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Someone who's lived for many years in the East and the West, trying to help bridge the divide between the two, esp. by filling in what the MSM doesn't cover.

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@FeiyanXie @TwinPistons_MC 说他们的桌面没有足球场那么大🤣（所以不需要保留那么大一块大理石）

[Julian Dorey @juliandorey]

the judi dench cameo fucking sent me 🤣😭

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@BowesChay It's antisemitic to say that!

[Sizwe SikaMusi @SizweLo]

The Chinese political system is brutal!

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@Wisdom_HQ P+170+P=200
2P=30
P=15

[Zhai Xiang @ZhaiXiang5]

Despite disagreement, I do respect Lingling's work and her professionalism, but I must respectfully disagree again with several key points in the article below. I've lived in both countries too as a scholar.

Reducing China's governance to "the Party controls everything" and implicitly romanticizing US governance as "freedom and debate" is a deliberate oversimplified binary narrative.

China's challenges are not about "too much socialism."
America’s challenges are not about "too much democracy."

I think the real contrast is this:

➡️ The US is drifting toward "capital capturing policymaking."
➡️ China practices "the state regulating capital in the public interest."

In China, maybe you can't insult the government freely, but you won't go bankrupt because of medical bills, tuition fees.

In the US, you can insult the government all day-
but you can go bankrupt because of medical bills, tuition fees, or just trying to stay alive.

She says:
"You don't buy a home; you buy a 70-year lease from the government, which it can revoke."

But in America, millions can't even afford a lease. Additionally, some heirs of wealthy families have had to donate their parents' mansions because they can't afford the property taxes.

She says:

"In Mamdani’s New York, you can protest his policies outside City Hall."

But in the US, the reality is far more cynical:
You protest-nothing changes.
You vote-nothing changes.
Because money matters more than votes.

In China, when you call the mayor's hotline or file a petition, the case is registered, processed on a timeline, and officials are held accountable if they ignore it. "We the People" petition site, oh, looks like a joke.

China is not perfect.
But China tries its best to improve public welfare and build a functioning state that prioritizes people's needs.

The US used to do that-but administrations since the Bush era have largely given up on governing for the public good.

One system measures its success by how many problems get fixed;
the other measures success by how loudly people can complain.

Good governance is not about who talks better.
It's about who delivers better.

Be better, the United States of America.

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@Kaelon @CollinRugg Oh the cope! 😂

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@DanielDumbrill Didn't you used to live in SZ? When did you move to CQ and why? Just curious! 😁

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@luo_yuehan You would need to explain the "hukou". You can move and live anywhere, but if your hukou doesn't get moved, then you don't get certain benefits like health insurance in that new city. Typically you can move hukou if you can get work in the new city.

[Johannes Maria @luo_yuehan]

People in the West are totally brainwashed by governments and media about China.

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@loongkingdom Yeah but at what cost?
(Answer: around 30 yuan)😁😁😁

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@TheoFletcher01 @EverydaySpy Typical projection.

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@stane203 @commiepommie @billsmith181172 @Kowloonboy83322 Of course it's a good idea to send their kids abroad, cos their kids can then become truly international citizens, fluent in both Chinese and English, and also familiar with both cultures. Some smart western diplomats are also making sure their kids learn Mandarin. Same logic.

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@DawnieMcFarland @jk_rowling This.

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@ShangguanJiewen But at what cost? :⁠-⁠)

[ShanghaiPanda （ Account deactivation） @thinking_panda]

A typical western white troll.👇
Why's a Spaniard proud of speaking English but scolds a Uyghur Chinese for learning Mandarin?😅
https://t.co/Som5Ia9JT5

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@MAGAVoice Dems trying to contract with cheap Chinese print factories to mass print ballots does not mean "CCP interference"...🤦

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@FBIDirectorKash Dems trying to contract with cheap Chinese print factories to mass print ballots does not mean "CCP interference"...🤦

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@uTobian @AlgorithmDancer Meaning of and when the conclusion is made that vaxxes are bad, they can't be accused of bias. Fantastic!

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@ShangguanJiewen I thought medical insurance only covers 80%?