Blueprint for Revolution -
How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World
|
Thursday, 24 June 2021
quote [ The tabloid's offices were raided last week over allegations that several reports had breached a controversial national security law.
Police detained the chief editor and five other executives, and company-linked assets were frozen. ] This looks like the end of independent news in HK. Perhaps I've bought into western paternalism, or anti-China fervor, or I'm a sucker for yellow umbrellas, but it makes me sad.
|
steele said @ 1:23pm GMT on 25th June
You know, I was watching some silly Chinese movie with a friend of mine, as we often did, and while the Chinese official on screen was being made fun off for being corrupt and clumsy my friend looked over at me and said something along the lines of, " You know it's weird, but we've always been taught that China doesn't allow any forms of criticism of their government but we see it in these movies all the time." and then after a few more minutes of watching while I waited for him to figure it out he finished with, "I guess this is propaganda by the Chinese government to make us think that's not the case."
steele said @ 1:24pm GMT on 25th June
A few months ago I was watching some silly Chinese movie with a friend of mine, as we often did, and while the Chinese official on screen was being made fun off for being corrupt and clumsy my friend looked over at me and said something along the lines of, " You know it's weird, but we've always been taught that China doesn't allow any forms of criticism of their government but we see it in these movies all the time." and then after a few more minutes of watching while I waited for him to figure it out he finished with, "I guess this is propaganda by the Chinese government to make us think that's not the case."
<-- Entry / Current Comment
steele said @ 1:23pm GMT on 25th June
A few months ago I was watching some silly Chinese movie with a friend of mine, as we often did, and while the Chinese official on screen was being made fun off for being corrupt and clumsy my friend looked over at me and said something along the lines of, " You know it's weird, but we've always been taught that China doesn't allow any forms of criticism of their government but we see it in these movies all the time." and then after a few more minutes of watching while I waited for him to figure it out he finished with, "I guess this is propaganda by the Chinese government to make us think that's not the case."
