The real clever kids will eventually realize that those games from Tencent are just stupid money grabbing time wasters, and then stop playing.

Sadly, most people are not that smart. Which is one reason why so many people are willing to give up their privacy AND money in exchange for the "permission" to use those services.

draw on a fake beard

ERROR: CANNOT BEGIN PLAY SESSION UNTIL PLAYER SHAVES FACE

>ERROR: CANNOT BEGIN PLAY SESSION UNTIL PLAYER SHAVES FACE

I know you're joking, but a law was passed in Xinjiang back in 2014 preventing people with beards from riding public transport. You literally had to shave before you could board a bus.

Why? Was it an anti-Muslim thing? Disgusting anyways.

Putting the discrimination aside (well that sounded insensitive but bear with me), very sorry for those poor people who are like me, who get a red face for DAYS after shaving.

>Was it an anti-Muslim thing?

Officially, no. But in reality, yes. They want to make the Uyghurs more Han to reduce feelings of separatism.

Do you know what the euphemistic justification was? “Cleanliness”? I cannot think of one that is not absurd to even the dimmest ethno-nationalist of my imagination.

If I had to guess they'd just say the beard is a symbol of separatism, therefore if you refuse to shave then we might consider you to be sympathetic to the separatist movement, you wouldn't want us to think that, would you?

It's circular logic but probably good enough for the fascists...

> It's circular logic but probably good enough for the fascists...

Er, fascists? We're talking about the CCP here -- these are communists.

Geez, serves me right for using an "-ist" word and getting an anal retentive "They're a different sort of '-ist'" comment.

The Wikipedia definition "Fascism is a form of far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition, and strong regimentation of society and of the economy" seems to tick all the boxes in the case of China, although I don't know if they fit the definition "far right" (too lazy to see if they tick those other boxes).

The problem with "-ist" and "-ism" words is everyone has their own definition what this means. Bernie Sanders can call himself a socialist that thinks the rich should be taxed more, and some dumbass will think he hates Jews because the Nazi party also has the word "Socialism" in it.

Also, if you want to say "They're communists because that word is in their party name", then the Democratic People's Republic of (North) Korea must be a great place to live, since they're democratic, and belong to the people!

They wish to completely eradicate all Uyghur culture. "One China" means one Han race and culture.

There are very few countries worldwide that can look through their history and not find a single culture that has been eliminated or at least marginalized.

There are very few countries worldwide actually presently engaged in attempting to eliminate an entire culture.

I don't think this is what they mean about "shaving face" being important in Chinese culture. :P