The “Surprise” of Authoritarian Resilience in China - American Affairs Journal
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Ever since the domino collapse of Communist regimes in the Soviet Bloc in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the world has been waiting for China to follow suit. Indeed, the fall of the Chinese Communist government would probably mean the real end of history given the size of the country. Yet nearly thirty years…
  • DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml
    171·
    11 months ago

    When the public is so misinformed on another country that the only things they know about it are completely made up, it basically becomes impossible to get them to understand the country as it actually is.

    We’re seeing almost DPRK levels of lies about China being pushed in the west these days, it won’t be long before westerners are told that Chinese people are forced to worship Xi as a living god or something.

    • Lemmywontallowme@lemmygrad.ml
      10·
      11 months ago

      Remember the time someone said China’s economy was 2.5x less bigger, because of lack of lightbulbs?

      Not to mention, the Epoch Times’ Jennifer Wang theorized an ongoing coup against Xi Jinping, due to him not appearing publicly, for a time.

      Same, if not most insane DPRK magic, is being applied to China already.