China Tries To Censor Data About Nearly 1 Billion People in Poverty::Chinese government censors tried to control discussions about the country’s economy this week.

    • iopq@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      I was in China during the pandemic. In 2022 everyone got COVID. Literally everyone in every big city.

      So they should have opened up after omega became the dominant variant. No point in locking people down when they lost anyway.

      It was a good response in the beginning, but they doubled down on it for three years

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          2 years ago

          They stopped tracking cases in December, so how do you know it’s one third?

          They literally told us to stay at home and not go to the hospital even if we have it

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        The CPC […] is by no means a good government and the people in it are not good people at any level above the community cadre level […]

        They’re vile authoritarians […]

        Do you actually fucking READ before reacting you utter fuckwit?!

        Talking with Americans is like talking with ADHD-addled toddlers for fuck’s sake!

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          I mean

          A: you’re an asshole, even if you had a point.

          B: your whole argument is an appeal to your own authority and a dismissal of anyone who disagrees with you as an idiot.

          And C:

          You spent the whole comment praising China and dismissing criticisms in specific details. Then tacked a few vague complaints that noone would disagree with on in the end. This is a very common tactic used to make it look like you haven’t “taken sides”.