CIGNX posted:

This NYTimes article talks about the dysfunction between the Chinese central and local governments, and how it makes it difficult for the government to respond to national crises like the corona virus outbreak. The last part about how democracies vs authoritarian governments align with public good is not so great, but the rest of the article is a pretty good read.

https://www.nytimes.com./2020/01/25/world/asia/coronavirus-crisis-china-response.html

Jose posted:

https://twitter.com/kaymtye/status/1223310647703662592?s=19

Stink Billyums posted:

My uncle's at a major trade show right now and he said retailers are scrambling to find available product, it looks like the epidemic is going to impact production enough that ship dates will be missed and they're worried about keeping shelves fully stocked.

LifeSunDeath posted:

Always accelerating towards maximum dystopia. Cameras and AI tracking are bad enough, but imagine a world where batteries work really really well, and drones can just stay in flight all day, constantly harassing people in the street, on the farms, no where is safe, always being watched, always being judged.

The White Dragon posted:

jokes on them turns out AIs are like "lol gently caress that" and do the equivalent of smoking computer weed all day

Bronze Fonz posted:

Montreal has quite the scene in that regard.

oohhboy posted:

Blistex posted:

(he was a gun nut, joined the PLA, and left after he realised that they don't actually train soldiers to fight).

Bronze Fonz posted:

I hope the words "Can you do that?" become so recurring the CCP tries to ban them from any online discourse.
I hope "Can you do that?" graffitis pop up everywhere.
"Can you do that?" should follow every criticism of the Chinese government onwards.

"Maybe acting on the actual problems instead of trying to save face would be more helpful... can you do that?"

oohhboy posted:

You can make a Bingo card out of what comes out of government departments, propaganda outlets, especially their "Diplomatic" service. Cut, paste, fill in the blanks. Shake the phrase box to sprinkle garnish. "Internal matter", "Hurt Chinese feelings", "Territorial sovereignty", "Rule of Law", "Chinese characteristics".

There is no reason why you can't make good translations from any language to another. They choose to gently caress it up. It will continue until they give up on using a glorified call centre script. The writers won't because all those phrases are "Safe".

Zushio posted:

Isn't that Rainbow Six? I seem to recall a huge disease plot line in it.

Mr Luxury Yacht posted:

Please, it's Clancy. The pangolins would be pregnant not underage.

Known Lecher posted:

Lol R "Genocide Explainer" Guyovich's parachute account got outed in the CSPAM Wuflu thread.

chinese hair cave posted:

Has anyone heard of Pangzai, the Chinese peasant farmer who chugs beers tornado style and can break bottles with one hand? I’m worried about him because he keeps mentioning “I want to show what real peasant life is,rather than the propaganda films”. Is he at risk for being Dissapeared?

Grand Fromage posted:

Taiwan claims all of China

Hadlock posted:

If having a credit crunch impacted the global economy in 2008, I can only imagine what restricting the movement of actual cash will do.

Grand Fromage posted:

I cannot.

Korean museums state that all innovations come from Korea, not most. You loving anti-Han bigot.

Blistex posted:

Just loving WOW!

Blistex posted:

and if he digs deep in Chinese social media will find proof

Grand Fromage posted:

Christ. gently caress that, never go back.

Blistex posted:

I told him to also talk to a financial advisor and go through everything together to make sure she doesn't have any more surprises in store for him.

ded posted:

One of the guys that did this tried to sell the house from under his wife and 3 kids.

Atopian posted:

Chickens will eat almost anything they can kill, and they can kill more things than you'd think.
I once saw a group of chickens brutally murder a snake. Not a large one, but up until then I'd assumed that wasn't how it went.

Mozi posted:

realtalk, aside from the awkward fact of the initial coverup, judging by how the rest of the world is responding so far, in a couple of weeks the CCP will legitimately be able to say to their people that they handled the outbreak better than anywhere else. don't know how the economy will work out but i can see this ending up enhancing their legitimacy just because of how badly everyone else is screwing up now

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The Chinese embassy in Moscow has expressed its displeasure with these measures, writing directly to the Kremlin, saying, "the special monitoring of Chinese nationals on Moscow's public transportation does not exist in any [other] country, even in the United States and in Western states."

Fojar38 posted:

Don't forget future hostages

Grand Fromage posted:

I'm enjoying China's transition to restricting incoming travel just like they were whining about other countries doing, and the coordinated denial that COVID-19 came from China that their diplomatic corps is up to.

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E: Also a shoutout to the Wuhan kids who realized if they did a one star review campaign on the homework app they were required to use while schools are closed it would get auto-removed from the app store. Well played.

poverty goat posted:

They did release millions of refugees from the overcrowded refugee camps into Europe the other day, but a goon expert in this thread assured me that without a doubt a refugee can not possibly have coronavirus so it's nothing to worry about and definitely not connected

sticksy posted:

Blistex posted:

Wondering how the CCP is balancing the news in-country

Magna Kaser posted:

or round earthers,

Fojar38 posted:

Why would you make such a lovely bioweapon

What's also great that the "US bioweapon" conspiracy theory also implies that the US knew the CCP would sit on it for 3 months and try to cover it up

Strategic Tea posted:

The answer.... somewhere.... n-no! It can't be!

It can't be in the middle!