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Re:WeChat suspends new user registration for security compli... by tablespoon on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @02:07PM (#27975562)
> Meanwhile, young, educated people almost exclusively consume the cultural products of the West, Korea, and Japan.

What now? China has a pretty extensive film and television industry, and as far as I know it's very popular.

> And they find the North Korean style propaganda embarrassing. The disconnect really cannot be understated.

And in that case, the most logical reaction is political disengagement, which is completely A-OK in the CCP's book.

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Re:WeChat suspends new user registration for security compli... by blacksmith_tb on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @03:36PM (#27976606)
You might think so, but slacking now seems to be considered to be dangerously rebellious[1] by the CCP.

1: https://qz.com/2019322/why-lying-flat-a-niche-chinese-millen...

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Re:WeChat suspends new user registration for security compli... by tablespoon on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @03:52PM (#27976781)
That's different, the "slacking" of which you speak is a kind of dissent.

What I mean by "political disengagement" keeping a distance from political issues and otherwise "saying withing the lines," so to speak.

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Re:WeChat suspends new user registration for security compli... by blacksmith_tb on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @08:38PM (#27979224)
I see what you mean, it's "going through the motions" without trying too hard, compliance but not enthusiasm.
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