Chinese President Xi Jinping New Years Speech

[nanook12]

Imagine that, he's a communist and a pretty nice guy. Maybe that will change your perspective.

[Strawberry]

This guy need a TLDR version of his speech.
I think China does many things right. But also many things wrong. But I think eventually the country will open up more.
I do believe that democracy is flawed. People are sheep. They can be manipulated and thus democracy can be manipulated.

[Deleted]

Imagine that, he's a communist and a pretty nice guy. Maybe that will change your perspective.

He's a nice guy because.... he puts on a friendly display in a new years speech?

I guess Stalin also was able to put on a nice face whenever addressing the public. Millions died but what a nice man that was. Yay communism!

[Aggrophobic]

Imagine that, he's a communist and a pretty nice guy. Maybe that will change your perspective.

No, he is not a "nice guy" and no it did not change my mind.
He and his agenda is a threat to the world and everyone in it.

[Krawu]

Sure, he's a nice guy. Unless you speak out against his one-party state or follow a particular non-violent set of spiritual practices known as Falun Gong, in which case you might find yourself in some Chinese black prison, never to be seen again. Or maybe you'll issue a public apology on live television after months of torture at said prison.

China is simply a North Korea that made it, and it's all the fault of the CCP.

Also, Taiwan's a country! Come at me.

[ls-]

Why isn't it in pol subforum?

[Shelly]

Ladies and Gentlemen, the most powerful man in the world.

We'll all be following the lead of China for the next century, it's about 20 years ahead of schedule but that's what happens when you get Trump.

[dragonballgtz]

Imagine that, he's a communist and a pretty nice guy. Maybe that will change your perspective.

Nope, not in the slightest.

As others have stated he imprisons his rivals, activists, or anyone who speaks up against the party. I mean just look what they did to some student activists recently



EDIT: I love China Uncensored

[Kaleredar]

Ladies and Gentlemen, the most powerful man in the world.

We'll all be following the lead of China for the next century, it's about 20 years ahead of schedule but that's what happens when you get Trump.

So we'll all be following in the footsteps of single-party political intimidation, gulags, and extreme censorship?

[Deletedaccount1]

mmo champion theme song

[Independent voter]

Though, in reviewing the incidents of my administration, I am unconscious of intentional error, I am nevertheless too sensible of my defects not to think it probable that I may have committed many errors. Whatever they may be, I fervently beseech the Almighty to avert or mitigate the evils to which they may tend. I shall also carry with me the hope that my country will never cease to view them with indulgence; and that, after forty five years of my life dedicated to its service with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest.

Part of George Washington's Farewell Address, he stepped down after 1 term. Thank God for George Washington.

[Shelly]

So we'll all be following in the footsteps of single-party political intimidation, gulags, and extreme censorship?

Yup.

Just remember too, he's considered a moderate. :-)

Fact is that China has been flexing soft power throughout most of the former colonial world like crazy for over a decade now. It has been expressing hard power through the South China Sea region and America is bowing out of foreign affairs for at least the next 3 years.

There's a power vacuum and China is set to fill it. They have piles of engineers that they are willing to send throughout the developing world to do soft power colonialism as well as share their methods for controlling free speech and the Internet, the world has shown repeatedly that we don't care how terrible a country is as long as it's stable - and China is quite stable.

The EU is currently fractured, dealing with the fallout of the War on Terror - just as America has been dealing with a refugee crisis caused by the War on Drugs from Mexico, South and Central America. EU also has their hands full dealing with Brexit and trying to figure out how to properly balance needs of the member states.

America is losing their diplomatic core in scores, the State Department going down to bare bones. The Secretary of State isn't being supported in diplomacy by the president as well.

China just needs to scoop up a coup in North Korea and either do a hard regime replacement with a new puppet power or simply absorb the state as a whole and the world will happily let them since it'll be better devil we know than the Kim family.

Meanwhile if China can succeed in cleaning up their environmental record the rest of the world will happily shrug off their human rights record.

Much the same as the rest of the world does for the United States where we have more people in jail than any other country in the world.

[bladeXcrasher]

Why isn't it in pol subforum?

Because Endus supports the OPs message.

[Bigbazz]

China isn't really a communist nation, their success is due to capitalism. They are socialist/communist only in some aspects.

Nope, not in the slightest.

As others have stated he imprisons his rivals, activists, or anyone who speaks up against the party. I mean just look what they did to some student activists recently



EDIT: I love China Uncensored

Hong Kong isn't China, different government, border control, they even speak english fluently there while many don't speak Mandarin at all (Cantonese + English).

[ls-]

Hong Kong isn't China, different government, border control, they even speak english fluently there while many don't speak Mandarin at all (Cantonese + English).

Despite English being one of official languages in HK, majority of HKnese doesn't speak English fluently. Significant chunk of people speaks/understands only Cantonese, many of them like throwing in few English words here and there because it may sound cool, but it often is frowned upon.

But, sure, bigger percentage of people speak English in HK than in, let's say, SK or Mainland China.

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Because Endus supports the OPs message.

He isn't a mod anymore o_O

[Zelk]

Because Endus supports the OPs message.

If you think Endus is a communist you might need to see a doctor

[Dezerte]

Because Endus supports the OPs message.

You can't blame Endus anymore, you need a new scapegoat - maybe the whole administration of MMOC is in on it though?

[bladeXcrasher]

If you think Endus is a communist you might need to see a doctor

Did I say he was? You know you can support something without being something right?

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Despite English being one of official languages in HK, majority of HKnese doesn't speak English fluently. Significant chunk of people speaks/understands only Cantonese, many of them like throwing in few English words here and there because it may sound cool, but it often is frowned upon.

But, sure, bigger percentage of people speak English in HK than in, let's say, SK or Mainland China.

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He isn't a mod anymore o_O

Wow, so he isn't, color me shocked.

[Bigbazz]

Despite English being one of official languages in HK, majority of HKnese doesn't speak English fluently. Significant chunk of people speaks/understands only Cantonese, many of them like throwing in few English words here and there because it may sound cool, but it often is frowned upon.

But, sure, bigger percentage of people speak English in HK than in, let's say, SK or Mainland China.

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He isn't a mod anymore o_O

Interesting, cheers. SerpentZA channel made it appear as if the majority in Hong Kong spoke fluent english.

[Kuntantee]

Usual political non-sense to me.