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I don't live in China anymore but I can confirm that forcing caberham to watch football at 4 am is good fun.
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evil_bunnY posted:You’re missing out on so much deliciousness tho
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Not speaking any English worked really well when I was in China. At one point I had to ferry a bunch of classmates to Mutianyu Great Wall using a non-tourist route of several local buses. Every stop along the way a random guy would hop on through the back door and locate us. He'd shout in broken english that this stop RIGHT NOW is the one we want, probably so he could strand us into taking an expensive ride in a van or something. I shouted 不要 不要 back at them while everybody else in our group stayed silent. God help you if you give any hint of what language you speak. They're 1000x more persistent once they confirm you're an English speaker.
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Among the steps implemented to curtail this practice is a new hotline which offers monetary rewards to people who report “funeral misdeeds.” http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-funeral-strippers-crack-down-rural-attract-mourners-death-a8220866.html
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ladron posted:Among the steps implemented to curtail this practice is a new hotline which offers monetary rewards to people who report “funeral misdeeds.” Goldlink had the right idea: When I die, I need a hundred bitches to call my phone.
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Feb 24, 2018 14:27
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Love that dudr at the end. "We should not trash their culture. Just make them adhere to our better culture."
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Feb 24, 2018 14:32
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Bajaj posted:Tupac had the right idea:
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https://gfycat.com/HappyLavishHeterodontosaurus https://v.redd.it/x6ljwomuj3i01
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Bajaj posted:That's bullshit. The government has no right or say in how people celebrate their dead guy parties. If some dude wants strippers at his dead guy party, then so be it. If he wants all his favorite KTV girls to appear and shake their booties one more time, why is it okay when he's alive, but not okay when he's dead?
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I came to post this. His anxious jump was so good. The mom probably didn't scold him at all for it.
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Goddamn it I had a big thing here typed up about how disorganized pujas are but I hit ctrl-r instead of ctrl-t and it loving got lost. Basically I've been to a lot and nobody ever knows what's going on because it's all in a mostly-dead language (Sanskrit) but unlike pre-Vatican II Catholicism, things seem to be half-improvised and depend largely on the particular pandit performing the puja. So you sit there on the floor while a guy talks as fast as he possibly can (pandits aren't hourly) and occasionally he puts flower petals, sugar, water, oil, flour, nuts, or a coconut in your hand and gestures frantically while you try to figure out if he wants you to eat it, put it on your head, throw it in the fire, set it in the growing pile of other poo poo on the floor, or what. At the end, he'll tie a red and yellow string around your wrist, which will stain your skin yellow and, after a shower, leave yellow marks on your bedsheets and undershirts; I have no loving clue how long you're supposed to leave this on but I generally take it off after 4-5 days when I can't stand it anymore. Only aunties know the words to the arthis, and even they only seem to know the first parts, so it's sort of like if a baseball game opener did all four verses of the Star Spangled Banner and everybody just kind of mumbled along after the first. The worst thing about a puja is when somebody fucks up making the prasad and it tastes really bad but you get given a giant pile of it anyway and have to eat the whole goddamn thing.
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my family follows the arya samaj sect of hinduism and im surprised that you havent learned all the artis and sandskaars from a young age. everyone is encouraged to learn and sing a bhajan or play an instrument.
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Bajaj posted:I came to post this. His anxious jump was so good. The mom probably didn't scold him at all for it. Where do you guys get this stuff?
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CIGNX posted:Where do you guys get this stuff? I get it from Reddit usually
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http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201802/25/WS5a927386a3106e7dcc13dece.htmlquote:BEIJING - The Communist Party of China Central Committee proposed to remove the expression that the President and Vice-President of the People's Republic of China "shall serve no more than two consecutive terms" from the country's Constitution. Get ready for President-for-life Xi Jinping, because it’s coming.
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I’m just surprised they did it this soon. The first big Party congress of his second 5-year term hasn’t even happened yet (it will in a few weeks) and they’re already engineering his 3rd/4th/5th terms.
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surely the grandson of chairman mao will save the party I remember the soviets after stalin had some very strict rules on succession that served them well. same with the reformers that came after mao.
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Is.. is China at risk of becoming some sort of dictatorship? Could this change put its strong democratic traditions at risk?
