Taiwan Number 1

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Ups_rail: Dec 8, 2006; by Fluffdaddy

https://twitter.com/rhyswilliamson/status/951666535428382721/photo/1 dont know how to embed tweets but yeah

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...t5R&ocid=ientp2

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BEIJING � On a bitterly cold morning this month, Wang Fuman, 8, set out for school as he usually did, walking 2.8 miles through mountains and streams until he reached the warmth of his third-grade classroom.

When Fuman arrived two hours later, his classmates erupted in laughter. The freezing temperatures had covered his hair, eyebrows and eyelashes with frost, making him look like a snowman. His cheeks were chapped and bright red.

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Fuman�s teacher at the Zhuanshanbao primary school, in the southern province of Yunnan, snapped a photograph and posted it on WeChat, a popular Chinese messaging app. Soon, the boy became an internet sensation, hailed by commenters as a symbol of the raw determination of rural residents, who make up about 43 percent of China�s population.

The state-run media called him �frost boy� and �ice boy.�

�Heartwarming,� one user wrote on Weibo, a microblogging site. �Please don�t forget your original dreams.�

Some called him a national hero.

�Some people see beauty and hope in his simple and honest face,� one newspaper wrote. �From this little man, foreigners far away will see the great effort and strength of the Chinese nation.�

But the photo of Fuman shined a light on the plight of the tens of millions of so-called left-behind children who grow up in impoverished rural areas largely on their own after their parents leave to work in big cities. The social fabric that once held together the Chinese countryside is falling apart as millions of workers move away to chase dreams of prosperity.

Many left-behind children like Fuman live with their grandparents. They face a variety of obstacles, including malnutrition, dilapidated homes and poor access to transportation. Scores of rural schools have been shut in recent years, forcing many children to travel long distances to attend classes.

Those difficulties contribute to high dropout rates among rural children, a crisis that is hurting China�s ability to train a highly skilled work force.

�There are so many similar incidents of hardship for left-behind children in China every day,� said Kam Wing Chan, a professor at the University of Washington who studies China�s rural-urban divide.

Mr. Chan said the government could keep families together by helping them move together to large cities. But many cities impose strict rules on who qualifies for benefits like education and health care, in effect treating rural migrants as second-class citizens.

President Xi Jinping has vowed to eliminate extreme poverty by 2020, but it will not be easy. Many families live in isolated areas cut off from modern roads, schools and hospitals. While urban areas are growing rapidly richer, about 500 million Chinese, or about 40 percent of the population, live on less than $5.50 per day, according to the World Bank.

Fuman�s story drew many uplifting comments online, but it also provoked some cynicism about China�s efforts to eliminate poverty.

�We can�t solve poverty,� one Weibo user wrote, �but we can praise poverty.�

a person posing for the camera: Wang Fuman, 8, has become a symbol of the plight of the tens of millions of poor Chinese children who grow up largely on their own after their parents leave to work in big cities.� Agence France-Presse � Getty Images Wang Fuman, 8, has become a symbol of the plight of the tens of millions of poor Chinese children who grow up largely on their own after their parents leave to work in big cities.
Photos of Fuman�s hands, swollen and blistered, also circulated on social media. Internet users praised his penmanship and noted the image of his hands also showed a near-perfect score on an exam.

Students at Fuman�s school told state news outlets that they lacked clothing to stay warm, and that it was common for their hair to freeze during their long commutes.

Fuman�s story prompted an influx of donations to the school and youth charities totaling at least $330,000. Local officials said they would start a program to provide winter clothes to impoverished children in the region.

In an interview with the state broadcaster China Central Television, Fuman recounted his daily journey to school. On the day that his teacher took the photo, he said, he had forgotten his hat and gloves.

Fuman and his older sister live with their grandmother, who is ill, his father, Wang Gangkui, said by telephone on Saturday. The children�s grandfather is in prison, he said.

Mr. Wang often works as a construction worker in Kunming, about 250 miles away from Fuman�s home in Ludian County. Fuman�s mother left the family two years ago, Mr. Wang said. He said he had to work far away because the family was heavily in debt.

�All the other villagers look down upon us,� he said.

Mr. Wang said he hoped for a brighter future for his children.

�I worry about them all the time,� he said. �I hope they both can make it to college and find a stable job.�

Fuman told the Chinese network CCTV that he hoped to go to a university in Beijing and become a police officer or a scientist.

