ago
South Korea's growth was probably the fastest in history. Every other country, not just China, is slower in comparison.
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by Leary 7y ago
ROFL. Never have I seen a more skillful distortion of facts. China's GDP per capita was around $500 per person in 1950, just at subsistence level, whereas it is currently around $9500. Other than a few countries such as South Korea, th
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by Leary 7y ago
Obviously Western Europe and the US have achieved more on a per capita basis given they are areas where the Scientific Revolution and industrialization occurred. I would say intellectual achievements is driven by the number upper-middle cla
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Hong Kong airport’s loss is Guangzhou and Shenzhen’s gain amid protests(scmp.com)
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by Leary 7y ago
Because a preponderance of actual evidence supports the former.
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by Leary 7y ago
Educated people from western countries have political norms that they think are universal but are actually highly contingent on the Enlightenment. These values such as freedom and democracy have some limited play in China but are not esteem
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by Leary 7y ago
According to the former PM of Australia, Kevin Rudd: " 1. The centrality of the party, keeping the party in power for the long term, as well as Xi's power within the party; 2. Consolidating the internal unity of the country; 3. Ma
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by Leary 7y ago
I thought a million Uighurs disappeared into concentration camps, so hopefully he's still alive in one of those camps
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Eurasianism(en.wikipedia.org)
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by Leary 7y ago
Depends on the business model. Some businesses cannot operate without outsourcing manufacturing to China. China also has more potential for growth than US and Europe combined.
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by Leary 7y ago
Funny, I asked my Uber driver what he thought of Travis Kalanick. Also worshiped him.
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by Leary 7y ago
Sure there are a lot of radical violent rioters, but they are fighting for Democracy and Freedom.
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by Leary 7y ago
I like this one that harkens back to Liberty Leading the People https://i.redd.it/w8q24l4r10l31.jpg This along with Hong Kongers singing "Do You Hear the People Sing" really make it another great revolution just l
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by Leary 7y ago
The Chinese would rather be poor than lose Hong Kong. Better way would be to encourage civil societies/ democratic reform in China
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by Leary 7y ago
Crunchbase
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China’s internet warriors going to battle over Hong Kong(scmp.com)
57 points by Leary 7y ago|5 comments
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by Leary 7y ago
I was wondering for those who reside outside China, a lot of students, for example.
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by Leary 7y ago
What legal remedies can those who were doxxed pursue?
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by Leary 7y ago
Mature democracies like the US and UK have what is called soft power, by demonstrate how effective their democracies are at home they can influence the people in Hong Kong without directly conducting disinformation
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by Leary 7y ago
no
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by Leary 7y ago
A few days ago a Palestinian Harvard student was denied entry into the US after the CBP searched her phone for social media content and found anti-American posts made by her friends that she had no control over. https://www.thecr
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by Leary 7y ago
The government is primarily motivated by not giving China technologies that could pose a threat to national security, however much it may run counter to the cultural values and long term health of the universities.
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by Leary 7y ago
There should be a clear distinction between news that are factually false and those that share viewpoints that are counter to the mainstream. Labeling the latter "disinformation" is a mere act of political speech.
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‘Socialist Bromance’: From ideology to internet memes(reinterdisciplinarynetwork.org)
1 points by Leary 7y ago|0 comments
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by Leary 7y ago
Are Molotov cocktails actually dangerous? Haven't seen any police injured from them
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by Leary 7y ago
You should write this in Chinese so the Mainlanders could actually read it.

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