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Ups_rail posted:I remember the soviets after stalin had some very strict rules on succession that served them well. same with the reformers that came after mao. Realistically, there have been only four leaders after Mao: Deng, Jiang, Hu, and Xi. Deng personally picked Jiang and Hu to rule after him. So I guess the rules of succession that works best is "get picked by Deng Xiaoping." Another way to look at this is that without a strongman pulling the strings behind the scenes, China's succession system could not last even one presidential term. CIGNX fucked around with this message at 11:21 on Feb 25, 2018 |
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CIGNX posted:There is realistically only been four leaders after Mao: Deng, Jiang, Hu, and Xi. Hua Guofeng would like a word with you 
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Known Lecher posted:Hua Guofeng would like a word with you Alright, I guess the rule is "get picked by Deng or Mao."
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Known Lecher posted:Hua Guofeng would like a word with you eh he lasted for like 4 years before deng kicked him the gently caress out literally everything deng did to prevent this maoist bullshit is being reverted, fun times
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CIGNX posted:Alright, I guess the rule is "get picked by Deng or Mao." He was picked by Mao to “carry on the legacy of the Cultural Revolution”  and Deng was like “nah, gently caress this” and maneuvered him to the sidelines.Edit: But yeah he’s basically an afterthought in the history of Chinese presidents post-1949. Porfiriato fucked around with this message at 11:49 on Feb 25, 2018 |
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The magic of Chinese democracy.
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I use to regret emigrate out of China due to the recent economic development. watching all that infrastructure and night view of city make me wonder why my parent exile me to the barren frozen wasteland of Canada? this is why before xi at very least there some remembrance of government following some constitution (term limits , 9 Politburo Standing Committee member to veto and balance power) and the some discussion regard improving rights are allowed. I knew Xi was strong man, he has his own personal agendas. at first I don't think he was not bad of leader.Maybe more competent than last one. but man today he did 2 things that my worst nightmare come true. first is getting rid of term limit and put his name in the Constitution. everyone here already discuss about. then he also add one for line 社会主义制度是中华人民共和国的根本制度。add this “中国共产党领导是中国特色社会主义最本质的特征。The constitution is more mutable than gently caress subforum rules in GBS. Basically that the CPC is sole legal owner of china. they party is now filled with 2nd gen "princes" once who don't know is that there some other "parties" allowed from finding of country. it's just decoration but now they are not even pretending. add to that Xi massive limit the power of the "Politburo Standing Committee " that has real power ("Standing Committee" has always paper weight but this is different) and have designed to balance out personal power. prevent poo poo like this to happen. with the old rules, there was semi chance of sustainable party dictatorship, but now I think it's beginning the end. CPC hosed up. I know enough history to know what country would become once thing like this happen, it rarely last long and end with crash. wait til Xi appoint his own children to be party exec lol. edit: Canada also don't have term limit gently caress!
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:I use to regret emigrate out of China due to the recent economic development. watching all that infrastructure and night view of city make me wonder why my parent exile me to the barren frozen wasteland of Canada? lmao this guys extended family is gonna get sooo dissapeared
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No term limits are good in a democracy, if it has a way other than voting out the party/leader out of position by the public and isn't completely tied to the ruling party. This is matched by the ability to call snap elections and dissolving government when it is clear the current arrangement unworkable. America has none of these so term limits came in as a band aid for the much deeper problems with the constitution. I am not sure about Canada but if your right wing party is anything like ours or anywhere in the world its always a dumpster fire under a petrol station with a school on top. They wreak and neglect everything so the opposition party every time has to put out the fires and fix all the poo poo while now out of power cry about oppression or some BS. Its a shame your golden boy isn't working out but I can't imagine going right would be an improvement.
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Jeoh posted:eh he lasted for like 4 years before deng kicked him the gently caress out Shoulda listened to Zhao Ziyang idiots.
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oohhboy posted:I am not sure about Canada but if your right wing party is anything like ours or anywhere in the world its always a dumpster fire under a petrol station with a school on top. They wreak and neglect everything so the opposition party every time has to put out the fires and fix all the poo poo while now out of power cry about oppression or some BS. Its a shame your golden boy isn't working out but I can't imagine going right would be an improvement. Our right-wing party is probably a little further to the left than the Dems, but every 10-15 years they have to basically shatter, then rebuild themselves.
