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UveBeenNudged1 says
Covid shots were not mandated by the Chinese government, but were so in the 'free world'.
The Chinese government mandated that government and medical workers get the jab, and issued target quotas to local governments which then implemented coercive measures very much like the West.
Surprisingly, a lot of Chinese pushed back and got restrictions lifted so that they could go out in public without the jab, but by taking a test instead.
UveBeenNudged1 says
Also, you can use words like 'tranny' without fear of the thought police knocking on your door
In Communist China, can you publicly call out Mao Zedong as a pedophile ?
Yes its easy to implement totalitarian controls in a country that is 95% of the same ethnicity (i.e., ethnic Han).
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I think some groups like Fulan Gong are definitely being oppressed, but I'm not sure exactly why. Are they a threat to the CCP somehow?
UveBeenNudged1 I definitely agree with you that supposedly "free" Western countries like Britain, NZ, Australia, and Germany are extremely intolerant of free speech about the jabs or mass 3rd world immigration.
I've got a Chinese friend who likes to say that no one is being oppressed in China, and that the government there has broad support because it has delivered a rising standard of living for a long time.
I think some groups like Fulan Gong are definitely being oppressed, but I'm not sure exactly why. Are they a threat to the CCP somehow?
The news and history there also seem to be very controlled. I talked to a recently-arrived Chinese woman in her 20's who had never heard of the Tank Man of Tiananmen.


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Maybe UveBeenNudged1 got promoted out of 50 Cent Party and his reward is assignment as a master troll at Patrick.net.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party
Or maybe he is a part-time Kremlin court jester for Putin when he's not on Patrick.net.
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The majority of under-25 Chinese do not know the story of Tank Man or the broader Tiananmen Square events of June 1989. This conclusion stems from decades of systematic censorship by the Chinese government, which has effectively erased the incident from public memory, education, and online discourse for younger generations. Under-25s (born post-2000) have grown up in an era of economic prosperity and nationalism, where the event is taboo and rarely discussed, leading to widespread ignorance or apathy. Awareness is limited to a small minority—often those with international exposure, higher education, or VPN access to foreign media—but even then, it's fragmented and not the full story of the pro-democracy protests crushed by the military, resulting in hundreds to thousands of deaths.

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The majority of under-25 Chinese do not know the story of Tank Man or the broader Tiananmen Square events of June 1989. This conclusion stems from decades of systematic censorship by the Chinese government, which has effectively erased the incident from public memory, education, and online discourse for younger generations. Under-25s (born post-2000) have grown up in an era of economic prosperity and nationalism, where the event is taboo and rarely discussed, leading to widespread ignorance or apathy. Awareness is limited to a small minority—often those with international exposure, higher education, or VPN access to foreign media—but even then, it's fragmented and not the full story of the pro-democracy protests crushed by the military, resulting in hundreds to thousands of deaths.
Wei Wu: the Chinese Titania McGrath!
China Orders Removal of Popular Gay Dating Apps
On November 11, 2025, Apple Inc. removed Blued and Finka from its China storefront after an order from the Cyberspace Administration of China, delisting them from the iOS App Store and several Android stores.
China's regulatory push has in recent years included delisting Grindr in 2022 and new app registration rules, part of a broader tightening on LGBTQ+ expression by China's Communist Party and Chinese regulators.
https://ground.news/article/china-orders-removal-of-popular-gay-dating-apps_a92f73
China Orders Removal of Popular Gay Dating Apps
On November 11, 2025, Apple Inc. removed Blued and Finka from its China storefront after an order from the Cyberspace Administration of China, delisting them from the iOS App Store and several Android stores.
China's regulatory push has in recent years included delisting Grindr in 2022 and new app registration rules, part of a broader tightening on LGBTQ+ expression by China's Communist Party and Chinese regulators.







This is excellent news for young Chinese couples that want to buy a house or condo.
China's home ownership rate is 90%. Pretty much anyone who wants on has one. The percentage of people having multiple houses is 25% (so there's some uptake possible there).

China's home ownership rate is 90%.
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