thrwy_01

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by thrwy_01 6y ago
Powdered metal camshaft lobes have been in wide use in production vehicles for several decades.
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by thrwy_01 7y ago
Chinese nationalism is trying to follow in the footsteps of Japanese nationalism of the early 20th century. We all know how that played out.
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by thrwy_01 7y ago
This is exactly my experience. The beliefs and utterances of many Chinese wouldn't be out of place in 1930s Germany, replacing the appropriate nouns. The scary thing is this has been going on for decades, just not visible to most out
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by thrwy_01 7y ago
For the uninformed, the Chinese communist party has historically been the foremost destroyer of (traditional) Chinese culture and history. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Olds
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by thrwy_01 7y ago
Given that he was born in Taiwan, I wonder what he thinks about the territorial integrity of the PRC with respect to Taiwan. While the hk protesters demands do not (to my knowledge) generally include seccesion from china, Taiwan is much fu
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by thrwy_01 7y ago
Even if the writers clearly make this distinction, Chinese people, driven by Chinese propaganda, will often conflate the two. Indeed, Chinese people, even in a non political context will sometimes treat a comment about a single Chinese ind
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by thrwy_01 7y ago
I think we need to understand why the Chinese government "is never wrong" from a cultural context. In traditional east Asian culture the patriarch / Lord / boss is never wrong. The same power dynamics of government exi
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by thrwy_01 7y ago
I think we would do well to explain to our Chinese friends what we mean by the communist party taking credit for the economic success of China. For one, the latest and most pronounced grown spurt of the last ~20 years coincides with the ad
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by thrwy_01 7y ago
I don't understand why people are down voting this comment, as I think it is an accurate reflection of what many mainland Chinese would consider an honest and balanced opinion. When the primary goal of the last generation has been sta
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by thrwy_01 8y ago
Chinese [ethno]nationalism is a sick disease reminiscent of german or Japanese nationalism pre WWII. That Chinese people, of all groups, don't recognize the similarities constantly shocks me, along the same lines about how Chinese are
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by thrwy_01 8y ago
Isnt there a similar level of competition in all of those places? Also I've met a lot of mainland Chinese people who recently immigrated to the us and can say that they don't seem like unscrupulous people at a significantly greate
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by thrwy_01 8y ago
We hear a lot about Chinese cheating, from sat scores to ip theft. I've long wondered - why is cheating endemic in China whereas you don't hear the same complaints about people in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore; places with large e
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by thrwy_01 8y ago
Could you please give us examples of propaganda in chemistry (or any other hard science) class?
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by thrwy_01 11y ago
The bottom line... with rampant cheating on standardized tests, fabricated school records, and massive "assistance" in college applications, it has become almost impossible to accurately measure the merit of most applicants from e
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by thrwy_01 11y ago
I have some family members who are going through the immigration process, and they and I have talked to many others who have gone through the same; acquaintances, coworkers, friends. I was saddened the first time I heard these stories. Af
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by thrwy_01 11y ago
Another reason why Chinese love coming here is to take advantage of government benefits, particularly with regard to medical care. There is effectively no social safety net over there, and Chinese who are well off enough to set themselves u