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Blistex posted:UN Security council vote on Syrian Cease Fire? The new emporer Xi.
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Baronjutter posted:Is.. is China at risk of becoming some sort of dictatorship? In the same way that the Ocean's at risk of becoming wet, sure.
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hmmm.. which Pooh character is donny 'jim' trump?
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Speed impediment, insufferable, shoehorned in and marked a downturn in the whole show? Probably Gopher.
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So the 4th Premier after Deng goes full dictator? Wow, number 4, so unlucky! *teeth sucks* plant melon, get melon.
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Fojar38 posted:who could have seen this coming You, me, 1/2 this thread. . . . about 3-4 years ago? I'm 99% positive that I pretty much outlined every single step he has taken up until this point (and beyond) at least 2 years ago. Once he had the "anti-corruption" dept up and running, and made a few big-headline "feel-good" arrests, he had public support, and anyone who wanted to shut it down "must have had something to hide". Once he had ousted enough of Jiang Zemin's crew, he had the party locked down and the country in his palm. The sad thing is that you're not going to see or hear much dissent because it's either being instantly censored or people are too afraid to say anything. My wife pretty much summed up the Chinese populace as follows... 1. The Wǔmáo: They are either in the party, or think it can do no wrong. These are the people who praise everything Uncle Xi does. 2. The Beneficiaries: These are the people who have benefited from the changes in the last decade, and want the good times to continue. 3. The Olds: They are pretty much devoid of any ability to think, and will just say whatever happens is good, even is it means they suffer. 4. The Indifferent: They don't care either way, and are usually ignorant about politics because of education, isolation, or just trying to survive. 5. The Helpless: They might not like what is happening, but know that there is nothing they can do to change things. 6. The Scared: They know that what is happening is wrong, but given CCP surveillance, they know that any dissent might destroy their future. 7. The Vocals: They shout out on the Internet or will complain to anyone who listens, but their posts are deleted and their shouts ignored. 8. The Activists: These are the people who protest, who try and fight the system, and if they get any sort of following, they get "disappeared". Xie has created a juggernaut that isn't going to get derailed unless one of the following happens... a. A conflict that results in unacceptable losses in people/resources/money b. A natural disaster or environmental catastrophe that affects a lot of people or the economy enough that hardships are intolerable c. An economic collapse that results in enough people losing everything and feeling desperate enough to start a revolution Also, the Chinese version of the "American Dream" is still deeply rooted in a very large portion of the population. They're under the impression that they can swindle their way to the top, and if they just hang in there a little longer, their time will come. This is why apartments are still being traded back and forth like baseball cards, and why the lower classes are still putting their faith in the party, because they all know someone who made it big, and their chance is just around the corner. It's going to take another decade or even less before they realize that their ship has sailed long ago, and another one isn't coming.
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c is still a lot closer than anyone would like to admit inside china. there's a reason that, of all the countries on the planet, only china has taken serious action to restrict and limit the flow and usage of cryptocurrencies. some places like korea might talk a big game, but fundamentally they take no action any stricter than the Americans or the Europeans who just want to call something that looks like a security and quacks like a security a security. nobody is scared of it. as long as that's done, people don't give a poo poo. but bitcoin scares the CCP so badly that they keep trying to push it out of the country completely. why's that? could it in fact be because the chinese economy is largely one massive lie and exposing it to something other than the CCP's monopoly money could expose that? no, of course not. then why? no why. Coolguye fucked around with this message at 08:21 on Feb 26, 2018 |
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oohhboy posted:I am not sure about Canada but if your right wing party is anything like ours or anywhere in the world its always a dumpster fire under a petrol station with a school on top. They wreak and neglect everything so the opposition party every time has to put out the fires and fix all the poo poo while now out of power cry about oppression or some BS. Its a shame your golden boy isn't working out but I can't imagine going right would be an improvement. Pretty much. The only reason the Cons lasted as long as they did the last time around was because Harper kept a tight leash on any social conservative bullshit while promoting himself as a strong, stable leader you could rely on. The Liberals, meanwhile (the so-called "natural ruling party of Canada") were a dumpster fire that got relegated to third-party status. The only thing I can credit the Conservatives with is that they did a drat good job getting votes with their immigrant outreach. No other right-wing party that I know of has done that.
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