Re:Hong Kong: UK makes citizenship offer to residents
by throw51319 on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @04:17PM
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So you are basically saying that the cohesion of China is because they are doing better economically these past few decades... and thus people's egos are at an all-time high. Thus they support the regime.
Re:Hong Kong: UK makes citizenship offer to residents
by starfallg on Thursday July 02, 2020 @04:17AM
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Which is not far off the mark. In China there is a pervasive feeling that the reason it is behind in development is due to the Imperialism in the 1800s and the domination of Western powers over China. This developed into some sort of inferiority complex. With economic development they claim that China is no longer the 'sick man of Asia', the shaking off of which imbues them some sort of pride. That pride is the source of support for the CCP, not any inherent properties of the system.
Re:Hong Kong: UK makes citizenship offer to residents
by baybal2 on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @04:46PM
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> Thus they support the regime.
Ahem... most Chinese can't get more curses for it. Even unranked CPC members, and civil servants quietly hate them.
One needs to read a lot of People's Daily to drink this koolaid
The few who do almost all are the poor, underachieving, and angry "little pink" flag waving youth, or are the actual accessories to the system.
In East Asian countries and China especially, nobody gives a flying .... about collectivism and Confucianism, and cultural roots.
It's by far the most egoistic, conflict driven, cut throat society I've ever been.