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celestialpeasan
·há 3 anos·discuss
I'm in China, and I just see people learning about this the very hard way. There were many unusual unrests and crackdowns recently.

SMS is definitely a weak spot without a second thought. The state actor can easily analyse and reroute then pull off a massive list of names straight to gulag.
celestialpeasan
·há 4 anos·discuss
Other than the standard people mentioned, there are also the "1992 consensus" [1] which intentionally made the word "China" ambiguous.

One possible interpretation is there's a thing called "de jure China", and both P.R.China and R.O.China (Taiwan) can claim themselves as legit. It's just de facto R.O.China happens to control only one province within China with is Taiwan (maybe plus some islands from Fujian).

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Consensus

Related topics:

One China Policy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_China

Taiwan Independence Movement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_independence_movement
celestialpeasan
·há 5 anos·discuss
It's 鄒忌諷齊王納諫 (Zou Ji use his satirical admonishment to King of Qi).

It happened during the Warring States period (475 BC - 221 BC). The culture was very different compared to later imperial dynasties. It's more like medieval Europe - consisting of a lot of feudal states rather than being a powerful empire. Ethics drastically varies from person to person, where we can find people truly living with their virtue, and people most cunning.

Original names in case anyone was curious: Mr.Lao -> Zou Ji Mr.Hsu -> Duke Xu King -> King Might of Qi
celestialpeasan
·há 5 anos·discuss
Reminds me of the good'ol dynasties, those who "criticize the imperial court rashly" are getting lynched. The males in the family would be beheaded, while females and kids would be sold as slaves.

And in order to show the mercy of his imperial majesty, the execution of the males would be delayed to autumn.