�Even though I�m now an internet sensation,� he said, �I shouldn�t be proud.�

# ? Jan 15, 2018 00:42

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# ? May 16, 2024 05:14

big time bisexual: Oct 16, 2002; Cool Party

a circus in cangzhou loses control of their big cats; narrowly manage to save their show horse

https://my.mixtape.moe/wwfmze.mp4

# ? Jan 15, 2018 01:31

cool new Metroid game: Oct 7, 2009; hail satan

Warbadger posted:

I'm struggling to see a parallel between US-Puerto Rico and China-Taiwan here, honestly. Puerto Rico isn't a state, but it's very clearly (and even voluntarily) governed by the US Federal government and it's full people who consider themselves US citizens.

It'd be more like an American trying to claim that Cuba is part of the US because, you see <handwaves the last 70 years>, the US effectively controlled it once upon a time...

it'd be more like if there was a revolution in the united states and the old government packed up and fled to hawaii, set up shop there and then the old government based in hawaii and the new post-revolutionary government in washington dc both claimed to be the sole legitimate government of the entire united states

# ? Jan 15, 2018 01:34

MLKQUOTEMACHINE: Oct 22, 2012; Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice-skate uphill

Blistex posted:

It's gotten to the point where I now grin or chuckle whenever someone mentions "2020".

Make the poor rich by making everyone poor after trashing the economy.

# ? Jan 15, 2018 01:40

Ceciltron: Jan 11, 2007; Text BEEP to 43527 for the dancing robot!; Pillbug

Martha Stewart Undying posted:

Make the poor rich by making everyone poor after trashing the economy.

Worked for Capitalist Democracy in the last 20 years, it'll work for Chinese Autocracy before 2020.

# ? Jan 15, 2018 01:46

Warbadger: Jun 17, 2006

cool new Metroid game posted:

it'd be more like if there was a revolution in the united states and the old government packed up and fled to hawaii, set up shop there and then the old government based in hawaii and the new post-revolutionary government in washington dc both claimed to be the sole legitimate government of the entire united states

Yeah, sure, but that isn't a thing that exists or a person might comment on or have strong beliefs about. In your example it'd still be incredibly absurd for a US national to be calling Hawaii a part of the US 80 years after it cut political/economic ties and successfully fought off a series of US invasions.

# ? Jan 15, 2018 01:54

cool new Metroid game: Oct 7, 2009; hail satan

Warbadger posted:

Yeah, sure, but that isn't a thing that exists or a person might comment on or have strong beliefs about. In your example it'd still be incredibly absurd for a US national to be calling Hawaii a part of the US 80 years after it cut political/economic ties and successfully fought off a series of US invasions.

the history of cross strait relations is a little more complex than that.

# ? Jan 15, 2018 02:00

Warbadger: Jun 17, 2006

cool new Metroid game posted:

the history of cross strait relations is a little more complex than that.

And yet it included all of those things happening.

# ? Jan 15, 2018 02:15

BrainDance: May 8, 2007; Disco all night long!

big time bisexual posted:

a circus in cangzhou loses control of their big cats; narrowly manage to save their show horse

https://my.mixtape.moe/wwfmze.mp4

Lets be real that horse is probably still hosed. They're not gonna send it to a horse hospice to live out the rest of its days after getting its legs/neck messed up that bad.

# ? Jan 15, 2018 02:21

McGavin: Sep 18, 2012

Let's be real that all of the animals involved have already been ground up into penis pills.

# ? Jan 15, 2018 03:07

Cry Havoc: May 10, 2004; This cyberpunk cartoon avatar is pretty dang ol' good, I tell you what.

dibs on the tiger penis

# ? Jan 15, 2018 03:12

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

There's a bar in Beijing called Ron Mexico lol.

https://www.ronmexicobeijing.com/

# ? Jan 15, 2018 03:16

BrainDance: May 8, 2007; Disco all night long!

McGavin posted:

Let's be real that all of the animals involved have already been ground up into penis pills.

at least their lives will have had meaning

# ? Jan 15, 2018 03:29

Modest Mao: Feb 11, 2011; by Cyrano4747

cool new Metroid game posted:

the history of cross strait relations is a little more complex than that.

yet you posted like a really dumb to the point of being wrong fantasy parallel

I've had chinese people try to turn it on me like 'wouldn't u be mad if hawaii said it was a country suddenly' and I'm like hell no it was a country and a victim of US imperialism
and it really owns

# ? Jan 15, 2018 03:33

Ceciltron: Jan 11, 2007; Text BEEP to 43527 for the dancing robot!; Pillbug

Im in favor of every country, even the stupid rear end one I'm in, breaking up into smaller chunks.

