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I didn't know Falun Gong was considered a tiny village sect.
I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
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Inside the PRC, only individuals and very small groups practice it. It's of course big outside of the PRC, much to their chagrin.
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Does Falun Gong have democracy as its core tenet? Because I cannot understand why the CCP has such a beef with them.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
It's a very long and stupid story
of Chinese Communist Party political struggles.
TL:DW, they were a convenient scapegoat, turned into a disastrous PR problem, at the center of which is the CCP's factional battles to achieve political power and maintain its authority.
edited 7th Dec '17 7:05:42 AM by TerminusEst
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Oh, bother.
That is probably the best summary of the CCP's entire sordid history I've ever read.
Disgusted, but not surprised
Oh, bother.
Double Post for topic change:
A long read on China's gentrification problem.
The gentrification of Beijing: razing of migrant villages spells end of China dream
So much for Xi Jinping being a champion of the poor and ushering in a new era of power and prosperity for China. Not that I ever believed for a second he actually gave a shit about poor people.
Disgusted, but not surprised
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-42257906/the-secret-note-that-led-to-my-birth-parents
BBC documentary is showing the effects of the one child policy back in the 1990s when an American family adopted a girl from China since the biological parents didn't want to be arrested by the police.
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The rural poor will still love him and sing the praises of Xi da da (Big/Great Big/Great Xi) because for all they know, he's making China great again and kicking the asses of them pesky foreigners who had humiliated China for the last hundred years.
Inside China’s secret ‘magic weapon’ for worldwide influence aka the United Front Work Department
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Xinhua: China toughens rules on overseas cash withdrawals
The State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) said in a circular that the total amount of overseas cash withdrawals from all domestic bank cards owned by one person will be capped at 100,000 yuan (about 15,300 U.S. dollars) per person each year.
If an individual exceeds the annual cap in a year, his or her overseas withdrawals will be suspended in that year and the following year.
Since 2003, the quota for overseas withdrawals has been 100,000 yuan per card each year. The new rules can "prevent law breakers from withdrawing a large amount of cash with different cards from different banks," the authority said.
In 2016, 81 percent of domestic cards saw overseas cash withdrawals less than 30,000 yuan. Thus, the new rules can meet normal cash needs and curb illegal activities.
The rules will become effective on Jan. 1, 2018.
New year, new shenanigans:
2018: China Vows to Be the Keeper of International Order
Oh, bother.
China keeping international order...<cue derisive laughter>
Xi Jinping is positioning himself as the savior of the world?
I doubt he can even save China from itself.
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https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180112_04/
A so-called church constructed without necessary papers/permits was taken out by explosives in Shanxi province.
It would be interesting to see, I suppose. If anything China is shaping itself up for that role.
Note: said role does not apply to Tibet or Vietnam's section of the South China Sea.
edited 11th Jan '18 7:59:21 PM by TheWildWestPyro
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180114_03/
China has warned that lawsuits will be used against airlines that list Taiwan as a country in their roster.
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So today I learned a new word. Baizuo. That's Chinese for SJW, with a side order of Westernized Sellout and Muslim Sympathizer.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
I've also heard the term "white lotuses". In reference to the old rebellions.
There's also calling people "brainwashed", which is popular among the wumao, or online pro-China professional shills (no idea why they still do this, it's pointless).
China invented the term "brainwashing" by way of calque didn't they?
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The phrase came to being during the Korean War, when UN troops captured by the Chinese would be given rigorous "political education courses" in Marx and whatnot aimed to foster them into Communists and stir revolution abroad when they were sent home. See, unlike the Soviets with their gulags, the Chinese preferred to release prisoners of war periodically as a way of demonstrating how benevolent they were to their enemies and how truly dedicated they were to their revolutionary cause. This tactic was well-refined by the Korean War, and had been massively successful with captured Chinese Nationalist troops prior to that point, who had defected in the thousands during the Communist takeover of the mainland in 1949.
When China intervened in Korea, the brass wanted to see if they could pull off the same trick with non-Asians. UN prisoners who scored high marks on their exams and reports would be rewarded with better treatment and special privileges, and the Chinese released footage to the world of happy American soldiers telling viewers who enlightened they had come to be during their captivity. Of course, the reality on the ground was that many prisoners cooperated with their captors out of both fear of punishment, genuine boredom, and pragmatism; prisoners who volunteered for the reeducation classes would be exempt from physical labor duties, which were also used as punishment to the uncooperative.
Naturally, the Western public was flabbergasted and terrified. And thus the phrase "brainwashing" was born.
A good amount of the People's Volunteer Army were captured Nationalist troops. Many rebelled against the communists in captivity and declared their allegiance to the ROC. Eventually many Nationalists went to Taiwan, while others went back to the mainland. Those who stayed on the mainland suffered badly during the Cultural Revolution.
In recent years, historiography of the Yan'an Rectification Movement, or the first ideological "purge" the CCP performed, has been described as pioneering the brainwashing that the CCP used throughout most of Mao's tenure.
It has also been described as the forerunner to the Cultural Revolution, being the first ideological mass movement the CCP did.
edited 15th Jan '18 3:40:24 PM by TheWildWestPyro
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180115_21/
The JMSDF released a photo of the new Shang-class sub that was near the Senkaku Islands.
The Party does not suffer even the slightest challenge to its authority lightly.
Disgusted, but not surprised