PITY BONER posted:

I'm Xi's head and eyes averting from Hu and avoiding any direct sight of him.

Grand Fromage posted:

Such a perfect photo to sum up Xi's China.

Grand Fromage posted:

Makes me think of how it's normal to heavily photoshop your ID photos in Korea, often to the point where they don't look like you at all.

Grand Fromage posted:

Such a perfect photo to sum up Xi's China.

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Grand Fromage posted:

We had pamphlets from University of Toronto advertising a program where they would accept literally any Chinese student who applied, they just had to pay increasing amounts of tuition depending on how bad their grades were.

Tarquinn posted:

https://twitter.com/MrMocata/status/1580341809053507584

Grand Fromage posted:

Makes me think of how it's normal to heavily photoshop your ID photos in Korea, often to the point where they don't look like you at all.

McGavin posted:

Sad that we will never see anything like this ever again.

Grand Fromage posted:

Participation in Malign Schemes is a pretty good charge though, I like when they have fun names.

Cling-Wrap Condom posted:

So are we looking at a new century of humiliation here or what

McGavin posted:

Sad that we will never see anything like this ever again.

mobby_6kl posted:

Or this
https://twitter.com/TimesSqKungFu/status/1512856871748743179

or this
https://twitter.com/hkfilmnet/status/1339780336650231808

MarcusSA posted:

That is bad rear end

Marshal Prolapse posted:

It is barely scratching the surfaces

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Quanzhong An, who is a businessman operating in Queens, New York, and the majority shareholder of a hotel in Flushing, acted as the primary U.S.-based liaison for the Provincial Commission’s targeting of John Doe-1 and his family members, including his son, John Doe-2, both in the United States and in the PRC. As part of the scheme, various PRC-based conspirators forced a relative in the PRC (John Doe-3) to travel from the PRC to the United States in September 2018 to meet with John Doe-2 and convey threats that were intended to coerce John Doe-1’s return to the PRC. Yuan – John Doe-3’s superior at the PRC’s State Administration of Taxation – escorted John Doe-3 from the PRC to the United States, under the guise of a visit with a tour group.

Grand Fromage posted:

Participation in Malign Schemes is a pretty good charge though, I like when they have fun names.

eSports Chaebol posted:

It’s honestly a lot like the crazy translations of Chinese crimes

Methylethylaldehyde posted:

"maybe I'll find it at the sketchy used VHS rental place" HK movies

PITY BONER posted:

If you don't mind slumming it, most, or maybe even all the popular HK films can found on free pirate streaming sites (and some on archive.org, including The Ghost Snatchers). Video quality is going to be hit or miss, but some of the category 3 video streaming sites will have quality at least as good at the original VHS can offer.

Marshal Prolapse posted:

It is barely scratching the surfaces

Methylethylaldehyde posted:

Ok, I need a top 50 "maybe I'll find it at the sketchy used VHS rental place" HK movies. At least as cheesy as the early Jackie Chan stuff, and hopefully exactly as bad as the Ghost Snatchers thing I just witnessed. Please share with me your poorly dubbed or badly subtitled HK masterpieces.

sticksy posted:

On another note - I'm scared to ask but what has been the Very Online tankies reaction to Xi's power move over the weekend?

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Comrades,

Ten years have passed since the Party’s 18th National Congress. The past decade marked three major events of great immediate importance and profound historical significance for the cause of the Party and the people: We embraced the centenary of the Communist Party of China; we ushered in a new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics; and we eradicated absolute poverty and finished building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, thus completing the First Centenary Goal. These were historic feats - feats accomplished by the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people striving in unity, feats that will be forever recorded in the Chinese nation's history, and feats that will profoundly influence the world.

A decade ago this was the situation we faced:

Great achievements had been secured in reform, opening up, and socialist modernization, and notable advances had been made in the great new project of Party building. All this had created solid foundations, favorable conditions, and key underpinnings for our continued progress.

At the same time, however, a number of prominent issues and problems-some of which had been building for years and others which were just emerging- demanded urgent action.

Inside the Party, there were many issues with respect to upholding the Party’s leadership, including a lack of clear understanding and effective action as well as a slide toward weak, hollow, and watered-down Party leadership in practice. Some Party members and officials were wavering in their political conviction. Despite repeated warnings, pointless formalities, bureaucratism, hedonism, and extravagance persisted in some localities and departments. Privilege-seeking mindsets and practices posed a serious problem, and some deeply shocking cases of corruption had been uncovered.

China’s economy was beset by acute structural and institutional problems. Development was imbalanced, uncoordinated, and unsustainable, and the traditional development model could no longer keep us moving forward. Some deep-seated problems in institutions and barriers built by vested interests were becoming more and more apparent. Some people lacked confidence in the socialist political system with Chinese characteristics, and, all too often, we saw laws being ignored or not being strictly enforced. Misguided patterns of thinking such as money worship, hedonism, egocentricity, and historical nihilism were common, and online discourse was rife with disorder.

All this had a grave impact on people’s thinking and the public opinion environment.

Our work to ensure the people’s wellbeing was fraught with weak links. Tightening resource and environmental constraints and environmental pollution were pronounced. The systems for safeguarding national security were inadequate, and our capacity for responding to various major risks was insufficient. Many shortcomings were affecting the modernization of national defense and the military.

The institutions and mechanisms for implementing the policy of One Country, Two Systems in Hong Kong and Macao were not well-developed, and China faced grave challenges to its national security.

These were just some of the problems we faced. Back then, many people, both in and outside of our Party, were worried about the future of the Party and the country.