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Inspired by the recent c/AskLemmy question about Myanmar.


As a PRC-born ethnic Han-Chinese person who currently is a US Citizen and reside in the US, I'm curious on what people think of my former country.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

My stance is kind of 50/50 with China.

For one, they're going to flame out even faster than America did. As time moves forward great powers last less and less time. America only held the crown for 80 years. Chinas got its own issues, especially with the population issues.

Yes, China has a laundry list of human rights abuses. We know all of them, I shouldn't have to list them here. China also is an aggressor country, harassing their neighbors and intimidating them for often no reason at all, and when there is a reason, it's territorial expansion. They steal IP, they steal identities and secrets (yes I know, stealing secrets is an everybody issue, and I'll get to that, but it's usually done with more class) and they gave our kids toys with lead in them. You could seriously go on for days on the bad stuff about China. The belt and road? Fuck, that's so, so bad... However

They're also leading in science and especially the environment. They've spent big money on their science, and it's paid off in spades for them and it's commendable from an international standpoint. No country on earth is fighting climate change harder than China. From advances in solar panels bringing the cost of clean energy down, and giving the ability to electrify places of the world that have never experienced it? That's pretty dope. Plus their electric car tech is blowing up so hard that it's actually kind of reasonable to tariff it, because they're so far ahead.

Now the gre(a)y, I'm an American. Half the shit that china does that's bad, was shit that we have been doing for generations. So yeah, china sucks shit. But does it suck more shit than America right now? I say no, but not by much, and mostly because a lot of the problems people try to put on China (i.e. pollution mostly) is because we facilitated that. If not them, it'd be our polluted air and water. And now, he wants to bring that manufacturing back here while deregulating pollutants AND enforcement. He saw 1990s Beijing and said "I want that for us". But basically, other than China's climate and science goals, were the same country. So the nod (barely) goes to China for being a more honorable or good country.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Rice field to magalopolis in a generation. Absolutely wild speed of seismic change.

Edit: megalopolis

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Absolutely fascinated by Chinese culture and mythology. I’m a cdrama fan especially costume and cultivation themes. I am currently taking a Mandarin course so I can read, write, and better understand the language. I hope to travel to China soon if the orange clown in the White House doesn’t ruin my plans. I even homebrewed a cultivation ttrpg based on Investiture of The Gods that my friends are playing through right now. They love it! For context I’m not an Asian person - just a neurodivergent person with a deep interest.

Edit: sorry didn’t recognize your lol username, you’ve probably seen me bloviate on my xianxia addiction before.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

That piano riff. You know the one.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Proper tea.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

the food, cuisine. szechuan numbing peppercorn. shenzhen tech. hongkong dresses. wing chun. samo hung.

"do not pursue lu bu"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

The sets of fancy expensive-looking porcelain plates and cups my older relatives all had on display in a glass-fronted cabinet for use on some theoretical special occasion, but no occasion was ever actually special enough to allow anyone to use it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Very rich culture, and the government.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I'm into Taoism, so I think of Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu and Chinese philosophy. I love their sense of humor, and humility. I often daydream of a different life, being raised a monk in the Himalayas. A place I like to imagine when mediating

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Eh, it's a country. I do dig American Chinese food, I know it's not the same.

Chinese slave-workers helped build the American West, their contribution and sacrifice is rarely recognized.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Well, this post reminded to check the shipping on the electronic components and random shit I imported.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Dragon Kilns. I am addicted to their live porcelain opening channels lol.

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