Re:Apple told some Apple TV+ show developers not to anger China
by chibg10 on Saturday October 12, 2019 @05:41PM
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> It's not so much China as it is Xi and his minions. There are 1.2 billion hostages under the control of Xi.
You’re vastly underestimating how successful the CCP’s propaganda campaigns, censorship, and patriotic education have been. Actually, even without those, the CCP’s economic successes have earned it a lot of legitimacy (deserved or not). A more liberal successor to Xi might be able to nudge the ship to a slightly less nationalistic direction (a noticeably less hostile foreign policy) but I suspect a hypothetical liberalized China will take generations.
It's not so much China as it is Xi and his minions. There are 1.2 billion hostages under the control of Xi.
Just remember you're dealing with people who have bizarre logic. For example the Dali Lama is old and his new successor by tradition reincarnates. But China the PRC has demanded "that he must reincarnate, and on their terms." Now that's nuts.