# ? Jan 15, 2018 03:35

Warbadger: Jun 17, 2006

Modest Mao posted:

yet you posted like a really dumb to the point of being wrong fantasy parallel

I've had chinese people try to turn it on me like 'wouldn't u be mad if hawaii said it was a country suddenly' and I'm like hell no it was a country and a victim of US imperialism
and it really owns

Like, even if you didn't agree with the place splitting off there comes a point where you have to admit it happened and poo poo changed. 70 years and several failed invasions later seems like a reasonable point.

Warbadger fucked around with this message at 03:44 on Jan 15, 2018

# ? Jan 15, 2018 03:39

big time bisexual: Oct 16, 2002; Cool Party

Ceciltron posted:

Im in favor of every country, even the stupid rear end one I'm in, breaking up into smaller chunks.

that's it. sending in the troops now

https://my.mixtape.moe/gxzdkq.mp4

# ? Jan 15, 2018 03:48

Ceciltron: Jan 11, 2007; Text BEEP to 43527 for the dancing robot!; Pillbug

big time bisexual posted:

that's it. sending in the troops now

https://my.mixtape.moe/gxzdkq.mp4

It's helltank....but chinese.. I love it.

# ? Jan 15, 2018 04:02

Nucken Futz: Oct 30, 2010; by Reene

big time bisexual posted:

that's it. sending in the troops now

https://my.mixtape.moe/gxzdkq.mp4

NATO code-name- Tiananmen

# ? Jan 15, 2018 04:12

Bajaj: Sep 13, 2017; by FactsAreUseless

https://www.reddit.com/r/starterpacks/comments/7qdlbt/rich_chinese_kids_in_north_america_starter_pack/
A lot of good fuerdai and spoiled Mainlander hate and stories in this thread.

Ups_rail posted:

https://twitter.com/rhyswilliamson/status/951666535428382721/photo/1 dont know how to embed tweets but yeah

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...t5R&ocid=ientp2

Blistex posted:

It's gotten to the point where I now grin or chuckle whenever someone mentions "2020".

https://imgur.com/gallery/kD1r9
Here's the follow-up to that kid that will be out of poverty by 2020, so all those donations are useless anyway.

# ? Jan 15, 2018 04:52

WarpedNaba: Feb 8, 2012; Being social makes me swell!

big time bisexual posted:

that's it. sending in the troops now

https://my.mixtape.moe/gxzdkq.mp4

These Ugandan Knuckles memes are getting out of hand.

# ? Jan 15, 2018 04:57

Poldarn: Feb 18, 2011

Bajaj posted:

https://imgur.com/gallery/kD1r9
Here's the follow-up to that kid that will be out of poverty by 2020, so all those donations are useless anyway.

These kids actually walk to school uphill both ways. :smith:

# ? Jan 15, 2018 05:23

Warbird: May 23, 2012; America's Favorite Dumbass

I�m somewhat miffed that fries don�t come with most of the combos at Chinese KFC.

# ? Jan 15, 2018 05:54

Gulluoglu: May 4, 2009

Warbird posted:

I�m somewhat miffed that fries don�t come with most of the combos at Chinese KFC.

Yeah, they changed it about a year and a half ago or so, now you get an egg tart and a chicken wing or something. I think you can tell them to substitute it if you really want.

# ? Jan 15, 2018 06:33

Imperialist Dog: Oct 21, 2008; "I think you could better spend your time on finishing your editing before the deadline today."
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Raising a stink about tofu

https://twitter.com/tizmelaura/status/952759307421937670

# ? Jan 15, 2018 11:18

Grand Fromage: Jan 30, 2006; L-l-look at you bar-bartender, a-a pa-pathetic creature of meat and bone, un-underestimating my l-l-liver's ability to metab-meTABolize t-toxins. How can you p-poison a perfect, immortal alcohOLIC?

gently caress asians have been appropriating internet veganism for centuries, what bastards

# ? Jan 15, 2018 11:23

normal contact: Mar 19, 2010

Imperialist Dog posted:

Raising a stink about tofu

https://twitter.com/tizmelaura/status/952759307421937670

We�ve finally found them. The whitest person.

