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another distraction from chinas intenral problems, by threatening taiwan again.
It isn't a distraction, it's live exercises to test and refine their capabilities.
What internal problems?
Genuine question, I am woefully unaware of most things china.
From friends that are thinking or have recently emigrated, stagnant economy and no future prospects for young people, masters degree holders lining up hoping for tobacco packing jobs in Henan.
Talked to a couple Zoomer guys on XHS from Guizhou and they said theyre considering joining the army cause there's not much other work for them.
Sounds grim, thanks.
I guess I just see shit like them building a factory in a week and assume they are doing well but it's probably propaganda.
They are doing impressive projects, not gonna lie, but the whole "class struggle" spiel has been over for some time now
Isn't that a problem everywhere at the moment?
Is it?
In the developed world, yeah. Demographics are wonky because of the large population of boomers that are living longer and staying in the workforce longer thanks to modern medicine. This is the case of most countries that participated in WWII, as I understand it.
I know that depending on the degree it can sometimes be hard to find a job that aligns with that specific field, especially now that America has withdrawn a significant portion of the world's general research funding. But here, they're working for the tobacco plant because it's paying near double the other starting jobs for university students. I'm not sure you can ever solve this problem when it's impossible to know the future demand for a specific knowledge field. America, China, and most of Europe sit comfortably at just under 5% unemployment which is basically as low as most market economies can get.
LGBTQ rights in China are.... complicated. LGBTQ rights aren't spelled out, leaving things ambiguous - but no same sex marriage, no pride orgs shut down, lots of workplace aggression and discrimination with no protections at all.... homosexuality is decriminalized but there's no trans rights. so yeah, that could be better.
social credit scores are downright orwellian - they experimented with these in some cities in the 2010-2020 decade but t hen nationalized all the private solutions they tried... not sure even they know if they want to continue but - hypothetically - anyone can report you for.... anything that disturbs the peace or what the ccp thinks is the ideal order - your social credit score gets dinged, then you could have trouble with all kinds of stuff - make it harder receive loans, obtain a visa for travel, etc.
compared to us credit scores, it's probably not that big of a deal (we let three companies decided who gets loans for houses, based on.... voodoo afaik. the way credit scores are compiled is pretty opaque).