R. Guyovich posted:

there are over 25,000 mosques in xinjiang so finding a dozen that have been demolished or renovated seems, uh, low

but then that's the whole point of this type of propaganda: extrapolating a national trend from isolated incidents

quote:

Observers have called China’s actions in Xinjiang the work of a “bulldozer state”. It is an apt way to describe the ongoing work of destruction and remodelling of the region’s landscape and its people. Mosques such as the one in Keriya were an early target of the campaign against “religious extremism”. A reporter visited the eastern region of Qumul in 2017 and learned from local officials that over 200 of the region’s 800 mosques had already been destroyed, with over 500 scheduled for demolition in 2018. Residents said that their local mosques had disappeared overnight, levelled without warning.

R. Guyovich posted:

but then that's the whole point of this type of propaganda: extrapolating a national trend from isolated incidents

CAPS LOCK BROKEN posted:

I want to start a blog called "american human rights defenders," get xi to pay me to fly to honduras and nicaragua for a central american vacation, ask a couple of the locals how many people they think disappeared into trump's immigration concentration camps, and then release a bold media campaign highlighting that trump is holding at least 1-3 million central americans with some pixelated google maps screenshots as evidence

Ardennes posted:

Here is that Guardian quote, there seems to be a discrepancy:


https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&s...557319400939205

quote:

A staff member in the local United Front Work Department informed him that out of over 800 mosques in this region, more than 200 were demolished in 2017 with over 500 planned to be demolished in 2018. “In two more years, Muslims will have to pledge allegiance to the Communist Party. All religious people in China will have to give up their faith and only believe in the Party, take the path of the Party,” said the bureaucrat.

R. Guyovich posted:

that claim is sourced from bitter winter, which is an rfa-tier outlet.

Ardennes posted:

My point being that the narrative being produced here is quite thin.

Pener Kropoopkin posted:

weird how "bulldozer state" gets coined for China but not Israel.

R. Guyovich posted:

there are over 25,000 mosques in xinjiang so finding a dozen that have been demolished or renovated seems, uh, low

but then that's the whole point of this type of propaganda: extrapolating a national trend from isolated incidents

Pener Kropoopkin posted:

weird how "bulldozer state" gets coined for China but not Israel.

Autism Sneaks posted:

to be fair Israel does most of its leveling with bombs and missiles

Pener Kropoopkin posted:

That's not how they leveled Rachel Corrie.

Pener Kropoopkin posted:

weird how "bulldozer state" gets coined for China but not Israel.

Ardennes posted:

Admittedly, you could always put your own blog together. Two can play the open source game.

Grapplejack posted:

R guy aren't you a Stalinist? Shouldn't you be pro-mosque destruction as the state upholding state atheism or whatever

R. Guyovich posted:

tell me more about what i should and should not think.

Lightning Knight posted:

we’re going to enforce pro-train ideology itt tho right

R. Guyovich posted:

all pro-train posts in this forum are under official protection from the mod and admin team.

quote:

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez included high-speed rail in her Green New Deal. After riding China's superfast bullet train that could go from New York to Chicago in 4.5 hours, it's clear how far behind the US really is

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China has the largest high-speed railway in the world, with 15,500 miles of track and most major cities covered by the network.

Grapplejack posted:

R guy aren't you a Stalinist? Shouldn't you be pro-mosque destruction as the state upholding state atheism or whatever

BrutalistMcDonalds posted:

Typo posted:

I urge all readers to study summary of Xi Jiping thought!

Grapplejack posted:

I'd love to see a high speed rail going up and down each coast in the US. I dunno how well that'd work with cross country travel, and the west coast can't do subterranian rail because of the constant earthquakes.

Grapplejack posted:

I'd love to see a high speed rail going up and down each coast in the US. I dunno how well that'd work with cross country travel, and the west coast can't do subterranian rail because of the constant earthquakes.

Venom Snake posted:

the united states built a cross continental rail system in the 1860's, so i think it's possible

Modest Mao posted:

Actually the chinese built that too

Modest Mao posted:

Actually the chinese built that too

Modest Mao posted:

Actually the chinese built that too

Modest Mao posted:

Actually the chinese built that too

Modest Mao posted:

Actually the chinese built that too

Modest Mao posted:

Actually the chinese built that too

Modest Mao posted:

Actually the chinese built that too

Modest Mao posted:

Actually the chinese built that too

Modest Mao posted:

Actually the chinese built that too

Grapplejack posted:

R guy aren't you a Stalinist? Shouldn't you be pro-mosque destruction as the state upholding state atheism or whatever

quote:

Tencent has on late Tuesday shut down its hit mobile title “PUBG Mobile” in China, replacing it with an anti-terrorist themed game named “Heping Jingying,” or “Game for Peace.”

Initially, users who logged into “PUBG Mobile” after 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday would receive a pop-up notification telling them that the game’s server is under maintenance, and that they need to update the game.

Hours later, the message changed to an announcement about the open beta of “Game for Peace,” a game that Tencent has kept secret until its approval by the State Administration of Press and Publication (SAPP) in early April.

According to the notification, the game will be available for download on Apple’s App Store and Android app stores in batches after 3 p.m. on Wednesday.

Following the announcement was a thank-you letter from the operations team of “PUBG Mobile” in China, confirming the end of what the team refers to as the “beta” of the title.

Users can update to “Game for Peace” using the existing “PUBG Mobile” client or download directly from app stores. According to a report from media outlet 36Kr, user data from “PUBG Mobile” will be transferred to its more regulation-compliant successor.

Promoted as a “military skills competition game,” “Game for Peace” claims to have enlisted the help of the recruitment center of China’s air force, and is a “tribute to warriors who defend the territorial air space of China.” A screenshot from the game’s beta shows that there is even a recruitment notice for China’s air force on the game’s loading screen.

“Game for Peace” is among the only batch of games that received monetization approval in April. The month saw the number of approved titles plummet from the 170 in March to just 40.

While “PUBG Mobile” has enjoyed worldwide popularity, raking in more than $65 million in March outside China according to analytics firm Sensor Tower, it has been unable to bring in any revenue in China due to the lack of an approval from the SAPP.

Chinese players had been able to access its beta version, which allowed for gameplay but no monetization. Data consultancy firm Analysys estimated “PUBG Mobile” had 115 million monthly active users (MAU) in China in March.