# ? Jan 15, 2018 12:04

cool new Metroid game: Oct 7, 2009; hail satan

Modest Mao posted:

yet you posted like a really dumb to the point of being wrong fantasy parallel

I've had chinese people try to turn it on me like 'wouldn't u be mad if hawaii said it was a country suddenly' and I'm like hell no it was a country and a victim of US imperialism
and it really owns

i'm not trying to justify poo poo. i think the whole situation is loving dumb and Taiwan should declare itself to be an independent Taiwanese state and ditch the Republic of China crap with the world recognising it and China actually accepting it but for bullshit historical reasons, ie the civil war that never really ended, old government fleeing to taiwan and spending decades loudly crying that it was the one real china that will one day boot the communists from the mainland with most of the rest of the world agreeing with them until the 70s leads to this dumb situation where everyone is butthurt and crying about poo poo. that's what I was going for with my admittedly dumb Hawaii thing, and I admit it was crap but it's better than someone saying it's like if the US suddenly decided to claim Cuba. furthermore gently caress the people's republic of china.

e; yeah I guess i'm being an idiot, i'll just shut up now.

cool new Metroid game fucked around with this message at 18:59 on Jan 15, 2018

# ? Jan 15, 2018 18:45

ocrumsprug: Sep 23, 2010; by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

normal contact posted:

We�ve finally found them. The whitest person.

I am impressed. Someone managed to finally find the North American Chinese-Taiwan analog.

# ? Jan 15, 2018 19:51

Fojar38: Sep 2, 2011; Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia

also here's a stupid take
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cool new Metroid game posted:

i'm not trying to justify poo poo. i think the whole situation is loving dumb and Taiwan should declare itself to be an independent Taiwanese state and ditch the Republic of China crap with the world recognising it and China actually accepting it but for bullshit historical reasons, ie the civil war that never really ended, old government fleeing to taiwan and spending decades loudly crying that it was the one real china that will one day boot the communists from the mainland with most of the rest of the world agreeing with them until the 70s leads to this dumb situation where everyone is butthurt and crying about poo poo. that's what I was going for with my admittedly dumb Hawaii thing, and I admit it was crap but it's better than someone saying it's like if the US suddenly decided to claim Cuba. furthermore gently caress the people's republic of china.

e; yeah I guess i'm being an idiot, i'll just shut up now.

you are 70% correct

# ? Jan 15, 2018 22:56

Barudak: May 7, 2007

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

There's a bar in Beijing called Ron Mexico lol.

https://www.ronmexicobeijing.com/

I dont know what youre talking about, Ive never been there.

# ? Jan 15, 2018 23:18

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

Barudak posted:

I dont know what youre talking about, Ive never been there.

ahahahahaha

# ? Jan 16, 2018 00:23

big time bisexual: Oct 16, 2002; Cool Party

casualties mount in the ongoing huawei / vivo turf war

https://my.mixtape.moe/puljnf.mp4

# ? Jan 16, 2018 01:47

Meme Poker Party: Sep 1, 2006; by Azathoth

big time bisexual posted:

casualties mount in the ongoing huawei / vivo turf war

https://my.mixtape.moe/puljnf.mp4

Is this really the same place as before, and I am actually looking at the employees of two rival mall kiosks beating the poo poo out of each other?

# ? Jan 16, 2018 01:50

ladron: Sep 15, 2007; eso es lo que es

big time bisexual posted:

https://my.mixtape.moe/puljnf.mp4

people laughed when he practiced his chair-fu. look at them run now.

# ? Jan 16, 2018 01:52

Rubellavator: Aug 16, 2007

big time bisexual posted:

casualties mount in the ongoing huawei / vivo turf war

https://my.mixtape.moe/puljnf.mp4

I'm the guy casually walking away with a chair in his hand at the end, for protection.

# ? Jan 16, 2018 01:54

big time bisexual: Oct 16, 2002; Cool Party

Chomp8645 posted:

Is this really the same place as before, and I am actually looking at the employees of two rival mall kiosks beating the poo poo out of each other?

Unfortunately I couldn't find any background info on what happened. However, searching for news on Weibo, I did find that a couple of Xiaomi employees in Changsha were caught vandalizing a rival's storefront back in December. Tensions run high in phone sales.

# ? Jan 16, 2018 02:33

Imperialist Dog: Oct 21, 2008; "I think you could better spend your time on finishing your editing before the deadline today."
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https://twitter.com/RealSexyCyborg/status/953089102584229888

# ? Jan 16, 2018 04:57

oohhboy: Jun 8, 2013; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

^^^ LOL. I would laugh too much to tell them to gently caress off.

Idiots swinging chair legs at people like some sort of 4 blade weapon. Hit them with the seat/heavy end for maximum damage. You think with 5000 years of history they would remember stone age weapon design.

# ? Jan 16, 2018 05:10

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# ? May 16, 2024 05:14

Platystemon: Feb 13, 2012; BREADS

oohhboy posted:

Idiots swinging chair legs at people like some sort of 4 blade weapon. Hit them with the seat/heavy end for maximum damage. You think with 5000 years of history they would remember stone age weapon design.

That�s not how lion tamers do it.

# ? Jan 16, 2018 05:16

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