Re:Lenovo: Companies working in China may have to install lo...
by 07d046 on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @06:17PM
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True. It would be a more accurate post if it listed "having a watch set to the wrong time zone" instead (mentioned in the HRW report).
It is unfortunate that there is a lot of misinformation about China out there. Winnie the Pooh isn't banned. The social credit system apparently isn't like how it's commonly reported in the West. But I also chafe at the suggestion that China is little worse than the US on these points. There are few countries on earth that have more control over their population and shape the way they think than China.
https://www.hrw.org/report/2018/09/09/eradicating-ideologica...
Re:Lenovo: Companies working in China may have to install lo...
by outworlder on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @07:06PM
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> Really, does HN deserve that kind of idiotic post?
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Edit: specifically:
> When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3."
You can walk around China an say "democracy" all day. You think they don't report on eg elections in the US on TV there? People in China complain about the government and laws all day.
There is a lot wrong with China that they deserve to be called out for, but what's your goal with a post like that? Show the world that you don't have a clue about anything besides tech? It boggles my mind how many people happily buy any FUD that helps them painting a simple black and white image of the world just so they can feel good about their own country.